Garibaldi Group Expanding Corporate Advisory and Financial Services Divisions

Jim Reeb, left, was named senior advisor, and Charlie Dai, right, named senior vice president of business development, with The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International

CHATHAM, NJ—The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International is expanding its Corporate Advisory and Financial Services divisions with the promotion of Chuck Bower to senior executive director of financial services and the recruitment of Jim Reeb and Charlie Dai as new executives for key roles in its corporate services unit co-chaired by senior executive director Jerry Moore . In the past three years, the firm’s corporate advisory and financial services divisions have represented clients in approximately 5.2 million square feet of projects internationally, and in 2015 were responsible for approximately $375 million in completed assignments in 26 different US and international markets. The divisions provide services to major life science companies, institutional and private investors, manufacturing companies, credit tenant lease investors, and defense companies.  Notable corporate clients includes the Griffon Corporation, DRS Technologies, Celldex Therapeutics, Clopay Building Products, NPS Pharmaceuticals, AMES, JHP Pharmaceuticals, and Telephonics Corporation. The decisions to grow the firm’s professional staff “are based in response to the ever expanding needs of the firm’s corporate and investment clientele,” says president Jeff Garibaldi . Since joining The Garibaldi Group in 1999, Jerry Moore and Chuck Bower have spearheaded the growth of the firm’s corporate advisory and financial services platforms both domestically and abroad. We have grown to a point where it is necessary to provide separate and focused leadership for these two divisions that for over 17 years have helped expand The Garibaldi Group brand.” Bower was senior vice president before his promotion to senior executive director. Since Moore and Bower joined the firm they have completed more than $3 billion in financial services related assignments and grown the corporate advisory platform to now include approximately 20 million square feet of global assets under management. “The need to provide integrated and comprehensive client solutions have increased over the years, which has allowed us to expand on the firm’s foundation of tenant representation and commercial brokerage,” says Moore . “We have added services such as asset and portfolio strategic planning, lease administration and benchmarking, M&A and property due diligence, incentives and site selection, private and public structured financing, project and construction management, and network optimization and supply chain consulting.” “I am pleased to hear that one of our long-term members is continuing to grow and expand their business in order to remain a top leader in CORFAC International.  With expanded services and new executives, we look forward to them continuing to be a top referral source for CORFAC members based on their Corporate Advisory and Financial Services platforms,” said John R. Homsher , CCIM, Principal with Chicago-based Podolsky Circle CORFAC International . Homsher is the 2016 President of CORFAC International. The Garibaldi Group has been a CORFAC affiliate for two decades. Senior advisor Jim Reeb was brought in to lend his expertise in manufacturing and supply chain strategic planning as well as advising clients in structured and alternative financing options and tactics. He has more than 30 years of experience in corporate real estate and financial advisory services. Most recently, Reeb was president of the Institute St. Onge , an affiliate of the St. Onge Company , which is focused on humanitarian supply chain development and financing. Earlier in his career he held positions as the head of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Business Consulting Practice Group, and as a partner of Deloitte & Touche’s Mid-Atlantic Region that specialized in corporate real estate advisory services. Reeb holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate and Urban Land Studies from Temple University and did a post-graduate fellowship at Glasgow University in Scotland. He is an adjunct professor at Elizabethtown College , PA. Charlie Dai, named senior vice president of business development, joined the Garibaldi Group after more than 20 years of marketing and business development experience in both real estate and the life sciences sector. Before joining the firm Dai was vice president of TellMed Strategies , a medical and pharmaceutical public relations firm, which grew nearly 500% during his tenure. His ability to evaluate real estate potential to best guide clients is further informed by his prior experiences in construction and as team leader for a Fortune 500 information services company supporting the banking industry. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Science from Wagner College.