Gary L Christensen, CPM, CCIM, SIOR
Principal | Asset Manager
Gary L. Christensen founded Pacific Commercial Management to provide investors and clients with the benefit of his extensive experience and knowledge of real estate and its management as an asset. Before he formed PCM, Gary was Senior Vice President of a San Francisco-based real estate investment company with holdings primarily in the southern and western United States valued at just under a billion dollars. Gary has been involved in many aspects of real estate asset management including acquisition, due diligence, formation of partnership vehicles, loan financing, construction management, investor relations and the strategic positioning of properties to achieve maximum asset value. He oversaw the operations of the properties through third party leasing and management companies and has executed thousands of leases on behalf of various ownerships.
In his 30 years of professional experience, Gary has contributed greatly to the profitability of a variety of property types. These include retail, office, industrial and multi-family residential. His "hands-on approach" includes personally visiting each property and establishing rapport with each major tenant. He has been very successful in maintaining relationships between principals, tenants, architects, building contractors and city building and zoning officials. In representing various ownerships, he has negotiated lease transactions with national tenants, including MetLife, GE Government Systems, Time/Warner, General Dynamics, Finisar, State of California, Cable Data Computer Systems, Ampex, Polo, United Stationers, Blockbuster, Hoya Electronics, Tuesday Morning, Payless, Restaurants Unlimited, Super Save Drug, and Albertson's.
Gary has been awarded the Certified Property Manager, ("CPM") designation by the Institute of Real Estate Management, a Certified Commercial Investment Manager, ("CCIM") and is a designated member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors ("SIOR"). He has been actively involved with IREM for 21 years, including two years on the National IREM council and has served twice as the President of the Southern Colorado Chapter. Gary is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado and California.
Gary and his wife have three sons. As a family, they love the outdoors and enjoy all forms of boating, from sailing to skiing to house boating. He is very active in local volunteer organizations including the Boy Scouts of America and Junior Achievement, as well as in leadership in his church.
In his 30 years of professional experience, Gary has contributed greatly to the profitability of a variety of property types. These include retail, office, industrial and multi-family residential. His "hands-on approach" includes personally visiting each property and establishing rapport with each major tenant. He has been very successful in maintaining relationships between principals, tenants, architects, building contractors and city building and zoning officials. In representing various ownerships, he has negotiated lease transactions with national tenants, including MetLife, GE Government Systems, Time/Warner, General Dynamics, Finisar, State of California, Cable Data Computer Systems, Ampex, Polo, United Stationers, Blockbuster, Hoya Electronics, Tuesday Morning, Payless, Restaurants Unlimited, Super Save Drug, and Albertson's.
Gary has been awarded the Certified Property Manager, ("CPM") designation by the Institute of Real Estate Management, a Certified Commercial Investment Manager, ("CCIM") and is a designated member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors ("SIOR"). He has been actively involved with IREM for 21 years, including two years on the National IREM council and has served twice as the President of the Southern Colorado Chapter. Gary is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado and California.
Gary and his wife have three sons. As a family, they love the outdoors and enjoy all forms of boating, from sailing to skiing to house boating. He is very active in local volunteer organizations including the Boy Scouts of America and Junior Achievement, as well as in leadership in his church.