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John Griffing, SIOR, CRE

SENIOR BROKER ASSOCIATE

John Griffing, ALC, CRE, SIOR

Commercial Real Estate Agent | Land Sales Specialist

Scope of Service

Industrial; Waterfront Industrial/Commercial; Lands -Timber, Farm, Recreational, Industrial Sales and Leasing of Commercial Properties. Primary focus is on industrial properties and large land tracts. John is recognized as a highly knowledgeable broker who is adept at the most complex of land valuations.

Background

Griffing owned, led, and managed regional market leading, globally-branded commercial real estate brokerage firm which he sold to his colleague in 2018. John has built his business core around valuing relationships with clients and colleagues alike. He has grown a large network of key market participants, real estate decision-makers located within core tenant organizations, investment sales, commercial brokers and lenders. John has assembled multiple complex governmental properties that required a highly evolved analytical skill-set and superior negotiations skills resulting in exceptional results for our region.

Education

Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi Graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC Adjunct Faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi and Pensacola State College

Awards, Certification, and Recognitions (Partial List):

  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), (2000)
  • Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), (2001)
  • Realtors Land Institute—Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) (2020)
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Florida State President (2006/7)
  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, AL/LA/MS/NWFL Chapter President (2010)
  • Senior Warden, St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Gulf Breeze, FL, (2010)
  • Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, (2013

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), (2000)
  • Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), (2001)
  • Realtors Land Institute—Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) (2020)
  • National Assn of Industrial/Office Properties (NAIOP) Florida State President (2006/7)
  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, AL/LA/MS/NWFL Chapter President (2010)
  • Senior Warden, St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, Gulf Breeze, FL, (2010)
    Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, (2013)

Transaction History

Griffing has closed $73-million in sales alone in the past ten years, $30-million of this was since 2015 and inland sales alone.

  • Land Lease of 25-acre industrial waterfront property in Pensacola, FL (FL Drum Corporation)
  • Disposition of 65,000 sf industrial complex in Pensacola, FL (FL Drum Corporation)
  • Disposition of 25,000 sf industrial complex in Pensacola, FL (The First Bank)
  • Disposition of 250-acre crop research complex in Molino, FL (Bayer Crop Science)
  • Disposition of former wastewater treatment plant land in Pensacola, FL (Emerald Coast Utilities Authority
    (ECUA)
  • Disposition of 17-acre commercial land tract (Crestview, FL)
  • Disposition of 5.7-acre commercial land tract (Pensacola, FL)
  • Disposition 155-acre cattle farm (Molino, FL)

Strategic Clients

Partial List:

  • Air Gas
  • Bayer Crop Science
  • Century Link
  • Chromalloy Corporation
  • Cintas Corporation
  • City of Gulf Breeze, FL
  • City of Milton, FL
  • City of Pensacola, FL
  • KJC Living Trust
  • Adamah Properties
  • Gaynoe Properties
  • RMS Timberlands
  • Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast
  • Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA)
  • Encompass Health
  • Hancock/Whitney Bank
  • Pensacola Marine Shipyard
  • Port of Pensacola, FL
  • The First Bank
  • United Bank
  • Finger Development
  • Terramore Development
  • Springer Group
  • Doral Bank
  • 14th & Heinberg, LLC
  • Pearson Family Trust
  • Gulf Coast Pain Institute
  • The Rockhill Group
  • Wells Fargo
  • Escambia County, FL
  • Manheim Remarketing
  • R.E. Loans LLC
  • Quality Property Asset Mgmt.
  • The Trust for Public Land
  • American Bank of Texas
  • Santa Rosa County, FL
  • General Electric