About
Current Responsibilities
Rick O’Brien is responsible for the development and leadership of Industrial Brokerage Services with the Pittsburgh office of Jones Lang LaSalle. With a constant focus on maximizing business results for his clients, he strives to deliver and interpret relevant information and consult on issues critical to the success of his client’s real estate projects.
Experience
Rick has provided real estate brokerage services since 1992. He affiliated with Jones Lang LaSalle in December of 2009 and has achieved Top Gun Status, an award recognizing superior client service.
Previously, Rick was with Grubb & Ellis, a national real estate brokerage firm. He was a charter member of the logistics practice group and was a top performing Industrial Broker. He achieved top 10 status nationally and served on the Industrial Practice Group.
Rick has delivered real estate services on behalf of his clients on a local, regional, and national basis and has been a speaker on industrial real estate topics. He has been instrumental in the sale or lease of over twelve million square feet of industrial property over the last four years.
Education and Affiliations
Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Marietta College
Masters of Business Administration from Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
Licensed Real Estate professional in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
Representative Clients
- Federal Express Corporation
- Sampson Morris Group
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Regional Industrial Development Corporation
- Hitachi Energy USA
- Landau Construction
- STAG Industrial LLC
- Shaw Industries Inc.
- Alcoa USA
- Wabtec Corporation
- Highmark Company
- PA Trolley Museum
- Brockway Industrial Services
- Marathon Services
- Aarons, Inc.
- UPMC
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
- Shell Chemical Appalachia
- Dick’s Sporting Goods