About

During his 34 year career specializing in industrial real estate, Mr. Fern has leased and sold over three billion dollars of sales and lease transactions of industrial facilities. Some of the more notable transactions are as below:

• 1,500,000 SF Lease to Barnes & Noble Monroe, NJ
• 1,250,000 SF Sale for Ashley Furniture Leesville, PA
• 945,075 SF Sale for Electrolux Edison, NJ
• 950,000 SF Sale to Greenacre Sayreville, NJ
• 835,000 SF Lease to Lasar Logistics South Brunswick, NJ
• 750,000 SF Sale for KTR Capital Pompano, CA
• 729,000 SF Sale to Safavieh, Inc. Clinton, NJ
• 635,000 SF Lease to Modway Furniture East Windsor, NJ
• Sale/helped with approvals of 43 Acre site in Piscataway to Duke Realty and subsequent lease of 622,230 SF to Bob’s Discount Furniture
• Lease of 607,739 SF to Marc Fisher, LLC Cranbury, NJ
• 585,000 SF Lease to US Logistics former Toys R Us facility, Mount Olive, NJ
• 565,000 SF Sale for Walgreens to Safavieh Bethlehem, PA
• 505,000 SF Sale to Seagis Property Group Linden, NJ
• Sale of 500,000 SF FedEx facility
• AMB Property Corporation Elizabeth, NJ

Clients

• AMB Property Corporation
• Prologis
• Principal Financial Group
• Greenfield Builders
• Ashley Furniture
• GAF, Inc.
• Johnson & Johnson

Affiliations

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)

Awards & Recognition

• 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 #1 Top Producer Industrial Leasing for Cushman & Wakefield Nationwide
• 2015 Tri-State Region Top Producer for Cushman & Wakefield 
• Named one of New Jersey’s Top Leasing Broker in Real Estate Forum 
• One of the Top 5 Industrial Brokers in The News Funnel 2013 Real Estate Rockstars New Jersey Edition
• Named in Real Estate New Jersey’s “40 under 40” 
• Hs earned Co-Star’s coveted Power Broker Award annually since 2004 
• He has been on the top industrial real estate team by CoStar for the past sixteen years

Areas of Specialization

• Sales and Leasing of Industrial Properties
• Landlord and Tenant Representation
• Market Research and Analysis
• Lease Optimization Studies
• New Facility and Renewal Negotiation Strategies and Implementation
• Economic Incentives Negotiation
• Property Evaluations and Due Diligence