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Sean Southard is a seasoned leasing specialist whose ability to forge strong relationships throughout the real estate industry is matched only by his ability to process and apply market data about deal structures and terms to get the best result possible for his clients. He works quickly and efficiently, making him a master of high-velocity deals. His ability to take personal ownership of projects and handle multiple priority matters at once has earned the enduring trust and confidence of his clients.
Over the past 20 years, Sean has successfully completed major leasing transactions totaling more than 10 million square feet of space across all sectors of commercial real estate, including retail, industrial, and office. His leasing expertise is particularly strong in life science and retail asset types. Sean also has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of purchase and sale transactions, sale-leaseback transactions, ground lease transactions, development agreements, property management agreements, and all other types of agreements relating to the use and development of real property. He represents highly sophisticated institutional investors, developers, public home builders and entrepreneurial individuals in the acquisition, development, leasing and sale of retail, office, residential and mixed-use projects throughout the United States.
Sean is a frequent lecturer at various legal educational seminars and real estate industry trade group conferences and programs. He is the co-author of several published articles including, "Private Shopping Malls — The 'Not-So-Private' Private Property" and "Lease Workouts in Troubled Times." He was a partner at Allen Matkins prior to founding CGS3 in 2013.
