Overview

John Kelly serves as Managing Director for Foundry Commercial in the Raleigh, NC office leading the office landlord representation and life science teams. He brings with him over 34 years of commercial real estate experience which has afforded him a career that encompasses a wide spectrum of real estate disciplines including assisting institutional/corporate users and owners with the lease and sale of office and industrial properties. He has worked on some of the more complex transactions whether it has been strategic planning for a client’s growth or disposition strategy in addition to experience which includes land development ground-up opportunities executed on behalf of users, investors, and developers.

Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, John worked with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimerin 2013 leading the landlord representation office and life science practice, and assumed the role of Managing Broker of the Raleigh office. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, Mr. Kelly founded the Raleigh office of Cushman & Wakefield, previously known as Cassidy Turley/Colliers Pinkard, in 1999 as Managing Partner.

Key Assignments

• Quadrangle II, III, IV & V (Chapel Hill, NC) | Office | 264,624 SF
• Perimeter’s Edge (Morrisville, NC) | Office/Flex | 482,000 SF
• Keystone Technology Park (Morrisville, NC) | Office/Flex/Lab | 806,157 SF
• American Tobacco District (Durham, NC) | Leasing/Sales | 1 MSF
• Nortel (Research Triangle Park) | Office/Industrial Sublease/Sale | 1.5 MSF
• Erwin Square (Durham, NC) | Initial project lease-up | 235,979 SF
• Europa Center I & II (Chapel Hill, NC) | Initial project lease-up | 190,000 SF
• Park Forty Plaza (Durham, NC) | Initial project lease-up | 120,000 SF
• Aerial Center Executive Park (Cary, NC) | Office | 308,965 SF
• Regency Park (Cary, NC) | Office | 861,477 SF 
• Inomics Corporation/Medaphis Corporation (Cary, NC) | Office | 125,000 SF
• Medical Park Drive (Durham, NC) | Lab/Office | 82,000 SF
• Erwin Terrace I, II, & III (Durham, NC) | Office | 215,000 SF Portfolio
• Crabtree Overlook (Raleigh, NC) | Office | 155,380 SF
• Meridian Corporate Center (Durham, NC) | Office | 776,132 SF
• Regency Lakeview (Cary, NC) | Office | 376,131 SF

Awards & Recognition

• CoStar Top 20 Power Broker (multiple years)
• Triangle Business Journal Real Estate Awards
  • Top Office Lease Transaction
    • Duke University (2013)
  • Top Flex Lease Transaction
    • Humacyte (2016) –1st Place
    • Scynexis (2014) –3rd Place
  • Top Life Science/Industrial Transaction
    • Argos (2014)
  • Top Land Sale
    • Triangle Brick (2015)

Professional Affiliations and Community Service

• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors Affiliate Member (TCAR)

Education

• University of Iowa
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration & Marketing