Professional Experience
Mr. Wrich brings to clients more than 15 years of extensive experience in commercial construction and project management, encompassing the areas of corporate campuses, retail, corporate headquarters, institutional facilities, structural upgrades, mechanical/electrical upgrades, asset acquisition/disposition activities, site investigation and due diligence, construction defect litigation, design, construction and relocation services.
His diverse projects have included distribution warehouses, broadcast studio facilities, law offices, technical schools and colleges, medical laboratory facilities, lakes and water features, central air conditioning plants, freezer cooler facilities, building automation systems, communication and satellite sites, utility monitoring systems and restaurants.
In addition to his experience with interior and site developments, Mr. Wrich has represented a number of public and private clients in the acquisition and construction of ground up shell and core projects. His services include site selection surveys, environmental due diligence, entitlement and use variance submissions, purchase and sale negotiations, design and estimating coordination, value engineering, and construction management.
Before joining CBRE, Mr. Wrich served as Director of Operations/Construction and Engineering for Trammell Crow Company.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As the Director of Project Management for CBRE, Jim Wrich and his team oversee corporate services assignments as well as construction and engineering projects in Greater Los Angeles market. Project types include ground-up shell and core buildings, first- and second-generation tenant improvements, building systems installation and enhancements, third-party tenant representation and other related services
Education
- Pepperdine University, Bachelor of Science; Business Management
- California State University Dominguez Hill; Construction Project Management/Certified
Partial Client List
- Microsoft
- Department of Defense
- General Services Admin
- Lilly Pharmaceuticals
- Westwood Colleges
- Tyco Healthcare
- Los Angeles School District
- State Comp Insurance Fund
- J.P. Morgan
- Kennedy Real Estate
- Bristol Group
- CBRE Investors
- Herbalife international
- Henkels & McCoy
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Foothill Transit
- Princess Cruise Lines
- First Look Studios
- Hispanic Broadcasting
- PPG Aerospace
- Cisco
- TIAA / CREF
- Boeing
- Crown Realty
- Cedars Sinai Hospitals
- Ouest Diagnostics
- The Irvine Company
- Wachovia Bank
- UnumProvident
- Castel & Cook
- Sumitomo Investors
- Mercedes Benz
- Hotchkis & Wiley