14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Professional Experience
David Hartsook has been involved in commercial investment real estate in Central Ohio for over 30 years. As a member of CBRE Investment Properties he offers extensive experience with office/medical office, industrial, retail, land, and investment properties as well as a wide variety of development opportunities.
David represents buyers in their search and analysis, sellers in their disposition or repositioning of real estate assets, and investors in their search for 1031 exchanges, portfolio investments and fund investments.
Throughout his career, David has facilitated hundreds of real estate transactions. David’s developmental experience includes a wide variety of development, redevelopment, land acquisition, financing, construction, and multi-location company projects throughout the entire country. In addition to selling investment properties while operating his own company for 18 years, he served as an outsourced real estate department for Stanley Steemer, Adia Personnel and Symix Computer Software in 50 markets across the country.
During the 1980’s, David was responsible for a yearly $40 million development budget in the Central Ohio office of Linclay Corporation, creating institutional quality Office, Retail & Industrial properties. As Vice President of the Columbus Division of the Linclay Corporation, a regional developer, his was the most consistently profitable division in the 5-division company. His strong leadership skills in managing a team of 65 professionals led to the development and creation of over $225 million worth of commercial properties totaling nearly 2.4 million square feet of commercial real estate property. His efforts directly resulted in Linclay-Columbus becoming highly recognized as a strong, reliable developer and competitor of institutional investment grade properties throughout the entire Midwest region.
Other significant projects that David has been involved with include:
- Overseeing construction of a stand-alone facility in North Las Vegas for Stanley Steemer International
- Redevelopment of a grocery-anchored urban shopping center
- Site acquisition and incentive package for the Cheryl’s Cookies headquarters in Westerville
Professional Affiliations/Accreditations
- Board of Directors –Ohio Living Foundation (fka OPRS Foundation)
- Upper Arlington Community Improvement Corporation – Past President
- Most Unique C/I Transaction Award 2009 – Columbus Board of Realtors
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Columbus Board of Realtors
- 25-MIlion Dollar Club – Columbus Board of Realtors
- CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) – National Association of Realtors
- Board of Advisors – Lighthouse Tennis Villas Regime, Hilton Head Island, SC
- Ohio Living Governance Board
Significant Transactions
- Land Acquisition and Development
Corporate Exchange 6 building office park Columbus, Ohio
$100,000,000 - Land Acquisition and Development
Corporate Hill 4 building office project in Worthington, Ohio
$40,000,000 - Development / Disposition
60 acre abandoned stone quarry in Lima, Ohio
$30,000,000 - Acquisition
Granada Royale Hotel Franchise (Embassy Suites)
$30,000,000 - National Representative
Multi-location Central Ohio based corporations
$25,000,000 - Development
100-acre industrial business park in Columbus, Ohio
$25,000,000 - Acquisitions
Regional mall 100-acre sites in multi-state area East of Mississippi
$20,000,000 - Trinity Health
107,000 SF, New Albany, Ohio
$19,000,000 - Joint Venture
JMB/Federated -150,000 SF enclosed shopping center
$15,000,000 - Redevelopment
Urban grocery-anchored shopping center Columbus, Ohio
$10,000,000 - Redevelopment
100 acres including a 54-acre quarry in Findlay, Ohio
$5,000,000 - Cheryl’s Cookies
Relocate, land acquisition and negotiations for city incentives package
$5,000,000 - Cardinal Orthopedic Institute
24,000 SF MOB, Hilliard, Ohio
$4,650,000
Testimonials
“Having sold our veterinary practice 3 years ago, we decided it was time to sell the building. We interviewed three realty groups. We were very impressed with David & John. They were the only group who had a "proper" presentation informing us what they could do for us. They listened to our concerns about selling our "baby" that we owned since 1986. Once we decided on CBRE, they went right to work. We had 6 interested parties within a week."
- James A. Lehnerd, DVM, Susan L. Lehnerd
“Often, as we worked through the prices, it was clear that we had timely, reliable, and intelligent representation – a consummate professional. We’d recommend David to anyone looking for a professional commercial realty representation.”
- PDS Planning, Inc, Jamie Menges, Rita Itsel, Kurt Brown
“From engagement of your services, late in May, to closing the property late in October, your counsel and timely communication regarding prospects and property issues was professional. We appreciate your spiritual sensitivity and your willingness to help us with property issues totally outside the scope of your engagement.”
- Indianola Church or Christ, Lee W. Botkin
Education
- The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science; Business Administration, Real Estate - Center for Creative Leadership