Bob Gintoft

About Bob Gintoft

Award-winning Economic Development Consultant/ Commercial REALTOR who has prided himself on challenging assignments who also possesses extensive inner-city redevelopment experience - 11 years as an Executive Director of 3 nationally recognized community development programs & 30+ years as a volunteer/ board member/ officer / Committee Chair passionately looking to make better use of his rare combination of skills to maximize the limited resources of challenged communities to improve themselves.Clients included: Archdiocese of Milwaukee; Associated Bank; Building Service, Inc; Campbell Soup; Chrysler Corp; CIFA USA; Ciquita Processed Foods; Conservation Fund; Incinerator Boiler Corp; James Cape & Sons; KI; Koch Industries; Lennar Partners; Marquette Electronics; Milwaukee Electronics; Midas International Corp; Newell-Rubbermaid; Non-profits; Redevelopment Authority; Regal-Beloit Corporation; ReliaStar Investments; Roadway Express; Schneider Electric; Seneca Foods; TREK Bicycles; U.S. Dept of Labor; US Oil; & U.S. Postal Service. Goals: Maximizing limited economic development resources by forming private/public collaborations to improve communities;Encouraging other experienced commercial REALTORS to pursue professional designations and to contribute their precious skills to improve their own economically challenged communities;Encouraging other economic development professionals to continue pursuing their own professional development so as to maximize their community\'s desire to improve its conditions; andContinually updating my own community & economic development skills.Specialties: Community & Economic Development Incentives; Corporate Real Estate Solutions; Acquisitions through Buyer/Tenant Representation; Dispositions; Coordinating: Private/Public Economic Development Collaborations; Inner-City Community Development Programs; Site Selection; Resource Development; Strategic Planning for business & professional associations; & identifying Financing incentives and mechanisms that other businesses and development corporations have utilized.

Experience

1. Vice President of Industrial & Corporate Real Estate

   Ogden & Company, Inc

   Jan 2012 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Owner Representative, Buyer & Tenant Representation; Marketing Challenging Properties; forming Private/Public Economic Development Collaborations; Providing Expert Testimony; Providing Opinions of Value; Corporate Real Estate Solutions; Sale/Leasebacks; identifying Incentives to Out-of-State Businesses seeking Sites in Wisconsin, Site Selection Consulting; and Providing Technical Assistance to Community Economic Development Organizations.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  B.A., Philosophy - Pre-Law

• Dominican College of Racine, WI

  Philosophy & Semester Abroad

• Dale Carnegie Courses

  Certificates, Human Relations & Effective Speaking Seminar and Sales Seminar

  1976 — 1977

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  M. S., Urban Affairs

• Marquette Univesity High School

  H.S. Diploma, College Prep

• National Development Council n/k/a GrowAmerica.org of New York

  EDFP (Economic Development Finance Professional) Designation, Economic Development

  1978 — 2014

Skills

• Real Estate Financing
• Real Estate Economics
• Zoning
• Brokerage
• Tenant
• Community Development
• Sale /Leasebacks
• Corporate Real Estate
• Location Intelligence
• Economic Development
• Workforce Development
• Redevelopment
• Property Management
• Team Coordination
• Non-Profit Sustainability
• Commercial Real Estate Consulting
• Sellers
• Urban Planning
• Real Estate Transactions
• Organizational Development
• Landlords
• Marketing
• Resource Development
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Leadership Development
• Commercial Real Estate
• Investment Properties
• Commercial Revitalization
• Affordable Housing
• Site Selections
• Leases
• Proposal Writing
• Non-Profit Consulting
• Disposition
• Land Use Planning
• Real Estate Donations
• Real Estate Development
• Residential Homes
• Loans