Marko Brelih

About Marko Brelih

Accomplished commercial and corporate real estate professional with over ten years driving industrial sales, leasing, land acquisitions, site selection, due diligence, and strategic portfolio optimization across Canada and the United States.Most recently, as Director of Strategic Land Acquisition on a major infrastructure program at Parsons Corporation, I identified land acquisition as the critical path and led large-scale efforts. I developed innovative right-of-way strategies—including purchase options, right-of-entry offers, short-term leasing, and legally sufficient easements—built comprehensive GIS models of project alignments and land parcels with real-time dashboards, managed networks of subcontractors for title services, surveying, negotiations, and appraisals, and partnered with Risk, Scheduling, and Supply Chain teams to accelerate execution and proactively mitigate delays.As an American-Canadian dual citizen with active real estate licenses in Ontario and Wisconsin, I specialize in navigating complex cross-border transactions. I leverage advanced valuations, pro forma underwriting, NPV analysis, GIS-driven site selection, and data aggregation to help investors, occupiers, and developers maximize value, secure incentives, and align real estate with business goals.Whether underwriting major acquisitions or uncovering off-market opportunities through data-driven strategies, I’m an analyst at heart with a genuine passion for all facets of commercial real estate and infrastructure projects.Let’s connect!

Experience

1. Director, Strategic Land Acquisition - Major Infrastructure Program

   Parsons Corporation

   Jan 2026 — Present · Centreville, VA, US

   Partnered with Program Leadership to develop a major unsolicited real estate proposal after identifying land acquisition as the critical path for the base contract; positioned the firm to lead large-scale parcel acquisition while mitigating program risk and increasing overall project value.• Designed innovative right-of-way strategies—including purchase options, right-of-entry offers, short-term leasing, and legally sufficient easements—to accelerate acquisitions and minimize condemnation delays; built tract-level workflows integrated into a digital platform for real-time status reporting and enhanced visibility.• Built and managed a network of subcontractors for title services, land surveying, negotiations, and appraisals; developed Statements of Work (SOWs), pricing frameworks, and coordinated vendor selection processes.• Co-developed a comprehensive GIS model of project alignments and land parcels; delivered critical-path visualizations and real-time dashboards tracking due diligence and acquisition status across sectors, counties, and contracts.• Compiled open-source, proprietary, and client data to generate actionable insights for Project Leadership; produced executive summaries, pivot tables, and geospatial mappings that directly informed acquisition strategy, highlighted risks, and defined subcontractor requirements.• Led recruitment efforts and provided hiring recommendations for real estate roles across program and sector offices to strengthen land acquisition, subcontractor management, due diligence, and stakeholder engagement.• Partnered with Risk, Scheduling, and Supply Chain teams to identify critical-path tracts; created region-specific strategies that accelerated real estate execution and proactively mitigated construction delays.

Education

• Hamilton College

  Bachelor's degree, Mathematics, Economics

  2012 — 2015

• York University

  Mathematics, Economics, Philosophy

  2009 — 2012

• Canadian Securities Institute

  Canadian Securities Course, Finance, General

  2013 — 2014

• Upper Canada College

  OSSD, Ontario Scholar, and International Baccalaureate Diplomas, Economics, Mathematics, English

  2003 — 2009