Ralph Balber

About Ralph Balber

Commercial Office and Industrial Real Estate Brokerage & Consulting

Experience

1. Commercial Real Estate Broker President

   Alo Property Group

   Aug 2014 — Present

   As president of ALO Property Group LLC, Ralph uses his CPA, entrepreneurial & large business experiences to advise companies in Indianapolis & around the country on securing the best real estate situations. He values the importance of building long lasting relationships & views his role as a full service consultant. He thrives to be supportive & nurturing in order to help his clients develop & make informed business decisions.he is not your typical real estate broker. Ralph’s vast knowledge in business started in 1991 when he started his professional career in Chicago working for Arthur Anderson\'s Commercial Division, & earning his CPA from the University of Illinois. In 1993, he left to start Ralph & Barry\'s Inc, & owned & operated 9 restaurants across the Midwest. After he sold the restaurants, he moved to Indianapolis to start his career in commercial real estate. In 2001 he joined Meridian Real Estate as the director of new business development. In 2003 he became founder & principal of Newmark, Knight, Frank, Halakar Real Estate, overseeing the brokerage division. He is frequently involved with any transaction noted in the IBJ\'s \"Who\'s Who in commercial real estate\". Ralph has also been recognized in the IBJ\'s \"40 under 40\" & is listed consistently in the city\'s dealmakers & Costar\'s National Power Broker list. Over the past decade in the commercial real estate market, Ralph has a portfolio that has included such iconic properties as Regents Tower, College Park, and Woodfield Crossing just to name a few. The Latin phrase Alo has many meanings, mainly: nourish, cherish, develop, support, sustain, & maintain. At Alo Property Group our customer service philosophy is to go the extra mile to provide a strong connection with our clients & maintain long lasting relationships. It is this strong connection to our clients & our personal drive to reach these goals that makes Alo Property Group unique in the commercial real estate market.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  BS

  1988 — 1991

Skills

• Corporate Real Estate
• Investment Properties
• Real Estate Development
• Land Acquisition
• Event Planning
• Real Estate Economics
• Small Business
• Negotiation
• Residential Homes
• Working with Tenants
• New Business Development
• Business Development
• Investors
• Commercial Real Estate
• Property Management
• Real Estate Transactions
• Lease Administration
• Contract Negotiation
• Investments
• Sales
• Leases
• Disposition
• Marketing
• Due Diligence
• Sellers
• Dispositions
• Brokerage
• Tenant
• Location Intelligence
• Real Estate
• Working with Landlords
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategic Planning
• Landlords