Terry Bortnick's newest venture is Axiom Retail Advisors. Terry has extensive in-house corporate real estate tenures, as well as longstanding success in advisory and brokerage for landlords and tenants alike. Terry has represented some of largest and most notable retail landlords in the country, as well as regional, local and family owners of retail properties big and small. Well-known retailers he’s completed transactions with include Wal-Mart, Kroger, Albertsons, Food 4 Less, Stater Bros, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Markets, Save Mart Supermarkets, Sam’s Club, TJ Maxx, Ross Dress For Less, Smart N Final, Whole Foods Supermarket, 99 Ranch Markets, Ralphs Supermarket, 24 Hr Fitness, Grocery Outlet, Petsmart, Petco, 99 Cents Only, Dollar Tree, Planet Fitness, QFC Supermarket, Five Below, Fitness 19, Cardenas Supermarket, Superior Supermarket, Big Lots, Harbor Freight Tools, Big 5 Sporting Goods and literally thousands of restaurant, pads and small shop tenants.

Terry began his career in commercial real estate career in Riverside, CA in 1987 with the Hanes Company as an investment sales broker.

In 1991, he then became one of the original 3 employees at Pan Pacific Retail Properties, where he began as a leasing agent responsible for 3 small retail centers in the Southern California. Over his 14-year career with Pan Pacific, Terry rose through the ranks and oversaw leasing in Southern California, Northern California, Northern Nevada, New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest, ultimately rising to National Director of Anchor Leasing, where he was responsible for a portfolio of over 125 grocery-anchored and community centers encompassing over 25 Million Square Feet. Additionally, Terry was one of 4 key executives that took Pan Pacific through its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in 1997 and was an integral part of the public-to-public acquisitions of two public REITs: Western Investment Retail Trust in 2000 and Centertrust in 2003.

While overseeing the shopping center portfolio in Southern California, Northern California, Northern Nevada and the Pacific Northwest, Terry opened and established Pan Pacific’s Northern California office in Sacramento in 1998. In 2000, Terry integrated the 55 California, Oregon and Washington shopping centers purchased by Pan Pacific as part of the acquisition of Western Investment Trust (WIRET). Terry increased occupancy in the WIRET portfolio from 87% occupied to 95% in the first year after the acquisition, and then brought the centers to 98-99% occupancy for the next 5 years. Terry and his team were responsible for all aspects of asset management and leasing including prospecting, cold calling, building relationships and closing transactions.

In 2003, Terry opened and established the Tustin, CA office, while spearheading the integration of Pan Pacific’s acquisition of Centertrust’s 32 shopping centers in Southern California, Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Once again, Terry and his team successfully increased occupancy from 89% to 98% in the first year after the acquisition. During Terry’s tenure at Pan Pacific, the number of shopping centers in the company’s portfolio increased by over 4300%.

In 2005, Terry was then recruited to be the President of REZA Investment Group based in Irvine, CA, which at the time was one of the nation’s top retail investment brokerage advisors. During his tenure with REZA, REZA was ranked in the top 5 national brokers of regional malls, and Terry took part in over One Billion Dollars’ worth of sales transactions of shopping centers and retail properties.

Terry ultimately missed the excitement and challenge of value creation through leasing, and in 2008 he formed Argent Retail Advisors, a premier boutique brokerage company, which specialized in tenant representation and landlord representation of over 10 Million sq.ft of neighborhood, community and power centers throughout Orange County, Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire and San Diego County. Terry was a Costar Power Broker for 14 years straight from 2009 through 2023.

Terry graduated from UC Riverside with a B.S. in Administrative Studies and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California. In his spare time, Terry enjoys gardening, golf and spending family-time with his wife and grown children.

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