Lea’s career spans over 25 years specializing in the strategic planning and execution of national and multi-regional store expansions. She has provided site selection and transaction services to many Fortune 500 companies such as Hobby Lobby, Disney, Dollar Tree and Sprouts Farmers Markets throughout the southwestern United States. Lea has extensive experience in all aspects of the real estate acquisition and development process, and she often collaborates with and reports to C-Suite executives.

Lea’s experience in providing third-party development services for CAL Teachers, Citi and Ahmanson early in her career is invaluable, enabling her to understand all facets of a given transaction and craft creative deal structures. Lea develops whole-market approaches to maximize market share within a given trade area and leverages her superior relationships with development executives to ensure that her clients secure key locations at competitive rates.

Following a successful association with Los Angeles based developer and pension fund advisor, Lowe Enterprises, Lea began her tenant representation career at the Staubach Company (now SRS). Lea spent 7 years at Staubach where she was the youngest person in the retail division to receive the title of Vice President and was named Broker of the Year by the Irvine Company. In 2002, Lea joined Colliers International as a Senior Vice President and founding member of the Retail Tenant Services Group. While at Colliers, Lea was a member of the Circle of Excellence, served on the National Steering Committee and was named Broker of the Year by Opus. She was also honored for originating the largest system wide retail referral in company history.

After a brief association with Studley (now Savills), Lea co-founded the Southern California office of Edge Realty Partners in 2012. At Edge, Lea and her team oversaw the roll-out of Hobby Lobby’s expansion throughout the State of California and completed over 70 infill transactions for Dollar Tree in the Inland Empire. Lea and her team also completed several consulting assignments for large retailer and private equity groups including the master plan for Grocery Outlet’s re-entry into California and Better Buzz Coffee’s site selection analytics. Lea looks forward to expanding and refining these services under the Axiom banner.

Lea Park is a licensed real estate broker in the States of California and Nevada and has been a member of ICSC since 1992. Lea is active in National Charity League with her daughter Kate.

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