Power Broker
Michael Zacharia

Michael Zacharia

Executive Vice President, CBRE, Inc.

McLean, VA 22102

Phone (703) 905-0268

Mobile (202) 489-3815

Retail real estate expert with 27+ years of experience, specializing in landlord and tenant representation.
Specialties
Landlord Rep, Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep, Tenant Rep (Retail)
Property Types
Office, Retail, Specialty
Markets
Baltimore, Boston, Washington, DC
Bio
Michael Zacharia specializes in Retail Services in the Washington, DC Metro Region with over 27 years of professional experience. Mr. Zacharia combines thorough market insight with creative solutions, offering unsurpassed knowledge of the Washington Metro Region's retail real estate environment. The result has led to over 1,700 lease and sale transactions in over 11 million square feet of retail properties, totaling more than $1.84 billion in revenue. As an Executive Vice President with CBRE, Mr. Zacharia’s responsibilities include retail landlord representation for shopping centers, urban retail, and ground-up development leasing throughout Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Mr. Zacharia also coordinates tenant representation services including new site acquisition for numerous national, regional, and local retail tenants. Mr. Zacharia provides retail site disposition and lease negotiation services for both landlords and tenants throughout the Metropolitan Washington, DC area. The scope of these services includes, but is not limited to, negotiating new leases, lease terminations, renewals and extensions for existing tenants, as well as retail consulting services and market analysis. In May 2021, Mr. Zacharia was named one of the year’s Globe Street retail influencers for his contributions to the industry. Mr. Zacharia joined CBRE as a result of the July 2003 merger with Insignia/ESG, where he began working in 1995. Prior to Insignia/ESG, Mr. Zacharia worked as a commercial real estate agent specializing in retail with National Real Estate Brokerage, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland.
Education
Colorado State University
Affiliations
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Awards
2022 CBRE - Top Producer
Globe Street Real Estate Retail Influencer – 2021
CBRE Retail - National Top Producer List: 2020
#1 Washington DC Metro Area Retail Broker - CREBA: 2019, 2018, 2017
Top 20 National Producer - CBRE: 2019
Top 20 National Producer - CBRE Retail: 1998-2018
Top 10 Producer - CBRE National Retail: 2004, 2008-2010
GWCAR Top 3 Producer: 2014 & 2015
REAP Outstanding Achievement Award Winner - Multiple
Presidents Memo - Exceptional Performance: 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
ICSC's Valuable Contribution Award: 2001-2004
PM Realty Advisors' Brokerage Team of the Year
Real Estate Forum Top 40 Under 40 Professional
Top Producer - Insignia / ESG: 1996-1999