Michael Zacharia

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.

• Specialties
  Landlord Rep, Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep, Tenant Rep (Retail)
• Markets
  Baltimore, Boston, Washington, DC
• Property Types
  Office, Retail, Specialty
• Awards
  #1 Washington DC Metro Area Retail Broker - CREBA: 2019, 2018, 2017
• Websites
  LINKEDIN PROFILE
• Company Website
  Visit Site
• Education
  Colorado State University
• Organizations
  International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)