David Marks

David M. Marks

David Marks is the President and CEO of Phoenix Investors, a national real estate firm specializing in industrial real estate based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as trustee, key officer, director, and manager for all its affiliated entities, a role that he has held since 1994. Mr. Marks oversees all investments, with responsibilities that begin pre-acquisition and extend through ownership and disposition. Mr. Marks began his real estate career in the late 1980s while still an undergraduate, completing acquisition underwriting, portfolio analysis, and abstracting complex anchor tenant leases on a national basis. In the early 1990s, Mr. Marks worked on national acquisitions, underwritings, and financings, highlighted by assisting in the creation of Wall Street’s first retail commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) transaction. Today, he oversees one of the largest private industrial real estate portfolios comprised of 46 million square feet, spanning 28 states. Mr. Marks and his wife Rachael are active supporters of various charitable organizations, with a specific focus on Jewish charities in Southeastern Wisconsin. He received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Town Bank to open branch downtown

As reported on biztimes.com: BIZ TIMES — Hartland-based Town Bank plans to open a branch in a 4,000-square-foot retail space at 401 E. Kilbourn Ave. in downtown Milwaukee. Town Bank’s only existing branch in the City of Milwaukee, at 140 S. First St. in the Walker’s Point neighborhood. Phoenix 401, an affiliate of commercial real estate company Phoenix Investors LLC, said it has executed a long-term lease agreement with Town Bank for a retail branch in the space, to open this fall. Jay Mack, chief ... Read More

2024-08-06T20:36:00+00:00March 20th, 2017|Acquisitions & Projects, Blog, David Marks, Milwaukee, Press|

Phoenix Investors purchases Kenosha industrial complex for $2 million

As reported in the Milwaukee BizTimes: Phoenix working with tenant Compass Minerals to improve, expand distribution at the site An affiliate of Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors LLC has purchased a 281,000-square-foot industrial complex in Kenosha for $2 million. Phoenix Kenosha purchased the property, which is located on 13 acres at 3122 14th Ave., from Walnut and Vine Properties II LLC. The property is primarily leased to Overland Park, Kansas-based Compass Minerals America, which is using the site as a distribution center. Compass Minerals has more than 19 ... Read More

2024-08-06T20:45:49+00:00August 15th, 2016|Acquisitions & Projects, Blog, David Marks, Press|

PHOENIX INVESTORS PLANS TO CLEAR BLIGHTED 27TH STREET PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

As reported in the Milwaukee Business Journal: Phoenix Investors is working with the city of Milwaukee to clear and eventually redevelop a vacant, blighted industrial property on North 27th Street. The property is at 4041 N. 27th St. in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor, where the city and other stakeholders are striving to attract more manufacturing jobs. The 8.3-acre property neighbors a larger former Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc. building Phoenix Investors bought in May 2015, and has been renovating for future tenants, said David Marks, ... Read More

2024-08-07T19:22:21+00:00February 11th, 2016|Acquisitions & Projects, Blog, David Marks, Giving Back, Press|
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