Brad Umansky

Brief Profile

President & Head Coach of Progressive Real Estate Partners, California's Inland Empire's #1 Retail Leasing & Sales Firm. Also, author of Value Added.

Full Profile

Brad Umansky is responsible for directing the activities of the company including creating the long term vision, managing client development & relations, overseeing marketing strategies, recruiting top talent, and coaching the team. Brad started in the brokerage business in 1992 after graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics. From 1992 to 2007 he had a very successful brokerage career with the Ontario offices of Grubb & Ellis, Lee & Associates, and Sperry Van Ness. During this period of time, Brad became one of the leading retail brokers in Southern California having closed over 700 lease and investment sale transactions. To date, he has been involved in almost one billion dollar of lease and sale activity. In 2008 he founded Progressive Real Estate Partners (PREP) which has allowed him to take everything he learned while working and observing other brokerage models and create a company that provides outstanding service, tools, and resources to its brokerage team which then results in great results for our clients. Throughout his entire career, Brad has been an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has moderated numerous panels for ICSC as well as other industry related organizations. He frequently presents to local groups including being one of the featured speakers for the past decade at the Inland Empire’s Appraisal Institute annual forecast event. He has written articles for Shopping Center Business, Western Real Estate Business and California Centers Magazine. He has also been interviewed for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Business Press, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Press Enterprise and numerous other industry related publications. Brad is a featured broker in the top selling book, Brokers Who Dominate, which features leading brokers and discusses the traits that lead to their success. Brad was also recently highlighted in a podcast produced by CRE Elite in which he discusses his philosophy towards the brokerage business. (Click Here to Listen). In 2010, Brad published a book entitled, Value Added – Successful Strategies for Listing and Selling Investment Real Estate. This book has served as a guidebook for brokers throughout the world who are seeking a step by step guide to listing and selling investment real estate. In addition to his role with PREP, Brad was recently elected as the Western Regional Director of Retail Brokers Network, an organization comprised of over 65 member firms throughout the country that are also focused on serving the shopping center industry. Brad resides in Claremont, CA CA License BRE#01137100