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Bio

Pittsburgh | SIOR | LEED AP | Commercial Real Estate Expert | Serial Entrepreneur | Speaker | Writer

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CEO of Rise Pittsburgh
✅ Over a Billion in Closed Deals
Exclusive Tenant Representation Commercial Real Estate
LinkedIn - Kimfordpgh

http://www.riseagencygroup.com
[email protected]
412.600.1064

Kim has over 20 years of real estate experience representing clients in Pittsburgh and over 200 U.S. markets. As an Exclusive Tenant Representative she launched her own commercial real estate brokerage in 2009 (Cresa Pittsburgh), recently rebranded as Rise Pittsburgh. Rise Pittsburgh is a tech-enabled real estate agency focused on providing a world-class experience for its clients.

Kim spends a lot of time in the technology sector representing robotics, AI, big data, machine learning, switch/data centers, SCIF locations, build to suits, laboratories, office, retail, land, distribution, manufacturing and industrial portfolios for-profit and non-profit clients and organizations.

Kim has achieved the SIOR Office and Industrial designation. Kim is also a LEED AP.

As former Co- Founder & CEO, Kim helped to build, launch, and scale a software PropTech company, growing it to over 200 US markets. This start-up became part of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) inaugural Reach Commercial Accelerator Program.

Kim is a broker of record in Pennsylvania and New York and has represented such firms as American Express Financial Services Group, Vollmer, Innovation Works, Aurora Innovation, Netronome, The New York Times Magazine Group, Fidelity National, Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Aptiv, Dell, Oracle Corporation, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Wells Fargo, Michael Baker Corporation, MassMutual, AlphaLab and FedEx Ground to name a few.

Kim is a member of Women Presidents Organization (WPO) ❤️. She serves on the Board of Directors for NAIOP Pittsburgh, as well as the Community Advisory Board for Renewal, Inc.

Kim speaks in many cities across the country and volunteers at the Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship to mentor entrepreneurs in the Real Estate and Technology industries. She was also the founding President for both CREW Pittsburgh and CoreNet Global Pittsburgh.