Jim Resha, MBA CCIM

Senior Vice President
Chairperson for Sperry Office/Industrial Specialty Group
Team Leader of The Resha Group

For more than 30 years, Jim Resha has excelled in commercial real estate, finance, and senior management. Today, Jim is a Senior Vice President with Sperry Commercial in Irvine, CA.

A licensed real estate agent since 1982, Jim became a California licensed broker in 1984 and has countless real estate success stories because of his ability and strengths into the deal making process. He excels in working to successfully close difficult and complex transactions by developing structure using his strengths of being strategic, analytical, self-assured as well as deliberative.

He works best with teams that are collaborative yet independent in the execution. He seeks to take on challenges and see it across the finish line with success being seen by all parties involved.

While CEO of PR Properties, he directed the sales, leasing, development, and management of commercial real estate. This included the property management of more than 1.5 million square feet of industrial properties along with the development and leasing of more than 1 million square feet of industrial buildings.

Jim was also instrumental in the development of 50 acres of former farmland into a three-phase industrial park. Working with both the architect and contractors from the design phase to construction, he and his partner leased and managed a three-phase commercial property, coordinated all tenant improvements, and maintained the highest occupancy in the area.

Currently in his role as a Senior Vice President of Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, he leads, The Resha Team focused on being a trusted advisors to investors of commercial real estate working with them to define the goals for their portfolio, develop strategy to achieve goals and to implement the strategy for success. He also chairs the companywide Office & Industrial Specialty Group.

In addition to this, Jim is a Certified Coach with the Massimo Group and coaches elite top producing commercial real estate professionals across North America. Massimo Group consistently sees an increase in revenue for their clients that is life changing for many.

Jim is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and currently a member of the Institutes International Activities Committee. CCIM’s are recognized experts in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis. He was a two-term President of the Greater Southern California Chapter of CCIM. Jim is also a member of ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), an organization that aims to advance the development of the retail industry and establish it in the community along with NAIOP an organization that provides advocacy, education and business opportunities by connecting members in a powerful North American network in the commercial real estate development and investment industry.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of La Verne and an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. He is a long time resident of Orange County where he has been involved at the local level with the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and was the Chairperson for the Bond

Oversight Committee for the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District as well as past member of the Governing Board for Placentia Linda Hospital.