Rob Cord founded AREAS with 37 years of experience in commercial real estate repositioning high rises, office buildings, business parks, industrial parks, and retail centers throughout the western United States.  

Since 1987, he has held a wide range of institutional positions as Managing Director with CBRE; Senior Managing Director at Kennedy-Wilson, Cassidy Turley, and Voit Real Estate; President of CBC Advisors; and Development Partner of Foothill Partners. In these roles Rob acquired, managed, repositioned, built, leased, and sold properties within portfolios ranging from $4-$6 billion AUM throughout the Western United States, working with teams as large as 600 professionals in 30 offices across the country.

Seeking to aggressively compete to secure tenants, minimize expenses, and rebrand properties achieving more than the market share for clients and partners, he formed AREAS to bring the highest level of integrity, ingenuity, and creativity to the management of investment properties. In leading the firm, Rob also seeks to source capital to reposition, restructure, asset and property manage, lease, rebuild, redesign, and dispose of investment properties exceeding client and investor expectations.