John Griffing
Senior Broker Associate
License ID BK655630
NAI Pensacola
24 West Chase Street
Pensacola, Florida 32502
United States
+1 850 287 0117
1 850 450 5126
Specialties
Industrial; Waterfront Industrial/Commercial; Lands (Timber, Farm, Recreational, Industrial)
Scope of Experience
Industrial; Waterfront Industrial/Commercial; Lands -Timber, Farm, Recreational, Industrial Sales and Leasing of Commercial Properties. His primary focus is on industrial properties and large land tracts. John is recognized as a highly knowledgeable broker who is adept at the most complex of land valuations.
Background & Experience
Griffing owned, led, and managed a regional market-leading, globally-branded commercial real estate brokerage firm which he sold to his colleague in 2018. John has built his business core around valuing relationships with clients and colleagues alike. He has grown a large network of key market participants, real estate decision-makers located within core tenant organizations, investment sales, commercial brokers, and lenders. John has assembled multiple complex governmental properties that required a highly evolved analytical skill set and superior negotiation skills resulting in exceptional results for our region.
Education
Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi
Graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC
Adjunct Faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi and Pensacola State College
Professional Associations & Designations
- Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
- Realtors' Land Institute--Accredited Land Consultant (ALC)
Transaction History
Major Transactions Only (Partial list. A complete list can be provided upon request.)
Over $73 million in land sales alone in the past ten years.
- Land Lease of 25-acre industrial waterfront property in Pensacola, FL (FL Drum Corporation)
- Disposition of 65,000 sf industrial complex in Pensacola, FL (FL Drum Corporation)
- Disposition of 25,000 sf industrial complex in Pensacola, FL (The First Bank)
- Disposition of 250-acre crop research complex in Molino, FL (Bayer Crop Science)
- Disposition of former wastewater treatment plant land in Pensacola, FL (Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA)
- Disposition of 17-acre commercial land tract (Crestview, FL)
- Disposition of 5.7-acre commercial land tract (Pensacola, FL)
- Disposition (Pending January 2021 Closing) 155-acre cattle farm (Molino, FL)
Strategic Clients
.Air Gas
Bayer Crop Science
Century Link
Chromalloy Corporation
Cintas Corporation
City of Gulf Breeze, FL
City of Milton, FL
City of Pensacola, FL
KJC Living Trust
Adamah Properties
Gaynoe Properties
RMS Timberlands
Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA)
Encompass Health
Hancock/Whitney Bank
Pensacola Marine Shipyard
Port of Pensacola, FL
The First Bank
United Bank
Finger Development
Terramore Development
Springer Group
Doral Bank
14th & Heinberg, LLC
Pearson Family Trust
Gulf Coast Pain Institute
The Rockhill Group
Wells Fargo
Escambia County, FL
Manheim Remarketing
R.E. Loans LLC
Quality Property Asset Mgmt.
The Trust for Public Land
American Bank of Texas
Santa Rosa County, FL
General Electric
