Lee J. Shapiro

Lee J. Shapiro serves as Executive Vice President, Director of Brokerage for KWP in Los Angeles.

For the past 35 years, he has specialized in the sale and leasing of commercial investment properties throughout Southern California with a focus on office, retail, and development sites. Lee has extensive experience in assisting private capital and institutional owners/developers of retail and office product with the design and leasing of new projects as well as repositioning of existing properties.

Over his career, Shapiro has closed over 1,300 transactions worth nearly $2 billion. He is currently the exclusive agent for over 2.5 million square feet of commercial space across Southern California. In 2022, he completed 39 transactions representing more than 140,000 square feet of commercial real estate valued at $76 million. 

Recent notable accomplishments include a 23,000-square-foot lease with Bristol Farms in Hollywood; the disposition of a four-property portfolio of drive-thru bank branches in Burbank, San Pedro, Lake Forest and Torrance; leases with Whole Foods and CVS; and the completion of 41,000 square feet of leasing with Sephora, CorePower Yoga, Mendocino Farms, Salt & Straw, Philz Coffee, Pop’s Bagels, Afuri Ramen + Dumpling, Yunomi Handroll and Formula Fig at Culver City’s new mixed-use development, The Culver Steps.

Prior to joining KWP, Lee worked at Charles Dunn Company, where he most recently served as Senior Managing Director.

Select Clients

• AEW
• Atlas Capital
• Berkshire Group
• BetaWest
• BlackRock Realty
• Bolour Associates
• CalPERS/CalSTRS
• Carlyle Group
• CGI Strategies
• Chandler Partners
• CIM Group
• Cypress Equities
• The Dinerstein Companies
• DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners
• East West Bank
• ELK Development
• Essex Property Trust
• Fifield Companies
• GID
• Gilmore Associates
• Goldrich Kest
• Greystar
• Hackman Capital
• Hanover Company
• HEI Hotel/Gatehouse Capital
• Heitman
• Host Hotels & Resorts
• HP Investors
• ICO Development
• Jade Enterprises
• The Kor Group
• Korean Airlines
• LaTerra Development
• Ledcor
• Legacy Partners
• Lennar
• Lubert Adler
• Main Street Advisors
• Mill Creek Residential
• Minneapolis Teachers Annuity
• Monarch Development
• NMS Properties
• Northern Trust Bank
• Ocean West Capital Partners
• Oceanwide Plaza LLC
• Onni
• OTO Development
• OUE
• Rising Realty Partners
• Sares-Regis Group
• Starwood Corporation
• Steelwave
• The Related Companies
• The Wolff Company
• Tooley Interests
• UCLA
• US Bank
• USAA
• Vintage Capital Group
• Wiseman Development
• Wood Partners
• WS Communities

Affiliations

• International Council of Shopping Centers

Education

• B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara