Ben Lieser, Minnesota regional manager, Meritex
Ben Lieser is leading asset and property management of Twin Cities properties as the new regional manager for Minnesota at Meritex, the Minneapolis-based commercial real estate company.
Meritex has 11 properties and nearly 3 million square feet of light industrial space in the Twin Cities, Lieser said. The fourth-generation company developing two 144,000-square-foot distribution buildings in Roseville. Work on those will begin this spring with fall completion expected.
"The industrial market is really strong right now," Lieser said. "With companies distributing directly to your front door they're going to need warehouse space for that. They're looking for locations that are close to their customers."
His immediate focus is on building relationship with brokers, whom Meritex hires to lease vacant space, and tenants from a property management perspective.
"We pride ourselves on being a one-stop shop" for tenants, Lieser said. "If we can't accommodate them in one building and they have aggressive growth plans we want to be their partner with something else."
Lieser brings more than 20 years of experience to his role, including property and asset management, leasing construction management and development. He previously was asset manager with the Roberts Management Group. He also has worked at Carlson Real Estate Co., Great Lakes REIT and Suntide Commercial.
Lieser, who has a degree in real estate from St. Cloud State University, succeeds Steve Dorff, who retired in 2017 after 38 years with Meritex.
Meritex, a fourth-generation, 102-year-old company, leases space in Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Columbus, Ohio, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mo., Minneapolis-St. Paul and Phoenix.
