Tamara Alexander
Tamara Alexander-Johnson is an accomplished real estate professional with thirty years of commercial real estate experience in lease transactions, strategic portfolio analysis, property financial analysis, construction project management, and vacant land development and entitlements, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of every asset type: industry experience in office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, medical office buildings, and vacant land commercial real estate assets. Further, in the past 12 years, she has completed over $5 billion in transactions locally, nationally and globally.
She has a detailed, proven track record to help companies understand the role of the corporate real estate professional: to assist with the optimization of a commercial real estate portfolio to provide support to the business function that resides in the real estate. In addition, to create the best workplace environment for the employees at the most effective cost to the business unit.
In her tenure, she has worked leading corporate real estate teams for Western Union, VF Corporation, BBVA Bank and CSU STRATA (an affiliated entity of the Colorado State University System). In addition, she operates her consulting company: Corporate Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC. In that role she provides subject matter expertise to assist her clients by providing asset management, lease administration, corporate real estate policies and procedures, strategic portfolio optimization, and workplace strategy, and negotiates real estate transactions for those companies’ commercial real estate assets.
Tamara has a high-level strategic acumen in commercial property capital expenses cost analysis, tenant improvement build-out construction, facilities operations and property asset management. She is proficient with negotiating purchase and sale agreements and has detailed knowledge of all lease documents. Further, she has a proven ability to communicate with leaders with detailed business plans, P&L statements and operational budgets, and preparation of pertinent executive-level reports and presentations.
During the time from 1990-2010, Tamara worked as a real estate broker for various developers, investors, and REITs to buy and sell value-add commercial real estate assets. She has worked during three commercial real estate downturns: the S&L crisis of 1990-93, the Great Recession of 2007-09, and the COVID-19 recession.
Education
- Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) from CoreNet Global
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Denver
Key Companies where Tamara has led transactions teams since 2011
- CSU STRATA (affiliate of the Colo. State University System): Executive Director of Real Estate Services
- Corporate Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC: Principal
- VF Corporation: Corporate Real Estate Leader, Colorado office
- Western Union: Senior Global Transactions Director
Acknowledgments | Designations | Honors | Board and Chairperson Roles
- University of Denver Adjunct Faculty, Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, Daniels College of Business, 2024
- CoreNet Global Colorado Chapter Board of Directors, 2021-present, Membership Chair and Programs committee 2017-2020
- CREW Denver Past Chapter President, Jan.-Dec. 1995
- Women of Influence Nominee: 2019 Trailblazer and 2021 Connectors Award
- CREW Denver Mentor and Mentee Committee program Chair, Jan. 2015-Dec. 2020
- CREW Network Industry Research Committee Chair, Jan. 2016-Dec. 2017
- CREW Network Educational Committee, Jan. 2014-Dec. 2015
- Fundraising Committee Chair, Augie’s Qwest ALS fundraiser, 2011-2016
- National Charity League Liaison, Rocky Mountain Youth clinic, 2015-2017