Edward J. McKeegan

President

Mr. McKeegan is the founder and President of MEI Real Estate Services, a real estate Investment, Brokerage, Management and Consulting firm specializing in the investment, enhancement and repositioning of commercial real estate assets.

Prior to forming MEI Real Estate Services in 1987, he served as a Manager for Jones Lang Wooten International. During his tenure with Jones Lang Wooten, he specialized in the repositioning of Class ‘A’ office building assets.

Prior to Jones Lang Wooten, he worked with Olympic Plaza Partners where he established and successfully ran the largest executive suite in West Los Angeles. Before joining Olympic Plaza Partners, Ed clerked for a number of law firms while attending law school.

A graduate of Niagara University in New York, with degrees in business marketing and political science, he holds a Juris Doctorate from Western State University in Fullerton, California and has attained the Certified Property Manager credential from the Institute of Real Estate Management. He is presently a Certified Commercial Investment Member.

Through MEI, he has provided real estate investment, brokerage and management expertise to Investment Partnerships, Trust Departments (including those at Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Bank, and First American Trust Company), as well as institutional real estate investors such as Great American Insurance Company, TA Associates, RCB Trust and Southport Financial Corp. In this capacity he has sold, leased and managed dozens of residential, commercial office, retail, and industrial properties. His transactional and management expertise has been a significant factor in structuring successful real estate transactions and increasing real estate cashflows and values. He has served as a Court appointed Receiver. He is most expert at and has extensive experience in turning around under performing assets.

He maintains professional memberships in the Institute of Real Estate Management, CCIM, the Urban Land Institute, the American Industrial Real Estate Association, and the California Association of Realtors. Ed holds a real estate broker license in both California and Arizona, and is a general contractor in the State of California. In 2003, he served as the Los Angeles Chapter President for the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Ed is married with two daughters and lives in Manhattan Beach, California.

To contact Ed, please email [email protected]