Our Esteemed President’s Career Highlights & Experiences

San Diego Commercial Realty is an independently owned brokerage firm well positioned to provide our client base the highest level of service in the industry. All projects and assignments are handled by a seasoned broker, not staff members.

Our unique approach ensures no detail will be overlooked and no opportunities missed. Our clients are telling us, we are easier to work with and more responsive than our competitors. We hope you will give us the opportunity to earn your business.

Tim Clepper, President

Tim specializes in Owner / User and Investment properties, representing Tenants, Buyers, Sellers, Landlords, and Developers. Mr. Clepper is based in San Diego County, with offices in Vista, CA. Mr. Clepper is committed to providing the highest level of service to his clients.

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DRE Broker Number: 01900267

Experience: September 2010 – present

San Diego Commercial Realty Services Inc. – President
Mr. Clepper is focused on the brokerage of light to heavy industrial and office properties for sale as well as the representation of office and industrial tenants. San Diego Commercial works with Institutional and regional investors, with a strong emphasis on the sale and leasing of properties specific to local business owners. Mr. Clepper has personally leased and sold over several million square feet of building inventory since starting the company in 2010. The typical transaction size ranges from $1,000,000 -$20,000,000 for any given assignment. His markets of focus are Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad and Coastal North San Diego.

July 2009 – September 2010

October 2002 – July 2009

Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services-Partner
As a Partner at Lee & Associates North San Diego, Tim placed strong emphasis in selling and leasing of industrial and office properties, active in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial County. Tim focused on medium to large Investment Sales, Land Sales/Development and Owner/User Sales. He also headed up the National Tenant division and represented many high profile Tenants both locally and nationally.

Testimonials

I just wanted to personally thank you for helping us find our new facility in Escondido. Despite a shortage of good contractor properties, you found us the perfect property at the right price. I was surprised you were able to complete the building acquisition for us in only 2 weeks time. You made the process easy for us so we could focus on the operation of our business. The quick timing allowed us to capitalize on some great business opportunities. ~ Jon Fraser, President, Traffic Supply, Inc.

Thanks for the great job you did negotiating our lease renewal at the Carlsbad Executive Plaza. We were very pleased with the favorable lease rate and terms that you negotiated on our lease extension. Further, we were impressed at how your firm concluded the transaction in such a short time frame. Working with your company has been a terrific experience. I would highly recommend San Diego Commercial to our clients, and will definitely be contacting your firm for our future leasing requirements. ~ Kevin Bishop, CPA

We just wanted to thank you for the great job you did for us on our recent acquisition of the 2607 Island View building in Vista. We all enjoyed working with you, appreciate your professionalism and the way handled our Real Estate requirement. Your good advice, market knowledge, and patience were instrumental in getting us the ideal building at an economic lease rate...We will be recommending San Diego Commercial to all our friends and business contacts. ~ Michael Donovan, President & Michael Mulhall CFO, 760 Display

Partial Client List

Academic Communication
Associates

Acqua Properties

Reliabuilt Fence Company

American Concrete

Hawthorne Machinery

ARB

West Coast Equipment Rental

TAAG Machinery

Benchmark Landscape

Hogue Blacktop

Betz Concrete

Bio Film Inc.

Pacific Sweeping

Cart Mart

City of Escondido

C.H.E.K Institute

Pacific Coast Development

DCC Engineering

Denbeste Tank

Diamond Environmental

SCW Contractor Corp.

Pavement Recycling Systems Inc.

Mahler’s Bakery

Polaris Industrial Enterprises

Electric Regulator

Premium Auto Wholesale

Alchalel Real Estate Investment Trust

Tool Shed Equipment Rental

First Industrial Realty Trust

Four Corners Concrete

Stos Partners

Westec Contracting

US Foodservice

Packaging Corporation of America

Green Horizons Landscape

Robertson’s Ready Mix

Hawthorne Family Trust

Imperial Sprinkler

LH Woods and Sons

Janez Properties

Burtech Pipeline

Henry Zahner, Senior Vice-President

For over 35 years, Henry Zahner has been involved in Commercial Real Estate in North San Diego County. Henry has experience in all aspects of commercial real estate however, specializes in Industrial and Oﬃce Properties in North County representing Clients in sale, lease, sale-leaseback, and investment transactions.

Henry has completed over 1,000 transactions in his core market area, successfully ﬁnding solutions to his clients' Industrial and Oﬃce Real Estate needs.

Senior Vice-President

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DRE Agent #: 00887367

Expertise

Landlord & Tenant Representation
Build-to-Suit and Facilities Consultation
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Large Office Floorplate Leasing Industrial
Flex and Office properties

Education

Partial Client List

Russ Jabara, Vice President

Prior to joining San Diego Commercial, Russ was Senior Vice President at Kidder Mathew's for 7 years specializing in the sales and leasing of Industrial and R&D Properties. Prior to this, Russ was an associate vice president with Colliers International where for 17 years he specialized in the sales and leasing of industrial, R&D, and office properties in North San Diego County.

Russ has over 20 years of experience representing investors, tenants, and landlords throughout North San Diego County leasing and selling properties ranging from 1,500 square feet to 366,000 square feet.

Vice President

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DRE Agent #: 01315296

Experience: December 2022 – present

San Diego Commercial Realty Services Inc. – Vice President

With nearly 23 years of brokerage experience, Russ specializes in helping business owners, investors, and developers acquire, lease, and sell Industrial, R&D, and Office properties in North San Diego County. Over his career, Russ has personally leased and sold properties from 1,500 up to 364,000 square feet. Russ’ markets of focus are Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad, and Coastal North San Diego.

April 2016 - November 2022

Kidder Matthews- Independent Commercial Real Estate Firm

Russ joined Kidder Mathews after sixteen successful and rewarding years leasing and selling commercial real estate in North San Diego County. During his time at Kidder Mathews Russ helped broker some of the largest deals of his career including representing Stone Brewing in the leasing of 135,000 square feet in San Marcos, and the sale of a 128,531 square foot investment property located at 2611 Business Park Drive in Vista. During his 7 years at Kidder Russ brokered over $79.5 million in sale and lease deals.

March 2000 - March 2016

Colliers International

After completing his degree in Business Finance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Russ moved to San Diego County and joined Colliers International’s industrial/office division specializing in sales and leasing. During his time at Colliers, he consistently performed in the top 10 of producers in the Carlsbad office leasing and selling properties totaling over $223 million.

Testimonials

As our agent, Russ found a new home for our office and leased a portion of the building creating even greater value. ~ Sergio Gamberini, President, Ocean Reef Inc.

Russ's market knowledge and expertise allowed us to sell our building and create additional investment opportunities to secure our investment future. ~ Stephanie Strachan, Strachan Trust LLC

As a growing company manufacturing flexibility was our main priority, with patience and ingenuity, Russ helped us find a solution that allows us room for the future with the affordability today. ~ Jeff Hruby, President HOS-USA, Inc.

Partial Client List

Global Logistics Properties (GLP)

Indcor/Blackstone

Hruby Orbital Systems (HOS-USA)

Granite Construction

Steico Industries

Alphatec, Inc.

Ocean Reef, Inc.

Catalina Investment Group

Heritage Media Company

MVTS, Inc.

Corlund Electronics

The McDonald Group

ARO Partners

Strachan Trust, LLC

MotoCaddy Inc.

APEM

Gildred Companies

Hughes Holdings Co.

Walton Street Capital

Hensen Auto Body

BC Melco, LLC

Hill Properties

American Rim Supply

Creative Electron, Inc.

Vista Pacific, LP

Custom Marking and Assembly, Inc.

Piperin, Inc.

Signet Armorlite

Applied Spectral Imaging

United Pacific Electronics

EMSSR, LLC (Mike Adams)

Hollyvale Rental Holdings, LLC

Stone Brewing

Ridgeline Engineering

Westfield Investment Properties

Inland Engineers

Lancer Orthodontics

The Fathers House

Astro Converters

RJ Realty Investors

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Shaun Espino, Senior Associate

Shaun Espino specializes in representing business owners, investors, and developers with the acquisition and disposition of industrial properties in North San Diego County. Shaun carries 20 years of Real Estate experience within the industry.

Senior Associate

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DRE Agent #:015005130

Experience: March 2023 – present

Senior Associate San Diego Commercial

Shaun focuses on the representation of tenants, buyers/sellers, and investors of office, industrial, and investment properties. Areas of focus are Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, and Coastal North County San Diego.

April 2012 - March 2023

Producing Branch Manager, Pacific Lending LLC

Origination of Commercial and Residential Loans. Managed producing staff of 3-7 originating Loan officers. Met with applicants to obtain information for loan applications and answer questions about processes. Analyzed applicant’s financial and credit status, evaluating assets and risk to determine loan feasibility. Developed and maintained relationships with local real estate agents, clients, and local business owners.

November 2018 - March 2023

January 2009 - April 2012

Owner, Accurate Evaluations LLC

Contracted with Bank Asset managers with inspections of properties in their Real Estate portfolios. Provided Broker Priced Opinions to establish current market conditions and values along with photos of the subject property in question. Inspected properties and confirmed characteristics to confirm property matched the appraisal report on file. Facilitated the listing and sale of bank-owned and short-sale properties.

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Holli Clepper, Executive Vice-President

Holli has 20 years of executive leadership experience helping individuals and agencies exceed their goals and reach success. Holli’s expertise in marketing, fiscal management, public relations, and strategic planning has been instrumental in serving San Diego Commercial's client base in achieving its business objectives.

Executive Vice-President

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DRE Agent #:02006523

Experience: January 2010 – present

San Diego Commercial Realty Services, Inc., Vista, CA

Holli provides support for all marketing, graphic design, budgeting, public relations projects, and research & development.

Septemer 2007 - Present

March 1999 - Present

C.H.E.K Institute, Encinitas, CA.

Consultant (6/04 – present) – responsible for marketing materials, continuing education applications, grading exams, editing and creating manuals, tradeshow representation, and miscellaneous tasks as needed.

Director of Education (3/99 – 6/04) - Develop and market exercise and nutrition certification programs, and home study courses as well as provide technical support to students. Coordinate and attend all tradeshows, seminars, and events. Assist in video production and editing. Managed a $500,000 budget and a staff of 1-2.

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