Mike Harris

Managing Director

(201) 252-7487

Michael Harris is the Managing Director of CREModels, bringing over 25 years of real estate and technology experience and a lifetime of entrepreneurship to the team. Mr. Harris has held numerous roles within CREModels including Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Director of Marketing. In his current capacity as Managing Director, Mike oversees the marketing and general operations of the firm. Additionally, he is in charge of both client-facing and internal technology solutions while spearheading the CREModels Ventures and CREModels Labs divisions.

He successfully started and sold a Network Consulting company in the early 1990’s which handled both systems rollouts and training across the country. In the real estate world, Mr. Harris is known as an expert in distressed debt and REO transactions. He helped form the Special Assets Services division of a large commercial real estate brokerage firm and later served as Director of the Loan Sales division.

Mr. Harris also launched a Private Equity fund which acquires distressed commercial real estate assets in secondary markets of the US. To date they have over $25,000,000 in equity capital deployed. Mr. Harris has been involved in over $1 billion in transactions as a private investor, syndicator, broker, and lender.

Mike received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Florida, his MBA from the University of Florida and is a proud member of Mensa. Mr Harris has also attended the Real Estate Executive Seminar at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Harris also drives the CREModels Cares initiative and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Children’s Museum Great Explorations in St. Petersburg Florida. He also takes on an active role on the Marketing, Technology, and Fundraising committees at Great Explorations.

Content Featuring Mike Harris:

A New Formula for Retail Rents

A New Formula for Retail Rents

By Mike Harris

As shopper behavior continues to evolve, shopping center owners are exploring new ways of calculating rents that are less dependent on sales.

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Why Retail Landlords Lose Tons Of Money To Faulty Expense Calculations

Why Retail Landlords Lose Tons Of Money To Faulty Expense Calculations

By Mike Harris

CAM recs article, originally appeared on Forbes.com by Mike Harris Retail real estate has an underappreciated problem: Year after year, incorrect or incomplete tenant expense reconciliations cost landlords an enormous amount of money. Erroneous common area maintenance and other reconciliations (generally referred to by the catchall term “CAM recs”) can account for hundreds of thousands…

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Showroom-Like Stores Could Overthrow the Basis for Retail Rents

By Mike Harris

Traffic and customer data could eventually trump traditional measures such as sales per square foot

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From Stores To Showrooms: Evolving The In-Store Experience And Underwriting Practices

From Stores To Showrooms: Evolving The In-Store Experience And Underwriting Practices

By Mike Harris

E-commerce is transforming retail real estate, and yet the most drastic changes may still be ahead.

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West Coast Real Estate Developers Making the Leap to Mixed-Use

West Coast Real Estate Developers Making the Leap to Mixed-Use

By Mike Harris

Adding a mix of uses to a project brings an air of diversity, attracting more people to the same place. Below, mixed-use experts give their impressions of where this trend is headed.

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CREModels Mashing Big Data with Commercial Real Estate

CREModels Mashing Big Data with Commercial Real Estate

By Mike Harris

Originally Appeared in Business Observer by Kevin McQuaid Company uses data analytics to help clients make the most of their properties Mike Harris has always had a way with numbers. Computers, too. Growing up in Ocean City, Md., he always had the latest gadgets and electronics around, courtesy of his father, a foundations contractor and…

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Single-Use Developers Face New Challenges in Today's Increasingly Mixed-Use World

Single-Use Developers Face New Challenges in Today’s Increasingly Mixed-Use World

By Mike Harris

CREModels urges developers to contemplate the complexities of large-scale mixed-use projects before taking them on

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Single-Use Developers, Mixed-Use World: Making the Switch

Single-Use Developers, Mixed-Use World: Making the Switch

By Mike Harris

For traditional project sponsors, embracing the opportunities of multi-use projects often involves a significant learning curve. Two experts from CREModels offer insights into making the transition.

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Giving Due Diligence Its Due: Why Real Estate Investors Need To Ask Tough Questions

Giving Due Diligence Its Due: Why Real Estate Investors Need To Ask Tough Questions

By Mike Harris

Commercial real estate investors are racing to fill their acquisitions pipelines, but they can lose sight of a sobering fact about real estate deal-making: The faster the pace, the harder it can be to ferret out problems with prospective acquisitions.

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Pros Offer Tips on Teaming Up for Mixed-Use Projects

Pros Offer Tips on Teaming Up for Mixed-Use Projects

By Mike Harris

Retail and other traditionally single-use developers are increasingly teaming up with partners to do mixed-use projects. Across the country, we’re working on a lot more projects that have a robust mix of uses.

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