Jeff Lefko
Executive Vice President & Partner, Hanley Investment Group
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Retail investment professional
Phone (844) 585-7682
Retail investment professional
Specialties
Investment Sales Agent
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Retail, Speciality
Markets
Chicago, Cincinnati/Dayton, Dallas/Ft Worth, Indianapolis, Inland Empire (California), Kansas City, Los Angeles, Orange County (California), Portland, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Bakersfield, Beaumont/Port Arthur, Boise City/Nampa, Peoria
Languages
English
Bio
As Executive Vice President and Partner at Hanley Investment Group, Jeff Lefko specializes in advising clients in the acquisition and disposition of retail properties nationwide.
Jeff is focused on developing meaningful relationships that go beyond a singular transaction by proactively advising his clients to help achieve their long-term financial goals and objectives.
Jeff’s commitment to his clients and his relationship-first mindset have allowed him to close $3.5 billion in sales since 2017, averaging over 100 deals per year (since 2020). His outstanding track record earned him Hanley Investment Group’s “Top Producer” from 2019 to 2024. In 2017, Jeff was awarded Hanley Investment Group’s “Honor Man” award for his immediate success and exceptional performance at the company.
Jeff and his longtime colleague, Bill Asher, were honored by GlobeSt. as Influencers in Retail and Influencers in Net Lease in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Jeff also received GlobeSt.’s CRE’s Aspiring Leaders of 2024 and “Fifty Under 40” in 2022, which recognize talented professionals, under the age of 40, who hold solid track records of noteworthy transaction volume and significant contributions to their company’s overall success and stand out among their counterparts in the commercial real estate industry. Jeff and Bill were also recognized CoStar Power Brokers winning CoStar Power Broker Quarterly Deal Awards in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 in multiple U.S. markets.
Jeff was also awarded the ICSC Schurgin Foundation Entrepreneurial Award, given to one member each year who exhibits an entrepreneurial spirit towards the industry; Jeff remains an active member of ICSC. Graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of San Diego, Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in real estate as well as a culinary degree from the Broadmoor Culinary School.
A resident of San Diego, Jeff enjoys spending his free time cooking for his wife, family, and friends, playing pickleball, and cheering on his hometown sports teams, the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs.
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