Kelly Rule

Managing Director

After 18 years in financing working with top national institutions and banks, Kelly Rule started at CBRE in 2008 to assist in the management of a top global real estate investment company’s 3M square foot portfolio. In 2009, she moved into brokerage working with a top industrial team in South Bay Los Angeles. She was eventually recruited to the #1 ranking retail team in the Western Division of CBRE where she provided strategic merchandising solutions and distinctive leasing solutions to major Owners and Developers for a variety of retail assets, including, but not limited to: neighborhood Centers, lifestyle and power shopping centers, and urban mixed-use projects.

Since January 2019, Kelly joined one of Sacramento’s top developers, heading their real estate department and managing the leasing of the firms’ portfolio consisting of approximately 2M square feet of retail commercial space and 600 acres of development land.

Professional Affiliations & Accreditations

  • Licensed Real Estate Broker - California

  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - Member

  • CREW Sacramento – Board Member, President 2023

  • ACRE Sacramento – Member

  • NAIOP Sacramento – former Board Member

  • Long Beach Commercial Real Estate Council (LBCREC - former Board Member, Past President 2013-2015)

Education

  • Webster University, St. Louis, Bachelor of Arts - Business Management

  • CCIM, Commercial Real Estate Analysis Certificate

 

Previous Clients

Corporate Services​ Assignments (CBRE)

  • On Assignment, Inc. (GCS)

  • Union Bank, N.A. (GCS)

 Landlord​ Assignments

  • Anderson Pacific

  • Etc. Real Estate Services

  • Lyon Communities

  • Redwood Partners

  • Cornerstone Advisors

  • F&B Properties

  • Pappas Investments

  • Petrovich Development

Tenant Assignments

  • Union Bank (MUFG Union Bank)

  • Nick the Greek (corporate)

  • Bento Box (corporate)

  • Ono Hawaiian BBQ (corporate)

  • Ahipoki Bowl  (corporate)

  • Creme de la Crepe (owner)

  • REI

  • Menchie's Frozen Yogurt (franchisee)

  • Sourdough & Company (franchisee)

  • Jimmy John’s (franchisee)

  • Krispy Kreme (franchisee)

  • Sapporo U.S.A., Inc.