Joan Velardi of CENTURY 21 Action Plus Realty

Commercial Person Profile

Joan L. Velardi ACA

Vice-President Commercial

Century 21 - Action Plus Realty

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Joan Velardi has been a Realtor since March, 2003. She initially started with Weichert Commercial which later became Hirschman Realty. While at Hirschman she became Vice President of Sales. In 2009, she took a hiatus from real estate and worked as a management consultant. When she moved to Ocean County in 2016, she restarted her career in commercial real estate. In 2018, she joined Century 21. Ms. Velardi specializes in the sale and lease of office and industrial properties in Passaic, Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Monmouth, Ocean and Atlantic Counties. Additionally, she specializes in retail properties, especially in Ocean and Bergen Counties.

Ms. Velardi has more than 25 years of management experience in distribution, sales, marketing and importing/exporting. Prior to her real estate career, she worked in international marketing and sales for companies such as Stauffer Chemical (Food Ingredient Division), International Flavors and Fragrances, and W.R. Grace (Grace Cocoa Division), as well as having had her own food import/export business in Europe. Additionally, she had been a Director of M arketing and I nternational S ales for a perfume company, launching one of the top 10 fragrances in the USA. Before moving down to the Jersey shore - she was a Director of Marketing for a demolition and environmental remediation company.

EDUCATION

Ms. Velardi attended Holy Cross College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry, with a minor in Economics. She has her real estate license with the State of NJ since 2003 and has her advanced commercial advisor certification with Century 21.

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS

Accomplishments include the following;

• Subleased 3000 sq. ft. office space to asset management firm in Paramus • Leased 5000 sq. ft. warehouse to import firm • Sold 4300 sq. ft. Church with Parsonage • Sold 13,500 sq. ft. office building in Hackensack to a printing brokerage firm • Obtained property & construction management contract of 1.5 million for 13,500 sq. ft office building • Leased 8500 sq. ft. for 15 years of retail space to North Fork Bank in Ridgewood • Lease 8000 sq. ft. for 10 years of retail/office space to Coldwell Banker in Ridgewood • Sold 37,500 sq. ft. of industrial building in Paterson • Leased 12,000 sq. ft. flex space to child-care and party business in Paramus • Leased 7000 sq. ft. industrial space to a bus company in Paterson • Sold 75,000 sq. ft. industrial building in Paterson • Sold 10,000 sq. ft. office building in Forked River • Sold 3600 sq. ft. office building in Forked River • Sold 6000 sq. ft. warehouse in West Creek • Sold Behavioral Therapy business in Forked River with 2000 Sq. ft. office

Leased 1155 sq. ft. office space in Oceanport, NJ

Leased 2000 sq. ft office in Forked River

Leased 1000 sq. ft office in Forked River

Leased 4000 sq. ft flex space in Morgantown, NJ

Leased 2040 s q . ft office space in Moonachie, NJ

Leased 1850 sq. ft. offic e/retail space in Forked River, NJ

Leased 20 27 sq. ft. school space in Freehold, NJ