261 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 420    Palo Alto, CA  94301

(650) 328-0447  • Fax: (650) 328-3701

Email:  john@wallacesteichen.com


JOHN J. WALLACE, CRE, FRICS

Consultant/Principal, WALLACE & STEICHEN, INC.

Real Estate Expert

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

John J. Wallace, Co-Founder and Principal of Wallace & Steichen, Inc., a real estate consulting, brokerage, appraisal and economics firm, has worked on hundreds of assignments and evaluated thousands of properties during his 30+ years in the real estate industry.  A specialist in real estate, his extensive experience in planning, acquisition, management, brokerage, economics, appraisal and development has resulted in a thorough understanding of most facets of the real estate industry, including special expertise in retail economics.  Mr. Wallace also assists in litigation support and as an expert witness.

 

Prior to co-founding Wallace & Steichen, Inc., Mr. Wallace’s experience included a broad range of senior real estate positions.  These included President and Manager of a multi-office commercial brokerage company; Administrative Manager of a commercial property management company; Associate in an international real estate consulting firm; and the position of Senior Real Estate Economist with SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1981 to present:           Principal, Co-Founder and Senior Consultant, Wallace & Steichen, Inc., Palo Alto, CA.

1983-86:                      President, Database Software Corp. (Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) mapping software company specializing in real estate, demographics and retail industries), Palo Alto, CA.

1977-80:                      Managing Broker and Executive Vice President, Corinthian Real Estate Corporation (a California real estate brokerage firm), Emeryville, CA.

1976-77:                      Senior Real Estate Economist, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), Menlo Park, CA.

1975-76:                      Administration Manager, Commercial Industrial Division, Johnstown Properties (a property management company), Oakland, CA.

1972-75:                      Associate and Senior Analyst, Larry Smith & Company, Inc. (an international real estate consulting firm), San Francisco, CA.

Also:                            General Partner, three private real estate partnerships.


EDUCATION

M.B.A., San Francisco State University (1975)            Concentration Finance;

                                                                                    Real Estate and Finance Thesis

B.A., San Francisco State College (1971)

Real Estate Classes, University of California, Berkeley

Continuing Education, Appraisal Institute


LICENSES & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

CA Certified General Appraiser #AG007447 (appraiser since 1972)

CA Licensed Real Estate Broker #808099 (broker since 1975)

American Society of Real Estate Counselors (since 1988) (CRE)

Appraisal Institute (AI)

Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)

Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

National Association of Realtors (NAR)

Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)

Urban Ecology

Urban Land Institute (ULI)

 

SELECTED CLIENT LIST:

Bank of America


Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Berliner Cohen

Moana Corporation

Buttner Properties

Morgenstein & Jubelirer LLP

California State Lands Commission

Pan Pacific Development

California State University – Sacramento, CA

Parsons

Catellus Development Corporation

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro

Chevron Land & Development Co.

Pollo Rey Restaurants

City of Aspen, Colorado

Prudential Insurance Co. of America

City of Palo Alto, California

River Park Properties

David D. Bohannon Organization

Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton

Factory Stores

South Coast Plaza

Farella, Braun & Martel

Stanford Shopping Center

Federal Realty Investment Trust

Stanford University

Grosvenor International California Ltd.

Steel, Simans & Fornaciari

Hannig Law Firm, LLP

Titchell, Maltzman et. al.

InterCAL Real Estate Corporation

Town of Vail, Colorado

Jackson & Harrigan

United States Postal Service

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler

U.S. General Services Administration

Landsing Corporation

Vogl & Meredith

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen

Wagstaffe & Jellins

McDonald’s Corporation

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Merrill Lynch Hubbard, Inc.

Wool, Richardson & Graff


PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

“Retail: What Creates Value?” Presentation at the Northern California Appraisal Institute Annual Conference, San Francisco, October, 2005

“Valuation and Appraisals Issues for Commercial Lending in California” Instructor for Lorman Education Seminar, Oakland, CA, June, 2005.

“How Much is it Worth – The Many Types of Real Estate Value” Presentation to the Northern California Chapter of CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) May, 2005

“Should El Camino be more Urban, European?” Palo Alto Weekly, March 9, 2005.

"How Retailers Satisfy the Needs of Today’s Consumer", Presentation at 2003 ICSC University of Shopping Centers, San Francisco, CA), January 2003.

"Bringing Community Back to the City:  Transforming Obsolete Malls in Urban America", Keynote Presentation at Urban Land Institute Mayors’ Forum, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2002.

"Understanding Retail Real Estate", Presentation at Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute Annual Fall Conference, October 2000.

Shifting face of San Francisco’s neighborhoods, San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle, Sunday, September 19, 1999.

Returning vibrancy to downtown, (with Michael Berube), San Mateo County Times, Sept. 7, 1999.

Downtown’s big mistake, San Jose Mercury News, January 15, 1999.

Successfully Locating a Business -- A New Look at a Retailer’s Biggest Challenge, special feature in California Centers, Number 32, January, 1999.

Retailers should watch the company they keep, San Jose and Silicon Valley Business Journal, November 23-29, 1998.

How a Garbage Dump Became a Post Office, Real Estate Issues: Environmental Conditions in Real Estate (publ. by American Society of Real Estate Counselors), Vol. 16, No. 2, Fall/Winter 1991.

Forecasting the rate of return on a real estate investment in an inflationary economy, MBAThesis, San Francisco State University, May, 1975.

12/2005

Download Microsoft Word Version  



  Company   Philosophy  Services  Clients  Areas Contact  Articles  Fees  Resume



John J. Wallace, CRE
Wallace & Steichen, Inc.
261 Hamilton Ave, Suite 420, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 328-0447
fax (650) 328-3701
john@wallacesteichen.com