John Teutsch

John has been a leader in commercial real estate in the Seattle area for over thirty years. Prior to founding Teutsch Partners in 1987, John was director of commercial leasing for Cornerstone-Columbia Development Company, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, and a principal at The Norman Company. John has negotiated the acquisition and disposition of real estate exceeding several hundred million dollars in value and has negotiated several million square feet of commercial leases for tenants and owners. In real estate finance, John has raised capital for the firm’s own projects as well as for other developers. John continues to be responsible for oversight of the Teutsch Partner’s daily operations. John has been a managing general partner in the acquisition, development, leasing, and management of a variety of mixed-use and single-purpose projects in the Seattle area. These include the 74-unit Nine and Pine Apartments, the 75-unit TraVigne Apartments, the 42-unit Remi Apartments, and the Ballard Landmark, a 151-unit independent senior living facility, winner of the Master Builders Association’s 2009 Built Green Award for Multi-family Development. Other projects include two waterfront developments (retail, office, and marina) in Seattle; Chandler’s Cove on Lake Union and Shilshole Place and Shilshole Landing on the shores of Puget Sound. John also owns and manages Columbia Crossings with three separate marinas, 57 floating home slips, RV and self-storage facilities, and retail and office buildings, situated on Hayden Island on the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. In addition, John has developed and owns over one and a half million square feet of successful industrial warehouse/distribution and office projects in Seattle, Auburn, Renton, Woodinville, and Tukwila. Among the higher visibility projects making significant community contributions are the Queen Anne High School renovation, and the restoration of the historic Interlake Elementary School into Wallingford Center with two levels of retail shopping and 26, third floor residential units. Several development projects have been recognized for excellence in the real estate industry including the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason as a Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) finalist for Flex Tech Development of the Year; the Stevens Pavilion, as the winner of the SIOR Office Development of the Year; Harbor Wholesale warehouse and distribution center at Hawks Prairie 111 Corporate Park, winner of the NAIOP 2011 Development of the Year and NAIOP 2011 Finalist for Developer of the Year; and the Nine and Pine Apartments in downtown Seattle, a 2015 NAIOP finalist for Multi-family Development of the Year and Mixed-Use Development of the Year. John holds a law degree from the University of Texas and is licensed to practice law in both Washington and Texas. He also holds a Masters of Science in environmental science from Rice University, and an undergraduate degree in accounting, from the University of Texas at Austin. After finishing law school and obtaining his Masters, John served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas in the Environmental Protection Division and is the former President and Chairman of the Board of Azle State Bank in Fort Worth, Texas. John sold the Azle State Bank in 1981 and moved to Seattle. John’s professional and community affiliations include: President, NAIOP Washington State Chapter 2016-2017; LAW Fund, Board of Directors; Pacific Real Estate Institute, Past President; Washington State Bar Association, Member of the Real Estate Section; and Texas State Bar Association, Member.

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  Law degree from the University of Texas MS in Environmental Science from Rice University