Alexander Frei

Current

• Director - Location Incentives Group at Cushman & Wakefield

Past

• Director of Corporate Services at Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc.
• Sales Manager at Eisenmann Corporation
• Engineering Manager at Eisenmann Corporation

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Education

• Northern Illinois University - College of Business
• Bradley University

Connections

116 connections

Industry

Commercial Real Estate

Websites

• My Company

Alexander Frei’s Summary

Alexander Frei represents corporations nationally and internationally in state and local government economic development incentive negotiations. He assists clients with strategic planning in all phases of the location decision and corporate cost mitigation process. His skills include preparing economic impact and site selection analyses, incentive feasibility studies, drafting Requests For Proposals, development agreement structuring, and negotiating incentives packages. He has negotiated and structured implementation for several multi-million dollar discretionary and statutory tax incentive packages for a wide range of clients and industries.

Prior to joining C&W, Mr. Frei was Director of Corporate Services at Pollina Corporate Real Estate where he was in charge of implementing turnkey site selection services. Mr. Frei has completed statistical location analysis and incentive negotiation transactions for a wide range of companies including Moventas Inc., Geka Brush Gmbh, Caterpillar Logistics, Bosch, Pro Mach Inc., Fidelitone Logistics, Ipsen Inc., VFS, Fontaine Trailer, Acheson Ventures, and X-Rite in a industrial and commercial capacity.

Mr. Frei previously spent 8 years in the U.S., Germany, and Mexico specializing in industrial and manufacturing engineering for companies including DaimlerChrysler, Hyundai, BMW, Honda, Renault, Ford Motor, VW, Wedgwood, Rosenthal, The Budd Company, Caterpillar, Siegel-Roberts, Inc. among others. His primary responsibilities included systems engineering, project management, commissioning and debugging of complex industrial systems.

Mr. Frei is fluent in German and Spanish; having lived 13 years in Mexico City and four years in Germany. He has authored multiple articles in industry journals such as Area Development.

Alexander Frei’s Specialties:

State and local economic development incentives negotiations, nationwide location studies, real estate consulting, financial reporting (FASB SFAS No. 141 & SFAS No. 157), property tax appeals, material flow automation, industrial engineering.

Alexander Frei’s Experience

• Director - Location Incentives Group

  Cushman & Wakefield

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Real Estate industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years)

  Our group assists clients in the expansion, consolidation, and relocation of facilities to optimize investment holdings. Our mission is to design a real estate infrastructure that enhances business performance, while reducing costs through the procurement of economic development incentives.
  We also assist in addressing complex financial reporting valuation requirements (FASB SFAS No. 141 & SFAS No. 157).
  We also assist in property appeals.

• Director of Corporate Services

  Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Commercial Real Estate industry)

  May 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 3 months)

• Sales Manager

  Eisenmann Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  2004 — 2004 (less than a year)

  Responsibilities included lead generation, sales presentations, proposal development, estimating, customer management, contract negotiations, change order management.

• Engineering Manager

  Eisenmann Corporation

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

  Overall system layout, throughput calculations, material flow automation, component design, equipment design, supplier and contractor RFP, scope of work review, purchasing support, field installation, equipment commissioning, system debug, punch lists, final buy-off.

Alexander Frei’s Education

• Northern Illinois University - College of Business

  Masters , Business Administration , 1999 — 2004

• Bradley University

  Bachelors , Mechanical Engineering , 1992 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Upsilon.

Additional Information

Alexander Frei’s Websites:

• My Company

Alexander Frei’s Groups:

German American Chamber of Commerce

•    The Alumni of Bradley University

Alexander Frei’s Contact Settings

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