What Simons Real Estate Group does

Simons Real Estate Group (SRG) is a privately held commercial real estate advisory and brokerage firm headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, with a secondary office in Westlake Village. The firm offers a unified service suite covering acquisition, sales, leasing, asset management, and strategic consulting for commercial and retail properties. All brokerage and management activities are executed under licenses with illi Commercial Real Estate, a national managed commercial network. The firm's core asset is its personnel: founder Ken Simons brings over three decades of specialized retail real estate experience and direct familiarity with local zoning, planning, and building and safety divisions, while Kim Simons has specialized in retail leasing and sales since 1990 and has earned top production honors for ten consecutive years. SRG manages an asset portfolio exceeding one million square feet and claims to have touched over one billion dollars in real estate transactions across its history.

The client base spans institutional landlords, Fortune 500 companies, family offices, and national retail chains (including Sprint PCS, Jafra, Hertz, TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Tractor Supply, Burlington, and 99 Cents Only Stores) alongside local landlords and small-business tenants. Revenue is generated transactionally through brokerage commissions on completed acquisitions, sales, and leases, supplemented by recurring asset management fees and consulting engagements. Geographic concentration has historically been in Southern California — Ventura County, San Fernando Valley, and greater Los Angeles — though the firm has recently extended into the Connecticut market through co-development partnerships, notably the One Center Park Place luxury condominium project in West Hartford ($80-90M, 56 units, targeted for completion September 2027) with Lexham Private Investors and the Manafort Family, and the Port Eastside redevelopment at Founders Plaza in East Hartford. Distribution relies on direct enterprise relationships, professional and community network development, and third-party listing platforms Crexi and LoopNet.

Name

Simons Real Estate Group

Legal name

Simons Real Estate Group

Website

https://srgla1.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Simons Real Estate Group is a privately held commercial real estate advisory and brokerage firm based in Sherman Oaks, California, offering acquisition, sales, leasing, asset management, and consulting services to institutional landlords, Fortune 500 companies, family offices, national chains, and local landlords and tenants across Southern California and Connecticut.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA), Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate
• Property leasing services
• Real estate brokerage
• Asset management services
• Commercial property sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Sherman Oaks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Brokerage and Advisory Services: Transaction-based commercial real estate services including acquisition, sales, leasing, and asset management. Revenue generated through brokerage commissions on completed transactions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Simons Real Estate Group is a commercial real estate advisory and brokerage firm that provides acquisition, sales, leasing, asset management, and consulting services to institutional landlords, Fortune 500 companies, family offices, national retail chains, and local landlords and tenants. The firm asset-manages more than 1 million square feet of commercial space and has touched over $1 billion in real estate transactions. All brokerage activities are conducted under licenses held with illi Commercial Real Estate.

Product overview

Simons Real Estate Group is a commercial real estate advisory firm offering a unified suite of services under its own brand. The core offerings include Acquisition Services, Sales Services, Leasing Services, Asset Management, and Consulting Services, all provided through the SRG brand and executed via their licensed entity illi Commercial Real Estate. Property listings are distributed through third-party listing platforms: Crexi Listings and LoopNet Listings. The company specializes in retail and commercial properties, serving institutional landlords, Fortune 500 companies, family offices, national chains, and local tenants/landlords. With over $1 billion in real estate transactions touched, the firm provides advisory services from strategy development through transaction implementation and ongoing asset management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acquisition Services Commercial real estate acquisition advisory helping clients identify, evaluate, and purchase commercial properties. Serves institutional landlords, family offices, and individual buyers across Southern California.
• Sales Services Commercial real estate sales and disposition advisory for institutional landlords, family offices, and individual property owners. Includes representation of sellers in transactions such as the Jafra Cosmetics headquarters building sale for $28 million.
• Leasing Services Retail and commercial property leasing services with specialization in tenant representation and landlord representation. Kim Simons has received top production honors in leasing transactions for ten consecutive years since beginning in 1990.
• Asset Management Asset management services covering more than 1 million square feet of commercial properties, including oversight of leasing, construction, attorneys, architects, tenant work, zoning, and financing.
• Consulting Services Strategic consulting for commercial real estate transactions, developing strategies to achieve client goals in coordination with their attorneys and accountants. Provided to individuals, families, and corporations.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lexham Private InvestorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for One Center Park Place luxury condominium development in West Hartford, CT - a 56-unit project with estimated $80-90 million in total listing volume. Project anticipated to complete in September 2027.
• Manafort FamilycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for One Center Park Place luxury condominium development. The Manafort Family is part of the development team alongside Lexham Private Investors and Simons Real Estate Group.
• illi Commercial Real EstatecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLicensing partner for all brokerage activities. Simons Real Estate Group operates under illi Commercial Real Estate licenses for brokerage and management implementation. Illi is described as the largest managed commercial network in the United States.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lee & Associates: Privately held commercial real estate services firm with similar mid-market brokerage focus on retail, office, and industrial — comparable in size, structure, and client mix to Simons.
• illi Commercial Real Estate: Licensing and platform partner under which Simons conducts all brokerage; the largest managed commercial network in the US, providing co-brokerage, infrastructure, and geographic reach for retail and commercial transactions.
• Marcus & Millichap: Public CRE investment sales and financing firm specializing in retail, multifamily, and net-lease properties — directly comparable to Simons' retail-focused brokerage and investment advisory model.

Broad incumbents

• JLL: Global CRE services and investment management firm — directly comparable across leasing, asset management, and capital markets advisory that Simons offers, but at vastly larger scale.
• CBRE Group: Largest global CRE services firm offering brokerage, asset management, and advisory across all property types — competes with Simons for institutional landlord and Fortune 500 mandates at the enterprise end of the market.
• Colliers International: Global CRE services firm with deep retail capital markets and brokerage capabilities — directly comparable to Simons' tenant and landlord representation services but at enterprise scale.
• Newmark Group: Public CRE services firm with retail leasing and capital markets practices — comparable to Simons on retail leasing for national tenants and institutional owners.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global CRE services firm with strong retail and occupier representation practices — competes with Simons for national-chain tenant mandates and institutional landlord assignments.

Emerging players

• Retail Brokers Network: Network of independent retail CRE brokers — comparable to Simons as a relationship-driven retail brokerage, with cooperative listings and shared deal flow across regional markets.

Regional players

• NAI Capital: Southern California-focused full-service CRE firm covering brokerage, property management, and asset management in the same Ventura/LA geography as Simons — directly overlapping territory and service lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Your.Commercial.RealEstate.Professionals
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/simons-real-estate-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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