Howard Schwimmer co-founded Rexford Industrial and serves as Senior Managing Partner, controlling all facets of the company’s business activities and directing the company’s property acquisition and development/repositioning efforts. Mr. Schwimmer has been involved exclusively in industrial real estate development, management, acquisition and disposition for more than 27 years, having demonstrated a successful track record of acquiring, repositioning, developing, leasing, selling and adding value to more than 27 million square feet of industrial property.
Rexford Industrial is a leading owner and operator of industrial property in Southern California, primarily focused on acquiring vacant and stabilized industrial properties for long-term hold. Rexford operates an industrial real estate portfolio of approximately $500 million dollars in five investment funds and is currently investing equity for Rexford Industrial Fund V REIT, targeting the acquisition of $500 million dollars of Southern California industrial real estate assets. Prior to forming Rexford in 2001 he served as a board member, major shareholder and broker of record for a prominent Southern California real estate brokerage company.
A licensed California real estate broker, Mr. Schwimmer graduated from the University of Southern California in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in business, with an emphasis in real estate finance and development.
Mr. Schwimmer serves on the USC Lusk Center Real Estate Leadership Council, is a board member of USC Hillel, American Friends of the Hebrew University and the Jewish Federation, Real Estate Principals Organization (RPO).
