Joshua E. Joseph is one of the Founders and Principals of Frontline Real Estate Partners based in Northbrook, Illinois. Prior to beginning Frontline, Josh spent over eight years with Hilco Real Estate as a Principal and Senior Vice President. During his tenure at Hilco, his primary responsibilities included spearheading Hilco’s principal acquisition and fee for service disposition disciplines, respectively. In these two roles, Josh managed a team of approximately eight dealmakers and analysts. He has spent the better part of his career participating as a principal as well as an advisor in some of the United States largest and most high profile bankruptcy cases. Prior to joining Hilco Real Estate in September 2001, Josh spent over four years with Mid-America Real Estate Corporation in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. While at Mid-America, he specialized in the disposition and acquisition of retail properties throughout the Midwest.

Josh has consummated real estate transactions, both acquisitions and dispositions, in almost every state within the continental United States. He has disposed of over $500,000,000 of real estate and has acquired over $100,000,000 of real estate during his career. Josh has acquired and disposed of retail (shopping centers, freestanding facilities such as restaurants, health and fitness centers, gas stations and convenience stores, and drug stores), industrial (manufacturing, distribution, and self-storage facilities), office, undeveloped land (both commercial and residential), telecommunications sites (data centers, telecommunication office centers, and antenna sites), dialysis clinics, and corporate campuses.

Josh’s clientele includes publicly traded companies, privately held corporations, private equity companies, financial institutions, retailers, court-appointed trustees and receivers, and traditional institutional and private real estate companies. His clients include companies such as, MCI/WorldCom, Jacobson’s Department Stores, Lone Star Steakhouse, Bulk Petroleum, Wextrust Capital, DSI (the third largest for profit dialysis company in the United States), Bally Total Fitness, U-Haul, The Sports Authority, Circuit City, Ritz Camera, Evenflo Corporation, Sears, Homeland Supermarkets, Cabela’s, Camping World, Centre Partners, ASB Real Estate Investments, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, US Foodservice, Trak Auto Corporation, Lakewood Engineering, The Archon Group, Dearborn Development Allegis Investors The Cloverleaf Group, Travelers Insurance, Learsi, Inc., Prime Group Realty Trust, Mid-Northern Equities, Pine Tree Commercial, Marlin Properties, Gatto Industries, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Credit Agricole Indo-Suez, GE Capital, GE Investments, RREEF, SPP Investments, Simon Property Group, and Ramco-Gershenson.

Josh is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelors Degree in English and French Literature. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Illinois as well as a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He resides in Buffalo Grove with his wife and two daughters.

Please contact
Joshua E. Joseph at jjoseph@morrisanderson.com