Julia Wilhelm

Commercial Real Estate Broker/Tenant Advisor With a Passion For Creating a More Sustainable Built Environment

My Mission
Welcome to GreenSuite. This weblog is intended to provide useful information and insight on green office space. My goal simply is to make a positive impact on the built environment. I see office space as the physical manifestation of corporate identity and a direct influence on worker productivity, creativity, and job satisfaction. And, since we as Americans are spending an increasing portion of our waking lives in the office, a critical component to our well being is a healthy workplace. Responsibility inside the office, as I see it, promotes responsibility outside the office. And so, what better way to make a positive impact on your company and the lives of your employees than to seek to create a more healthy and sustainable work “environment” in all senses of the term?

Why is This Important?
The building sector has a significant impact on the environment. Buildings in the United States consume more than 30% of our total energy and 60% of electricity annually. They consume 5 billion gallons of potable water per day to flush toilets. A typical North American commercial construction project generates up to 2.5 pounds of waste per square foot of floor space. The industry appropriates land from other uses such as natural habitats and agriculture. In my days as a commercial appraiser, it always struck me as ironic that buildings and their appurtenances were referred to as "improvements" on the land. Green building practices however can substantially reduce these negative environmental impacts and reverse the trend of unsustainable construction activities. I want to be a part of the solution and help as many others as possible that may want to but not know how.

Professional Expertise
Julia has represented tenants totaling over 600,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco. Clients include San Francisco-based firms as well as national and multi-national companies.

Her background and expertise in financial analysis as well as her detail-oriented execution style, supports her ability to successfully advocate on behalf of tenants in all types of real estate transactions from site selection and economic analysis to lease negotiation, execution and move-in.

She has a passion for and unique understanding of the means to achieve greater wellbeing and sustainability in office environments.

Activities & Achievements
Julia is a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of California. Julia began her career in commercial real estate with Cornish & Carey Commercial and was one of the founding brokers of the firm’s San Francisco office. While at Cornish & Carey, Ms. Wilhelm was named one of the top five sales professionals in the San Francisco office (2005 and 2006) and was also the 2005 recipient of the “Rookie of the Year” Award as the highest producing young broker company-wide.

Julia is an investor in New Resource Bank and a member of the San Francisco Chapter of the USGBC. She is also on the Board of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and is involved in several community organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco.

Education
Julia earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with an emphasis in finance and minors in political science and French from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. While at Duke, she also completed full credit courses at the London School of Economics in London, England and The Sorbonne in Paris, France.