Owen Rouse, Jr.

As a Senior Vice President with Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate LLC, Owen Rouse is charged with transacting investment sales on behalf of the firm’s clients. Grafting institutional transactional experience with a fiduciary mind set sets his practice apart from his peers.

His 40-year career in investment real estate has covered acquisition, disposition, lending, and construction dynamics spanning the major property groups and over $900 million in both acquisition and disposition volumes. Higher level exercises include asset and portfolio management as well as debt restructuring with a broad range of institutional clients.

His first decade in the industry focused on underwriting the acquisition of real estate assets on behalf of pension fund capital with laddered responsibilities through asset management, portfolio management and scripting disposition strategies to maximize value under industry leader Alex. Brown Realty Advisors (via mergers, now LaSalle Investment Management).

Recruited to Manekin LLC in 1995 to unwind Manekin’s position in institutional joint ventures (transacting over $250m) which ultimately gave rise to a successful boutique investment sales platform. Subsequent responsibilities included managing a 3-office brokerage operation as they provided leasing services for tenants and landlords locally, regionally and nationally. His most recent role at Manekin was structuring potential development and redevelopment projects that paired with the capabilities of the firm – as well as sourcing the venture partners to fund the opportunities.

Rouse is active with national and international real estate trade groups as well as local non-profits including Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. Additional time is shared with the President’s Advisory Council for Stevenson University and the Federal Reserve Fifth District Roundtable. Prior roles included Johns Hopkins Bayview Patient Safety Board and Saint Joseph’s Medical Center Foundation.