Darrin Dufresne serves as the Managing Partner for Mohr Partners, Inc., in its Minneapolis office. In that role, he serves as the firm’s market leader and broker of record for the state of Minnesota.
A seasoned commercial real estate veteran, he has successfully executed over 800 commercial real estate transactions totaling more than 16 million square feet and valued at more than $780 million. Prior to joining Mohr Partners, Darrin was the president of Blue Lake Commercial Real Estate, a tenant/buyer representation firm based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Darrin’s past experience of leasing over 10 million plus square feet of commercial real estate portfolios for large institutional landlords provides him with a substantial understanding of the economics from the landlord’s perspective. This generates an environment that provides a competitive edge for his clients during lease negotiations. Additionally, he worked as the director of commercial leasing for Sherman Associates, where he oversaw profit and loss and complex lease negotiations for a commercial property portfolio that consisted of 35 mixed-use, retail and healthcare properties that totaled 1.2 million square feet. He also negotiated successful lease transactions with tenants such as Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, U.S. Bank, Children’s Minnesota Hospital, State Farm, McDonald’s, RE/MAX, First American Financial Corporation, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and Jimmy John’s.
Dufresne also spent time as the director of commercial leasing at CSM Corporation, leasing a 6.5-million-square-foot industrial/office/retail portfolio, and as a vice president with CBRE, leasing a 4-million-squarefoot industrial portfolio for large institutional clients like Morgan Stanley, Principal Financial, American Express, TIAA and Invesco.
Darrin earned a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communications, Rhetoric and English from the University of Minnesota.
EDUCATION
- University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Science in Speech Communications/Rhetoric/English
CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Minnesota
AWARDS
- Two-Time Industrial Real Estate Transaction of the Year Award Winner – Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors (MNCAR)
- Seven-Time CBRE Millennium Club Award (based on annual production)
- Three-Time winner of CBRE Cornerstone Award (based on client service)
