Justin Krebs
Boston – Trans National Properties (TNP) announced that Justin Krebs has joined TNP as executive vice president.
Krebs, who most recently was the partner in charge of Normandy Real Estate Partners Boston & New England offices, joins TNP to expand its real estate investment and development platform, and to lead the development team working on the proposed 740-foot Trans National Tower.
Prior to joining TNP, Krebs managed Normandy’s highly successful ownership and repositioning of the John Hancock Tower. In addition, he was responsible for the permitting and codevelopment of the 378-unit Troy residential project in the South End, along with the historic redevelopment of the Ames Building into a boutique hotel.
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Trans National Properties is the developer and owner of 133 Federal Street and the Trans National building at 2 Charlesgate in the Fenway.
Steve Belkin, CEO of TNP, said, “Justin is well-respected in all aspects of the real estate industry both locally and nationally, including his extensive permitting, finance and development experience with hotels, residential and office properties, which makes him uniquely qualified to lead our growing development team.”
Krebs, a veteran Boston real estate professional, also has extensive experience securing tenants, financing and developing corporate build-to-suit office projects, including luring powerhouse Bain Capital to the John Hancock Tower. In recent years, Krebs was also responsible for the ground-up development of two major office projects, including securing Trip Advisors move to its new 300,000 square foot global headquarters in Needham and Adobe’s LEED Certified Platinum build-to-suit office building in Waltham.
Previous to building Normandy’s Boston platform, Mr. Krebs was a Senior Vice President at JP Morgan where he completed over $4 billion in real estate investments and joint ventures from Boston to Florida, including a development joint venture with Avalon Bay on pioneering projects on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, as well as with Samuels & Associates on the Trilogy, a mixed-use residential project which spurred the wave of transformative development in the Fenway of Boston.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which leverages my experience and skills. My first priority is the company’s transformative mixed-use 740’ Trans National Tower. I will also be working on additional unique opportunities and developments in Greater Boston, as we expand and build upon Steve’s existing platform,” Krebs said.
Trans National Tower is an iconic mixed-use development in Winthrop Square that will include hotel, residential, office, and ground floor retail at the Winthrop Square Garage site and 133 Federal Street, which is currently owned by Trans National.
