Professional Experience
Levi started his career as a real estate attorney in California and Michigan. For the last 40 years, he has specialized in tenant/buyer representation and has saved his clients more than $42,000,000 through lease negotiations and re-negotiations. He also specializes in office and industrial building sales as well as land and real estate developments.
Select Assignments
- Consultant and lease negotiation for HAP on relocation of 800 employees (160,000sf)
- Relocation of Michigan Court of Appeals to Troy, Michigan
- Relocation of Visiting Nurse Association to Oak Park, Michigan
- Relocation and Expansion of Harvard Drug Group in Livonia, MI and Indianapolis, IN
- Sale/purchase of 40 land sites
- Relocation and Renewal of Dykema Law Firm Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing
- Sale of Troy Northfield Hilton, Detroit Airport Hilton, Ann Arbor Marriott
- Sale of the Hecker-Smiley Historic Mansion- Detroit
- Expansion of Ciena Health Care HQ, Southfield, MI
- Development – General Partner
- 85,000 sf office building – Livonia, MI
- 28,000 sf medical building – Southfield, MI
- 180 residential condos – Clarkston, MI & Ann Arbor, MI
Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- State of California Bar Association
- Southfield Business Network – Founder/Chairman, 1994 – 2004
- Oakland County Business Roundtable – 1998 – Present (Chairman 2001-2003) Advisor to County Executive Brooks Patterson
- Cornerstone Schools – Mentor, 2005 – Present
- PIAST Institute – Board Member, 2019 – Present
- Building Beds 4 Kids – Board Member, 2019 – Present
- Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation – Vice President, 2020 – Present
Education
- Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School
- Bachelor of Arts from American University
- Cranbrook School
