Lee J. Shapiro

Lee Shapiro serves as Executive Vice President, Director of Brokerage for KWP in Los Angeles.

Lee is a CRE veteran with over 36 years of experience, specializing in the leasing and sale of retail property, and currently the exclusive agent for 2.5 million square feet of commercial space across Southern California. In the last 24 months, Lee has completed 115 transactions representing approximately $163 million in value and 425,000 square feet of property.

As EVP, Director of Brokerage at KWP, Lee has an incredible track record of success; over his career, he has closed over 1,450 transactions worth over $2 billion. He is also a committed partner and mentor, working with other members of the KWP Real Estate team to make a significant impact on various L.A. submarkets including Hollywood, Culver City, Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. His deals and expert commentary have been featured in the LA Times, Connect CRE, LA Business First, The Registry, Eater LA, What Now Los Angeles, Urbanize LA, Commercial Observer, Bisnow, Los Angeles Business Journal and Retail Merchandiser.

A selection of Lee’s notable lease deals in the last two years include: Ballers (101,000 SF, DTLA), Liberty Behavioral & Community Services (29,650 SF, DTLA), The One Elite Training (11,800 SF, Hollywood), Trader Joe’s (11,000 SF, Palms), Hapa Haus (7,900 SF, Sherman Oaks), Visionary Developments (7,000 SF, Hollywood), Seoul Table (6,800 SF, Culver City), Escapology (5,100 SF, DTLA), Panini Kabob Grill (5,000 SF, Hollywood), and Chase (4,600 SF, Long Beach).

Lee has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker, LA Times CRE Visionary, GlobeSt. Retail Influencer and won the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Silver Award for Retail Lease of the Year in 2024 and 2025, and the Gold Award in 2026. He also received CoStar’s Impact Awards 2026 Lease of the Year.

Prior to joining KWP, Lee worked at Charles Dunn Company, where he most recently served as Senior Managing Director.

Select Clients

• AEW
• Atlas Capital
• Berkshire Group
• BlackRock
• Bolour Associates
• California Landmark Group
• CalPERS/CalSTRS
• Canfield
• Carlyle Group
• CGI Strategies
• Chandler Partners
• CIM Group
• Cypress Equity Investments
• The Dinerstein Companies
• DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners
• Douglas Emmett
• East West Bank
• ELK Development
• Empire
• Essex Property Trust
• Fifield Companies
• Gaw Capital
• Geneva Street Partners
• GID
• Gilmore Associates
• Goldrich Kest
• Greystar
• Grubb Properties
• Hackman Capital Partners
• Hanover Company
• HEI Hotel/Gatehouse Capital
• Heitman
• Helio
• Host Hotels & Resorts
• HP Investors
• ICO Development
• Jade Enterprises
• The Kor Group
• Korean Airlines
• LaTerra Development
• Ledcor
• Legacy Partners
• Lennar
• Lowe Enterprises
• Lubert Adler
• Madison Realty Capital
• Main Street Advisors
• Mill Creek Residential
• Minneapolis Teachers Annuity
• Monarch Development
• National Real Estate Dev.
• NMS Properties
• Northern Trust Bank
• Nuveen
• Ocean West Capital Partners
• Oceanwide Plaza LLC
• Onni
• OTO Development
• OUE
• Pendulum
• Redwood Urban
• Regency Centers
• Rising Realty Partners
• Rockwood
• Sares-Regis Group
• Silverstein Properties
• Starwood Corporation
• Steelwave
• Steerpoint Capital
• Stockdale Capital
• The Related Companies
• The Wolff Company
• Tooley Interests
• UCLA
• Urban-Offerings
• US Bank
• USAA
• Vintage Capital Group
• Wiseman Development
• Wood Partners
• WS Communities

Affiliations

• International Council of Shopping Centers

Education

• B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara