Mohr Partners, Inc., a global occupier-focused corporate real estate advisory firm, continues its national expansion with the addition of Darrin Dufresne as Managing Partner to lead a new Minneapolis office.
A seasoned commercial real estate veteran, Dufresne will serve as Mohr Partners’ market leader and broker of record for Minnesota. During his career, 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.
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 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-square-foot industrial portfolio for large institutional clients like Morgan Stanley, Principal Financial, American Express, TIAA and Invesco.
The addition of an office in Minneapolis continues Mohr Partners’ 2025 growth plans. The firm has also opened offices in Cleveland and Seattle this year, in addition to recent expansions in Phoenix; Charlotte, N.C.; and Reno, Nev.
Mohr Partners now operates 25 offices nationwide and has a strong international presence through its owned assets and strategic partnerships.
