
Elion Establishes West Coast Presence in Seattle with Former Amazon Logistics Exec
Miami-based Elion Partners expanded its leadership team with the addition of James Lambert, the former head of real estate for Amazon Logistics. Lambert joins as Senior Managing Director of Industrial Investments, expanding the firm’s logistics real estate acquisition strategy to the West Coast.
Lambert will be responsible for overseeing strategic infill acquisition opportunities in high-growth core markets, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. He will also play an integral role in the firm’s New York metro area acquisition strategy. He will be positioned in Seattle, establishing the firm’s West Coast presence.
Lambert led the Amazon Logistics real estate team in its last-mile site acquisition strategy for five years. During this time, he increased Amazon’s site count from five to 130 nationwide. Before this, Lambert spent more than 15 years leading the real estate strategies for Starbucks and other brands.
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