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Michael Brennan

Michael W. Brennan is co-founder, chairman and managing principal of Brennan Investment Group, a U.S. industrial real-estate investment firm. He launched the company in 2010 after co-founding First Industrial Realty Trust and serving as its CEO. Brennan’s career has focused on industrial ownership, development and investment, including large-scale transactions across U.S. warehouse and manufacturing markets. Brennan Investment Group · SEC-filed director biography

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Known For

  • Co-founding First Industrial Realty Trust in 1994 and serving as its president and CEO until 2008–09.
  • Building Brennan Investment Group into an industrial-property investor and operator focused on warehouses, distribution and manufacturing facilities.
  • A reported career total of more than $14 billion in industrial real-estate transactions. This figure appears in institutional biographies and includes company transactions over decades, rather than only personally sourced acquisitions. Institutional director biography · Brennan Investment Group

Career

Brennan began in industrial real estate in 1984 as an investment specialist at CB Commercial. He later became a president and partner at The Shidler Group, then co-founded First Industrial Realty Trust in 1994. He served as its president and CEO until leaving in 2008–09. In 2010, he founded Brennan Investment Group, which invests in industrial properties and has grown into a national owner and operator. A 2025 institutional director biography identifies him as chairman and managing principal and reports more than $14 billion in transactions over his 34-year career. Institutional biography · Brennan Investment Group

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  • Investor People Hub
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  • Brennan Investment Group
  • Industrial Hub
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