Blake Brown
Broker Associate
bbrown@dennyelwellcompany.com

Blake Brown joined Executive Real Estate Services (ERS) in 2002, after graduating from Des Moines Area Community College. He progressed through many roles within the company. Blake began as a Commercial Property Manager, successfully managing over 1.5 million square feet of commercial space for ERS.

In 2003, he obtained his real estate salesperson license and was then promoted to Leasing Manager. In 2006, Blake received his broker license and was promoted to Broker of Record for ERS. In 2008, Blake was promoted to Managing Director. Blake was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial property and managing the ERS brokerage team.

In early 2009 Blake and his business partner, Michael Billings, developed the highly productive Brown & Billings Commercial Real Estate Services team with Iowa Realty Commercial. They assisted the real estate needs of property owners and businesses alike on both a local and national level. Blake has experience in all types of commercial property including retail, office, flex, and industrial commercial space as well as development and multi-family investment land.

In 2011 the Brown & Billings CRES team joined the Denny Elwell Company and opened a branch office in Waukee to service the western suburbs of the Des Moines metro market. As a member of the Denny Elwell team Blake is committed to expanding his knowledge of the ever changing commercial landscape in order to better serve his clients. His responsibilities include but are not limited to marketing, site selection, acquisition representation, disposition, tenant representation, and corporate leasing.

Blake’s experience has given him extensive knowledge of all property and transaction types. Furthermore, he has completed multiple leasing and sales transactions as a tenant/buyer and landlord/seller representative. Blake's hands-on experience includes marketing suburban office, retail centers and land developments, as well as the sale of investment product.

Blake believes that consistent follow-through and management of the entire lease and/or sales process is the key to success and maintaining long-lasting relationships with the client. His goal is to continue to provide clients with quality service based on the core values of honesty, integrity and professionalism.

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