COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug. 29, 2024)- Jesse Shkolnik, a Commercial REALTOR® Advisor with Equity, has been named the 2024 Columbus REALTORS® Salesperson of the Year.
A 15-year veteran of the business, Shkolnik began working in real estate as an unlicensed assistant and commercial marketing intern while in college. After graduating from the College of Business at Ohio University in 2009, he started full-time as a commercial agent with Plaza Properties/LGR Realty before joining Equity in 2014.
Shkolnik considers himself a commercial generalist who serves both landlord and tenant-represented clientele. While working with local, regional, and national clients, he has completed lease and sale transactions for retail, office, industrial, investment, land, development, and even a few residential properties. His completed transaction list includes deals with McDonald’s, Cricket Wireless, Connected Pathways Childcare, Hancock Fabrics, Sola Salons, Hypertension Nephrology Consultants, GoodVets, and the US Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.
Throughout his career, Shkolnik has been actively involved at the Association, where he is currently serving a second three-year term on the Columbus REALTORS® Foundation Board of Trustees, which he served as Treasurer in 2021 and chaired in 2022; a second one-year term as chair of the Commercial Education Committee; and is a vice chair of the Association’s annual REALTOR® CareDay. Additionally, Jesse currently serves as a member of the Commercial Recognition, Scholarship, and YPN Committees and on the Commercial Information Exchange (CIE), Commercial Member Value Add, Governance, and Strategic Long-Range Planning task forces.
He has previously served on the Association’s Board of Directors and held three-year appointments to the Columbus REALTORS® Foundation Benevolence Committee, which he also chaired in 2023, and to the Commercial Advisory Board Nomination Committee. He is a past chair of the Commercial Advisory Board, Commercial Recognition, CORPAC Fundraising, REALTOR® Care Day, Scholarship, and Young Professionals Network committees.
Shkolnik has also previously served as a member of the CORPAC Governing Board, Commercial Member Services, and Commercial Standard Forms committees.
On the state level, Shkolnik has served multiple terms on the Ohio REALTORS® Board of Directors. He was also a member of its Strategic Planning and Commercial/Industrial committees and the C/I Work Group. He is a National Association of REALTORS® certified instructor and teaches the “Intro to Commercial Real Estate” and “Commercial
New Member Orientation” classes. Shkolnik is the Immediate Past President of the Columbus Commercial, Industrial & Investment Realtors (CCIIR) and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
In 2017, he received the Columbus REALTORS® YPN 10 Under 40 award. Other awards include but are not limited to; the 2023 Largest Office Lease, the 2016 Largest 1031 Commercial Exchange and Largest Retail Sale, and the 2011 Commercial Rookie of the Year.
“It is truly an honor to be recognized by my peers as this year’s Salesperson of the Year,” said Shkolnik. Serving and giving back through so many roles at Columbus REALTORS® and for the Columbus REALTORS® Foundation has been a pleasure.”
"My career is thanks to my parents after they forced me off the couch to work for my dad, a commercial REALTOR®, the summer after freshman year in college, and then beyond to start and grow my own business. And a special recognition to my dad, Steve Shkolnik, who is this year’s CCIIR Max Holzer Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. Thank you to my clients and fellow real estate agents for making this a fun and successful career. I’m excited to see where real estate will take me in the future, continuing to help my clients and serving at Columbus REALTORS®.”
