About DAUM
Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Los Angeles, DAUM is California’s oldest and most experienced commercial real estate brokerage company. With a staff of 120 brokers and 11 branch offices, DAUM consistently ranks among the top 10 commercial brokerage companies in the greater Los Angeles Basin and is a major player in the metropolitan Phoenix market.
DAUM is an affiliate of ONCOR International, a premier global commercial real estate referral network. ONCOR is comprised of more than 50 independent commercial real estate partner brokerages that employ more than 1,800 individual sales associates working from over 170 offices in 32 countries. ONCOR specialists provide commercial corporate services for clients through affiliated offices covering over 220 global markets on six continents.
In 2002, DAUM was ranked as the seventh largest brokerage company as reported by the Los Angeles Business Journal. DAUM’s branch office locations include Central and North Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, Santa Barbara, South Bay, South Orange County, Valencia, Ventura County, and Phoenix, Arizona.
William Howard Daum, Sr. established Southern California’s preeminent commercial real estate company in 1904, and since that time, the name DAUM has become synonymous with excellence in real estate services. A true visionary, Mr. Daum believed that one day the region would be a hub of industry for the world. With that philosophy as his driving force, he engineered the expansion of over 6,500 companies from the East and Midwest into the Southern California market.
DAUM has established a unique niche that sets it apart in the marketplace. While offering full-service capabilities and technology, DAUM maintains the same industrious work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit that enabled its founder to transform his vision into reality.
Whether the transaction involves a distribution building, a manufacturing plant, or a sophisticated research and development facility, DAUM’s complete market knowledge assures clients that they will receive the most professional and thorough industrial brokerage services available. This is the area of expertise in which DAUM earned its initial reputation, and the company has maintained a leadership role throughout the ensuing decades.
Office leasing has become an increasingly complex process, and tenants today need brokers who can successfully negotiate a lease. Once a site has been selected, DAUM’s office brokerage professionals can guide the client through the complexities of office lease negotiations, as well as the tenant improvement build out process.
DAUM is the natural choice for everyone from institutional investors to individuals making their initial real estate investments. Since many investment opportunities tend to evolve directly from the day-to-day sales and leasing of commercial properties, DAUM’s brokers are ideally positioned to seek out and recommend potential investment properties that would best benefit a client’s portfolio.