Professional Summary: Matt Lipson is senior vice president in Northmarq’s West region and co-founder of the firm’s National Restaurant Group. He has 15+ years of real estate experience and prior to that worked in various facets including management roles at restaurants since he was 14 years old. Matt focuses on restaurant net leased sales nationwide, which practices include sale-leasebacks, portfolio management and sales, the real estate portion of mergers and acquisitions and one-off investment sales. He has an extensive track record representing REIT’s, franchisees, private equity groups, developers and high-net-worth investors. From 2021 to 2023, Matt transacted over 100 restaurant properties and over $1 billion in net leased investment sales over the course of his career. Matt holds a B.S. in psychology from San Diego State University. He is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in Oregon and is a member of SIGMA Financial Services and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).