Mike Gioioso (joy-OH-so) grew up in Baltimore in a large family of entrepreneurs. Following his graduation from Mount St. Mary's University with a Bachelors in Business, Mike was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the Major League Baseball amateur draft and he played three years professionally. He began his career in commercial real estate in 2009 in leasing and property management for Mid-Atlantic Properties, a prominent office landlord with a portfolio of more than a million square feet of class A and B buildings.

In 2012, Mike joined MacKenzie Commercial, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s largest full-service commercial real estate services firms, where he served as a Vice President in the Brokerage division for the next decade. At MacKenzie, Mike represented some of the region’s most prominent retail landlords including Bozzuto Management, Warhorse Cities, PMC Properties, 28 Walker Development and Mars Supermarkets, along with a Tenant Roster including Crunch Fitness, Sola Salons, Pet Supplies Plus, Dunkin brands, Taco Bell (Aarsand Mgmt), Popeyes (Parikh Network), CVS (JC Barr properties) and WaWa Gas Stations (Ferber Group Inc).

Mike is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), CCIM Idaho and Commercial Brokers International, an affiliate network linking 50+ commercial real estate firms nationally for resource sharing and referrals.