Lucas Ward

Real Estate | Machinery & Equipment | Investment Recovery at Gibbs International, Inc.

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

About

For over 50 years, Gibbs International has developed a reputation for working successfully with large industrial partners around the world. Founded in 1973, Gibbs International, Inc. is a diversified company based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, engaged primarily in textiles, industrial equipment, power generation, decommissioning, investment recovery and commercial real estate. The firm is focused on creating value for companies, governments, sovereign agencies, institutions, and investors both locally and internationally. Our vision is to be a global leader in delivering the best solutions for buying, selling, and decommissioning industrial equipment and alternative assets across multiple industries. The Gibbs team is made up of experienced professionals in industrial sales, manufacturing, finance, and logistics, dedicated to providing bold, creative solutions that help clients maximize the value of their projects.

Experience

  • Gibbs International, Inc. ()
    • Director, Real Estate & Tactical Opportunities
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      Leading cross-platform investments and execution across the firm’s real estate portfolio and broader industrial asset base, with a focus on complex, time-sensitive, and non-standard transactions. Responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing opportunities that fall outside traditional investment mandates, where complexity, timing, or structure create a competitive advantage. Work closely with internal leadership and external capital partners to deploy capital, solve transactional challenges, and unlock value across business divisions. Oversee the firm’s internal asset management function, directing the performance, optimization, and strategic positioning of real estate and alternative assets across the portfolio.

    • Asset Manager
      Jun 2019 - Apr 2026 · 6 yrs 11 mos

      Gibbs is known for pioneering innovative transactions across industries in growth or transition, delivering creative solutions that help clients unlock and maximize the value of their assets. In my role, I lead the management and optimization of our alternative industrial investments and commercial real estate portfolio, while supporting our asset recovery efforts with an emphasis on special situations transactions. This work spans a diverse range of assets, including machinery, equipment, infrastructure, energy and power generation, opportunistic credit, and other special situations. Our real estate holdings focus on industrial properties, adaptive reuse and redevelopment projects, legacy land investments, and hospitality and lodging assets across key markets. I bring deep experience in commercial negotiation, financial analysis, risk assessment, and strategic planning. I collaborate with internal leadership, counterparties, and external capital partners to structure and execute value-driven opportunities across the U.S. and internationally.

  • SVN® International Corp. (3 yrs 2 mos)
    • Advisor - Industrial Real Estate - Investment Sales, Leasing & Development
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 · 6 mos

      Industrial Practice Lead.

    • Associate Advisor - Industrial Real Estate
      Oct 2016 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Advised individuals and companies through the full real estate transaction cycle, representing clients in the purchase, sale, and leasing of industrial and commercial properties. Projects ranged from buildings and spaces as small as 5,000 sq. ft. to several hundred thousand square feet, and from small infill tracts to land holdings spanning several thousand acres, including timber and resource properties. Managed build-to-suit projects, sale-leasebacks, warehousing, manufacturing, flex office, and development opportunities. Provided consulting services across South Carolina’s key industrial markets, leading client relationships, property tours, financing, and transaction execution. Supported investment property services such as acquisitions, dispositions, equity placement, 1031 exchanges, valuation, and asset repositioning. Licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, with coverage across the Southeastern U.S.

    • Associate
      May 2016 - Oct 2016 · 6 mos