Marking a major milestone for his career, Joe Santaularia, executive vice president of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services, will become the youngest president of CORFAC International in its 36-year history, effective Jan. 1.
Santaularia, who turns 39 this week, previously has served as CORFAC’s vice president, treasurer and secretary in addition to his tenure on multiple leadership committees. He is succeeding Daniel Shindleman, CCIM, MRICS, Bridgemer AG/CORFAC International in Wollerau, Switzerland.
“It’s my honor to lead CORFAC International’s network of 75 independently owned and operated commercial real estate brokerage offices,” Santaularia says. “As president in 2026, I want to contribute to making the CORFAC brand even stronger worldwide. We’ll also be concentrating on developing more in-network referral business and relationship building, which will benefit our network’s clients.”
CORFAC’s new president grew up in the commercial real estate business, tagging along with his father, Kevin J. Santaularia, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services, who bought the firm in 2000 and shortly thereafter joined CORFAC’s global network of independently owned brokerage firms to grow the company.
“CORFAC referrals have been instrumental in helping our firm grow and attract new business to Dallas/Fort Worth, as we do for other network members throughout the country,” says Bradford’s president and CEO.
The younger Santaularia, and new CORFAC president, earned his broker’s license in his sophomore year at the University of Kansas. He closed his first deal in his senior year.
Joe Santaularia joined Bradford as a broker associate in 2008 after graduation, rising through the ranks to executive vice president and director of strategic investor relationships, capital placement and 3PL partnerships. In 2021, he was accorded CORFAC’s Thomas Hayes Jr. Member Excellence Award for his dedication to introducing cutting-edge ideas to the network. To date, he has completed more than six million square feet of transactions.
CORFAC’s 2026 executive committee also includes Trent Scott, CCIM, First Capital Property Group of, Orlando, Fla., as vice president; Dan Dokovic, SIOR, of Intelica in St. Louis as treasurer; Edward F. Del Beccaro of TRI Commercial in Walnut Creek, Calif. as secretary; and Shindleman, immediate past president. At-large members are Brody Cohen of Capacity Commercial in Portland, Ore,; Chris Gerlach, SIOR, of CSA Realty Group inn Austin, Texas; Andy Mills, SIOR, of Elford Realty in Columbus, Ohio; and Jason Capitani, SIOR, of L. Mason Capitani in Troy, Mich.
