With nearly 20 years of experience solving real estate challenges, Michael L. Cantor serves corporate, public sector and real estate industry clients with global, national and regional real estate portfolios in services including management consulting, portfolio management and development consulting. In addition to being a principal of Allegro Realty Advisors, Ltd., Mr. Cantor also serves as the firm's Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.

Prior to joining Allegro, Mr. Cantor served as a Senior Manager in the Real Estate Solutions practice of Deloitte & Touche, providing management consulting services to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), corporate services to Fortune 1000 companies, and development consulting services (including economic and real estate development) to public sector entities. Previously, Mr. Cantor served as Vice President of Cleveland Real Estate Partners, which was acquired by Deloitte in 1999. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cantor worked in a corporate real estate outsourcing firm, specializing in the utilities practice, and, prior to that, a tenant representation firm.

Mr. Cantor serves as a board member of several organizations, including the Government Affairs Council of Greater Cleveland Partnership, the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association, the Ohio/Kentucky Chapter of CoreNet Global, the Cleveland Chapter of American Jewish Committee, and has served as a committee member of the Cleveland Bar Association’s Real Estate Law Institute. He was named in Crain's Cleveland Business "Forty under 40" and was honored by Deloitte, receiving its National Leadership in Real Estate Award. Mr. Cantor is a frequent speaker for organizations such as CoreNet Global, NAIOP, and Cleveland Bar Association. He has been published in industry journals such as Urban Land, Corporate Real Estate Executive, CFO.com and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal and has been frequently interviewed by business periodicals including Inside Business, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Heartland Real Estate Business, Commercial Property News and Midwest Real Estate News.

Mr. Cantor earned his J.D. from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, with concentrations in real estate and environmental law, and is a member of the Ohio Bar. He obtained his B.S. in Business and B.A. in English from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Ohio.