About

Al Caruana has served corporate clients within the Chicago Industrial Real Estate Market and Northern Illinois since 2002. Since 2002 Al has completed over 1200 transactions. In 2008 Al joined the Industrial Services division at Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc. in order to support the company’s methodical growth within the greater Chicagoland industrial marketplace, as well as the Northern Illinois submarket. As a member of this division, which is recognized as one of the largest and most productive within the Chicago Metropolitan marketplace, Caruana has established a track record for success in representing the interests of tenants and landlords of industrial properties and vacant land within Northern Illinois and the Midwest region.

Clients

Assignments

• Former Caterpillar Plant, Lease, Montgomery - 4.0 MSF
• Former Caterpillar Plant, Lease, Milwaukee WI – 750,000 SF
• TRUMPF, Inc., Build-To-Suit, Hoffman Estates – 50,000 SF
• Method Products, Build-To-Suit, Chicago – 160,000 SF
• Unilever Disposition, Minooka, IL – 456,476 SF
• Unilever Disposition, Franklin Park, IL – 534,000 SF
• Morgan Stanley Portfolio, Elk Grove Village - 747,000 SF
• Reich Brothers, Acquisition, Matteson, IL – 392,000 SF / 53 acre land acquisition

Affiliations

• Al began his brokerage career as a Commercial Marketing Executive at a local industrial firm, managing a 2+ MSF portfolio and earning multiple awards for top occupancy and production in 2007.
• Cushman & Wakefield’s Excellence in Client Service Achievement Award (Method Project) - 2013
• Top 25 Cushman & Wakefield Industrial Producer – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Costar Power Broker designation – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Recognized by the Wall Street Journal as a Cushman & Wakefield Top Producer – 2020
• Achievement Award Winner - 2024
• Zoning board member for the city of Loves Park, Illinois
• Chicago Rockford International airport board member
• Rail Authority board member
• NAIOP Awards Finalist for Broker Transaction of the Year & Large Scale Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – 2025

Education

• Illinois State University, Normal IL - Bachelor of Science with concentrations in Public Administration
• Association of Industrial Real Estate (AIRE) member