About

Brett Kroner is an Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield and brings 28 years of commercial real estate experience to the firm. Brett’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, transaction management, logistics analysis, development and design/build advisory, structured finance and tax, engineering, economic incentives counseling, asset valuation, project management and land acquisitions and development. Brett advises clients on planning production facilities and distribution centers on behalf of shipping, manufacturing, retail e-commerce and logistics companies. He uses an integrated approach, combining site selection and supply chain strategies, with real-time market knowledge and the insight to deliver value-added services to clients with superior results that return financial savings.

Community Leadership

• The Cancer Wellness Center, Executive Board of Directors

Education

• Graduated from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance
• Currently holds a real estate license in Illinois and Wisconsi

Clients

• Abbott Labs
• Aramark
• Avery Dennison
• Bank of America
• Beltone
• CalEast
• CenterPoint Properties Trust
• DHL Worldwide Express
• Duke Realty
• Eastman Chemical
• First Industrial
• Frito-Lay
• Handi-foil
• The Heico Companies LLC
• Mercedes-Benz N.A.
• Medline Industries
• Mobil Oil Corporation
• New York Life
• Omron Healthcare, Inc.
• Panattoni
• Pfizer
• Procter & Gamble
• Provide Commerce
• Six Flags, Inc.
• Solo Cup
• Sprint Corporation
• Tyco
• ULINE
• USG
• Waste Management, Inc.
• Watson Pharmaceuticals

Assignments

• Bombardier Corporation 500,000 SF
• Bridge Development Partners 200 Acres
• Handi-Foil Corporation 550,000 SF
• Hershey Corporation 80,000 SF
• Cardinal Health 1.6M SF
• Chicago Tribune 350,000 SF
• Culligan 525,000 SF
• Follett Corporation 550,000 SF
• FRAM 750,000 SF
• Hewitt Associates 220,000 SF
• IKEA 850,000 SF
• Kemper Insurance 80,000 SF
• Lutter Corp. 165 Acres
• McKesson Corp. 450,000 S

Affiliations

• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
• Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)

Awards & Recognition

• Greater Chicago Food Depository Industrial Broker of the Year Nominee, 2022
• Cushman & Wakefield Americas Achievement Award 2022
• Cushman & Wakefield ‘Top 25’ 2020, 2021, 2022
• NAIOP Industrial Transaction of the Year Nominee, 2001, 2023
• NAIOP Industrial Spec Development of the Year, 2023
• NAIOP Built to Suit Transaction of the Year Nominee, 2018, 2019, 2020
• 2017 NAIOP Industrial Speculative Development of the Year, Bridge Point North I
• Avison Young Affinity Group North American Leader, 2015–2016
• CBRE’s Chicago Chairman’s Circle, 2008–2013
• CBRE’s No. 1 Industrial Team of Chicago, 2002–2013
• NAIOP Industrial Transaction of the Year, 2011
• Greater Chicago Food Depository Industrial Broker of the Year, 2005–2009
• AIRE Recipient of the Frank Mahoney Award, 2002
• Recognized as a top ten Chicagoland industrial producer at Cushman & Wakefield, 2001
• Cushman & Wakefield’s “Rookie of the Year”, 1997