Keith Zimmerman
Executive Managing Director • United States
Local Office:
405 Colorado Street, Suite 2300
Austin, TX 78701
United States
Office: +1 (512) 370-2433
Keith Zimmerman
Executive Managing Director • United States
About
Keith has almost 35 years of experience in real estate brokerage, development and consulting. He uses his extensive experience in commercial tenant representation and development including build-to-suits, relocations, acquisitions and dispositions to work in Austin and throughout the country.
Specializing in corporate representation, Keith has represented numerous major Fortune 500 corporations, mid-cap technology companies, entrepreneurial start-ups and other professional organizations. He created and led the DTZ Austin office for 19 years until it was merged with Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. While at DZT, He was ranked among the top 15 brokers nationally multiple years including a ranking of 2nd nationally. Keith has also received previous Costar’s Powerbroker award. The Austin Business Journal awarded him the #1 Heavy Hitter Award, and he has been ranked in the top five multiple times, including 2nd in 2024 and 5th in 2023. Keith earned his BA in Finance and Real Estate at the University of Texas at Austin and is currently a member of Cushman & Wakefield’s national Tenant Advisory Group, Land Advisory Group, Industrial Advisory Group and Life Science Advisory Group.
Specializing in corporate representation, Keith has represented numerous major Fortune 500 corporations, mid-cap technology companies, entrepreneurial start-ups and other professional organizations. He created and led the DTZ Austin office for 19 years until it was merged with Cushman & Wakefield in 2016. While at DZT, He was ranked among the top 15 brokers nationally multiple years including a ranking of 2nd nationally. Keith has also received previous Costar’s Powerbroker award. The Austin Business Journal awarded him the #1 Heavy Hitter Award, and he has been ranked in the top five multiple times, including 2nd in 2024 and 5th in 2023. Keith earned his BA in Finance and Real Estate at the University of Texas at Austin and is currently a member of Cushman & Wakefield’s national Tenant Advisory Group, Land Advisory Group, Industrial Advisory Group and Life Science Advisory Group.
Awards & Recognition
- Cushman & Wakefield’s Top Producer, Austin - 2024 and 2018, and ranked 2nd in 2019
- Multiple Recipient of Austin Business Journal & Costar Heavy Hitters (Top Broker, Top 5 Multiple Years)
- DTZ’s #2 National Highest Producing Broker (Top 15 Multiple Years)
Assignments
- Apollo Endosurgery - 18,388 SF
- Alcatel Lucent - 74,064 SF
- Broadcom - 22,453 SF
- Burns & McDonald – 9,500 SF
- Chrysler - 5,500,000 SF
- CyrusOne - 122,000 SF
- Dechert – 4,780 SF
- Deloitte - 89,408 SF
- Ecomicron – 25,000 SF
- Encore Orthopedics - 68,000 SF
- Farmers Insurance - 573,343 SF in building sales and 363,843 SF in leases
- Hanger - 95,709 SF
- Hewlett Packard - 300,000 SF (multiple transactions)
- Humana – 15,500 SF
- IEM – 136,000 SF
- Innovative Funding Services - 25,000 SF
- Luxury Presence – 7,887 SF
- Microsoft - 19,791 SF
- Polycom - 48,000 SF
- PPD - 211,269 SF
- Resibrands – 31,000 SF
- Rockefeller Capital – 34,000 SF
- Texas Workforce Commission - 100,000 SF
- THQ - 33,160 SF
- Travis County - Purchased 315,000 SF HQ and purchase of a full downtown city block for the Civil and Family Courthouse
- Virginia College - 96,502 SF
- Yodle - 128,300 SF
- Zurich - 524,584 SF
Downtown Land Sales/Purchases
- 44 East - Sold land site for 49 story condo - 460,000 SF
- Cleat – Sold 1/2 block for 35+ story condo
- Texas Press Association – Sold 1/4 block for 39 story condo - 321,811 SF
- Texas Restaurant Association – Sold 1/2 block for 15 story office building - 143,988 SF
Community Involvement
- Chairperson, Dell Jewish Community Campus and Past President, Jewish Community Center
- Past Chair, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Parents’ Association
- Past Chair and Creator, Texas State High School Science and Engineering Fair
- Past Vice President, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
- Co-Creator, Walk of the Town
Clients
- ADL
- Cenpatico
- Epic Real Estate
- Harris Stratex
- Intelliquest
- Lack’s
- Medical Present Value
- Navigant
- Princeton Review
- SBC
- Spindletop Capital
- Texas Association of General Dentistry
- Texas Trucking Association
- Tritium Partner
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Central Health
- Ecotech
- Grant Thornton
- Humana
- KPMG
- Manpower
- Micron
- Presidio
- Raymond James
- Silicon Wealth Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Texas Association of School Business Officials
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Univision
- Vine Vault