Kevin Duckler

Kevin Duckler joined Newmark's Chicago office in 2007 as the managing principal for the Midwest region. Mr. Duckler brings to his position over 29 years of real estate industry experience and oversees the strategic direction, development and success of the Midwest region while providing tenant representation services to his clients as well as expert lease/work letter negotiations enabled by his legal background.

Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Duckler served as a senior vice president at Equis Corporation, where he was the top producer in 2006. Prior to Equis, Mr. Duckler was a managing director at Mesirow Stein Real Estate, where he completed approximately $800 million in transactions for an array of clients that included Heidrick & Struggles, Federal Express and Platinum Technology.

Mr. Duckler also has extensive expertise in the public sector. , where he represented the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois in excess of 800,000 square feet. In addition, Mr. Duckler has worked exclusively with Household International in over 1.2 million square feet of transactions throughout the county.

Partial List of Transactions

• Household International - 1.2 million SF (multiple projects)

• Platinum Technology, Inc. - 800,000 SF

• Computershare - 800,000 SF (national account)

• Federal Express - 700,000 SF (multiple markets)

• Computershare - 700,000 SF(national account)

• Northwestern University Medical School - 600,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• Eby-Brown - 500,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• Allied World Insurance - 500,000 SF (national account)

• Cook County of Chicago - 310,000 SF

• Nestle - 300,000 SF

• City of Chicago - 300,000 SF

• Sachnoff & Weaver - 260,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• Here - 232,000 SF

• Panasonic - 180,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• National Opinion Research Center (NORC - University of Chicago) -150,000 SF (national account)

• Hyatt Corporation - 150,000 SF (national account)

• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation - 150,000 SF

• Creative Artists Agency - 115,000 SF

• CCC Information Services - 110,000 SF

• Northwestern University - 96,000 SF (consolidation at 633 St. Clair)

• LinkedIn - 91,000 SF

• RBC Mortgage - 85,000 SF

• Chicago Teachers Union - 80,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• Wilson Sporting Goods - 79, 890 SF

• Hub Group - 75,000 SF (multiple transactions)

• IPG - 75,000 SF

• Office of the Special Deputy - 65,000 SF

• RTA - 60,000 SF

• Morgan Stanley - 57,000 SF

• URS Engineering - 55,000 SF

• CSC Corporation - 50,000 SF

• TriZetto - 50,000 SF

• Goble & Associates - 35,000 SF

• Walton Street Capital - 35,000 SF

• DeVry University (national account)

• BorgWarner headquarters relocation

Partial Client List

• BorgWarner, Morgan Stanley

• CCC Information Systems, City of Chicago

• Computershare

• Cook County, NORC

• CSC Corporation

• Eby-Brown

• Heidrick and Struggles

• Household International

• JP/Chase

• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

• Northwestern University

• Phillips Electronics

• Platinum Technology, Inc.

• Pulte Homes

• Royal Bank of Canada

• Sachnoff & Weaver

• State of Illinois

• US Freightways

Education

Mr. Duckler received his Juris Doctorate degree from Hamelin University and his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin.