Jim Postweiler
Executive Managing Director
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Midwest
Capital Markets
Investment Sales
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$3B+
Sales Volumes
Sales Volumes
$3B+
Square Feet
30MM+
Square Feet
30MM+
Transactions
100+
Transactions
100+
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Peter Harwood
Senior Managing Director
Derek Fohl
Associate Director
Jack Trager
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Ryan Cummings
Analyst
Mary Gilbank
Senior Analyst
Jake Paschen
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Penn on Parkway
Indianapolis, IN
338,881 SF
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Midwest coverage maximizes capital Penetration
Our team covers the overall Midwest in both CBD and suburban transactions. The benefit of this depth of coverage is unparalleled capital penetration and knowledge. Our hub-and-spoke system based in Chicago provides our team with direct senior relationships with all investors seeking primary market properties. Our experience in secondary Midwest markets benefits our clients with cross-pollination of capital: an investor in Columbus can be migrated to Indianapolis or Kansas City. And we have brought more new capital to Midwest markets than any other broker.
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Since 2017 our team has brought first-time capital to 10 Midwest markets in 31 transactions totaling $1.1B
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Des Moines
Detroit
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Madison
Louisville
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Timberlake Corporate Center
Chesterfield, MO
351,532 SF
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Nashville
Minneapolis
Jim Postweiler co-leads Newmark’s capital markets office team in the company’s Chicago office. He and his partners Peter Harwood and Derek Fohl focus on dispositions and recapitalizations of office space in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest.
One of the most practiced office investment experts in Chicago, Postweiler has more than 30 years of experience in investment sales, mortgage financing and asset management. He has completed transactions with a total value exceeding $14 billion since the start of his career.
Postweiler joined Newmark in 2019, after 15 years at JLL. He served as managing director and co-head of the firm’s office capital markets group in Chicago, specializing in dispositions and recapitalizations of office assets.
Postweiler began his career in real estate brokerage in 1997 and grew to lead the Chicago office of Insignia ESG for Midwest sales.
Prior to his real estate career, Postweiler spent 10 years at Mutual of New York in various roles, including loan production, asset management and sales.
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Peter Harwood co-leads Newmark’s capital markets office team in the company’s Chicago office. Peter and his partners Jim Postweiler and Derek Fohl focus on dispositions and recapitalizations of office properties in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest.
Peter develops and executes sales strategies to provide the best outcome for his clients, in addition to supervising all aspects of the group’s pre-marketing due diligence, underwriting and offering materials production processes. Since the start of his career, Peter has represented domestic and foreign institutional owners, REITs, private investors and developers in the disposition or recapitalization of office, industrial, retail and hotel assets.
Peter joined Newmark in 2019, after 22 years with JLL. Peter held a variety of positions with JLL’s capital markets group in New York City, London and Chicago. Most recently, he was managing director of the firm’s office capital markets group in Chicago, specializing in dispositions and recapitalizations of office assets throughout the Midwest.
Peter has spent the majority of his career focused on office and industrial capital markets. To date, he has closed more than $12 billion worth of capital markets transactions.
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Derek Fohl joined Newmark in 2019 and co-leads Newmark’s Midwest Capital Markets team in the company’s Chicago office. Fohl and his partners Jim Postweiler, Peter Harwood, Jack Trager, and Mark Lyman focus on dispositions and recapitalizations of office and industrial properties in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest.
Fohl develops and executes sales strategies to maximize value for his clients. His diverse real estate career has taken him through asset services, agency leasing, institutional investment properties, debt and equity finance. In addition, he has provided insurance brokerage and risk management services for real estate owners, operators and developers. For the majority of his career, Fohl has focused on office capital markets and his 19 years of real estate and leadership experience has created a backdrop for his successful client relationships and industry reputation.
Prior to joining Newmark, Fohl served as a Senior Vice President at JLL as well as held positions at CBRE, Next Realty and Arthur J. Gallagher. To date, he has closed more than $3 billion worth of capital markets transactions.
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Jack Trager is an associate director with Newmark’s Midwest capital markets group located in Chicago, where he focuses on dispositions and capitalization for institutional and private owners. He specializes in Midwest investment sales, having completed transactions exceeding 8.5 million square feet of commercial real estate valued at over $1 billion.
Jack has developed a diverse real estate understanding from experience in research, tenant representation, agency leasing, valuation, debt and equity financing, and investment sales. He began his career leasing for Cushman & Wakefield in California’s Silicon Valley, where he completed 80 leases, totaling over 250,000 square feet.
Prior to joining Newmark in 2019, Jack spent four years at JLL concentrated on the Midwest capital markets, where he held ascending roles in research and capital markets.
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Mark Lyman is a Senior Associate with Newmark’s Midwest Capital Markets Group in the company’s Chicago office, where he focuses on dispositions and recapitalizations of industrial, warehouse, and flex properties for institutions and private owners in the Chicago area and Midwest.
Mark came to Newmark in 2023 after serving as a Senior Associate at Marcus & Millichap in Boston for four years, where he was a member of the leading office and industrial investment sales team in the firm’s Boston office. He has completed more than 20 transactions in the middle market space. Collectively, Newmark’s Midwest Capital Markets team has transacted more than 67 million square feet representing value in excess of $3.1 billion.
Prior to his time at Marcus & Millichap, Mark attended Middlebury College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and was also a member of the Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Team.
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317,525 SF
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198,624 SF
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Columbus, OH
252,461 SF
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The Reserve at Deer Park
Deer Park, IL
341,092 SF
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Mark Lyman
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Mary Gilbank
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The information contained herein has been obtained from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified and no guarantee, warranty or representation either express or implied, is made with respect to such information. Terms of sale or lease and availabilty are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
6.7K Professionals
180 Office Locations
$2.7B in Revenue (2022)
$1T Transaction Volume (2021 & 2022)
55+ Companies Acquired (since 2011)
90+ Years in Business (acquired in 2011)
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500 West Monroe Street
Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60661
Chicago Office
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Associate Director
Mark Lyman
The information contained herein has been obtained from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified and no guarantee, warranty or representation either express or implied, is made with respect to such information. Terms of sale or lease and availabilty are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
6.7K Professionals
180 Office Locations
$2.7B in Revenue (2022)
$1T Transaction Volume (2021 & 2022)
55+ Companies Acquired (since 2011)
90+ Years in Business (acquired in 2011)
About Newmark
500 West Monroe Street
Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60661
Chicago Office
Associate Director
Mark Lyman
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Sales Volumes
$3B+
Sales Volumes
$3B+
Industrial Stats
Transactions
90+
Transactions
90+
Industrial Stats
Industrial Stats
Industrial Stats
Square Feet
67MM+
Square Feet
67MM+
Industrial Stats
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Transactions
100+
Transactions
100+
Square Feet
30MM+
Square Feet
30MM+
Sales Volumes
$3B+
Sales Volumes
$3B+