Jeff Blake, SIOR

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & AWARDS

• 2017 Costar Industrial Power Broker Designation (Leasing-Chicago market)
• Finalist NAIOP “Chicago Industrial Transaction of the Year” (2017, 2015, and 2008)
• Finalist Chicago Association of Realtors “Chicago Industrial Leasing Broker of the Year Award”
• Paine Wetzel Top Producer - Multiple Years including 2017 and 2015
• Exclusive Agent or Tenant Representative in over 50 major industrial transactions (30,000,000 SF) in Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, and Wisconsin
• Paine Wetzel Executive Vice President and Sales Manager 1997-99

AREAS OF FOCUS

• Local and National Exclusive Tenant Representation (ERTR)
• Landlord Representation - Sales, Leases, Subleases
• Exclusive Representation for Manufacturing/Consolidation Projects
• Industrial Parks, Land Sales, Redevelopment, Build-to-Suit Transactions
• Investment Sales, Acquisitions, and Sale Leasebacks

TENANT, BUILDING AND LAND REPRESENTATION

• Borg Warner Corporation
• Capcom Gamestar (Japan)
• Commerce Clearing House
• Donovon Industrial Park
• EJR Hoffman, Inc.
• Engineered Storage Products
• Fisher Scientific
• Graph Pak
• Illinois Industrial Properties
• LTD Commodities, Inc.
• M & R Printing Equipment
• Marc Realty
• Motorola
• Peak Construction
• Phoenix Closures, Inc. (IN, IA, IL, TN)
• Prime Group Real Estate Trust
• Prudential Insurance (PRISA) (IL, WI, OH)
• Rauland Borg Corp.
• RREEF
• Schaumburg Center for Commerce Industrial Development
• Space Center, Inc. (IL, IN)
• TA Associates Realty
• Venture One (IL, IN)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Licensed Managing Broker (Illinois) License #471.011365
• Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) 1983
• SIOR Legacy Circle Member 2012
• SIOR Program Chairman 1991, 2003, and 2014
• SIOR Board of Directors 2003
• SIOR Annual Industrial Forecast Chairman 1999-2000
• Paine Wetzel ONCOR Manager 1997-1999
• $44,000,000 in transactions with ONCOR companies
• 15,000,000 square feet of transactions covering 17 U.S. states, 6 European countries, and 2 Canadian Provinces
• OMAC Board member 1999

EDUCATION

• Indiana University, School of Business - Bachelor of Science Degree
• Culver Military Academy; Culver, Indiana