Josh Kuriloff

Executive Vice Chair • United States

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Josh Kuriloff

About

Josh N. Kuriloff is a 38-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and one of the highest-ranking brokerage professionals at Cushman & Wakefield.

Mr. Kuriloff is Executive Vice Chairman and member of C&W’s Global Advisory Board. In 1998, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023 he earned the distinction of being recognized as C&W’s top brokerage professional worldwide. In 2015, Mr. Kuriloff was ranked #1 in Real Estate Forum’s Top U.S. Brokerage Professionals feature.

Clients

Mr. Kuriloff’s clients include the most recognized names in global business and revered organizations in the New York metropolitan area. A partial list of his clients includes Ameriprise, Bank of America, Beacon Capital, Brookfield, Cleary Gottlieb, Columbia Property Trust, Greater New York Hospital Association, Harvard Business School Publishing, Hines, IBM, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Met Life, McKool Smith, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Pfizer Inc., Verizon, Vornado, and United Hospital Fund.

Mr. Kuriloff represented Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, in its lease of Chicago’s Sears Tower renamed “Willis Tower.” Willis Tower is the tallest building in the western hemisphere and houses the Willis Midwest regional headquarters.

Mr. Kuriloff also represents several of the New York area’s most prominent landlords, including Ivanhoe Cambridge at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, Beacon Capital, and Met Life at 575 5th Avenue, Vornado Realty Trust, 1290 Sixth Avenue, PENN 2, Taconic at Essex Crossing and Brookfield’s new master planned development of 7.2 million sf called Manhattan West in Hudson Yards. Mr. Kuriloff and his team represent Terminal Warehouse as the largest adaptive reuse project on behalf of L&L Holdings and Columbia Property Trust.

Mr. Kuriloff represented Pfizer Inc. in their global headquarters for an 825,000 sq ft lease as the anchor tenant in the new Tishman Speyer development in Hudson Yards. In addition, he was part of the team in disposing of their owned headquarters for $380 million.

One of Mr. Kuriloff’s notable assignments involved the extension of the Fox/News Corp lease for 1,200,000 sq ft at 1211 6th Avenue. The complexity and scale of the transaction earned Mr. Kuriloff the distinction of receiving C&W’s coveted Deal of the Year Award. Mr. Kuriloff led a team in the $650 million sale leaseback of Verizon’s headquarters in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The transaction was the largest sale leaseback in the state of New Jersey. Recently, he also completed a Verizon 400,000 sq ft anchor tenant lease at the Hub in Boston which includes three sides of rooftop branding.

Mr. Kuriloff represented Mt. Sinai on the consolidation of their executive and administrative offices into a 450,000 sf new headquarters at 150 East 42nd. The transaction allowed for a complex 30-year leasehold acquisition which allows Mt. Sinai to be exempt from real estate taxes.

Mr. Kuriloff represented IBM, as the anchor tenant at 1 Madison Avenue, in a 350,000 square foot New York consolidation.

Community Involvement

Mr. Kuriloff is dedicated to civic and charitable activities. He is on the Dean’s Board of Advisors for the George Washington University School of Business. Most notably, he is a Trustee for the United Hospital Fund, which paid tribute to him as Honoree for his service to New York’s health care community. In addition, he was an Honoree for St. Mary Hospital in Bayside, NY.

Education

Mr. Kuriloff is a graduate of George Washington University.

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