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Vice Chair • United States

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9500 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
O`Hare Gateway Office Center
Rosemont, IL 60018
United States

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Keith Puritz

Vice Chair • United States


Keith Puritz is a Vice Chair at Cushman & Wakefield and brings 34 years of industrial real estate experience to the firm. During his career, he has closed more than $3.0 billion in sale and lease transactions. Keith has extensive expertise in industrial property acquisitions and dispositions (eCommerce, supply chain and logistics, warehouse/distribution, manufacturing, R&D), leasing, land transactions, investment sales and build-to-suit projects. Prior to joining the firm, Keith was at CBRE from 2002 – 2014 and Cushman & Wakefield from 1988 – 2002.

Keith has earned numerous awards and recognitions. From 2002 to 2014, he was a member of CBRE’s top industrial team in Chicago. From 2004 to 2021 he won, and/or received nominations for NAIOP Industrial Transaction of the Year, Industrial Build-to-Suit of the Year, Suburban Office Build-to-Suit of the Year, and Industrial Redevelopment of the Year. He has been named Industrial Broker of the Year by the Greater Chicago Food Depository on three occasions and was a finalist for the same award five other times including 2022.

  • Abbott Labs
  • Amazon
  • Cardinal Health
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Continental Automotive & Tire
  • Hershey Corporation
  • AON
  • Kemper Insurance
  • IKEA
  • McKesson Corp.
  • Medline Industries
  • Mercedes-Benz North America
  • Pfizer
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Time Warner
  • Sealed Air Global Portfolio
  • Solo Cup
  • ULINE
  • Unilever Corporation
  • USG Corporation
  • Walmart
  • Walgreens
  • Waste Management
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals
  • Thyssenkrupp
  • W.W. Grainger 

  • Senior Certified Supply Chain Professional
  • Director, National Industrial Services Advisory Council
  • Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
  • Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)

  • Cushman & Wakefield Top 100 2020 - 2022
  • NAIOP Built to Suit Transaction of the Year Nominee 2018, 2019, 2020
  • NAIOP Industrial Speculative Development of the Year, 2019
  • Top Industrial Team at CBRE Chicago 2002 – 2014
  • Twelve-time nominee NAIOP Industrial Transaction of the Year, Industrial Build-to-Suit of the Year, Suburban
    Office Build-to-Suit of the Year, and Industrial Redevelopment of the Year.
  • Industrial Broker of the Year, Greater Chicago Food Depository
  • Nine-time finalist including 2022, Greater Chicago Food Depository Industrial Broker of the Year

  • Graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Business Administration
  • Currently holds a real estate license in Illinois and Wisconsin

My Listings

Multiple Spaces
For Lease • Warehouse/Distribution
Bridge Point North Building VIII

3959 Burwood Drive
Waukegan, IL 60085
United States

Rental Price: Negotiable

Available in Future
For Lease • Warehouse/Distribution
210 Milwaukee Avenue

210 Milwaukee Avenue
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
United States

Rental Price: Negotiable

Available
For Lease • Warehouse/Distribution
720 Northgate Parkway

720 Northgate Parkway
Wheeling, IL 60090
United States

Rental Price: Subject to Offer USD

Available
For Sale • Manufacturing
Former Jelly Belly Candy Co Facility

1501 Morrow Avenue
North Chicago, IL 60064
United States

Sale Price: Negotiable

Multiple Spaces
For Lease • Office
Continental Deer Park Office Campus

21440 Lake Cook Road
Deer Park, IL 60010
United States

Rental Price: Negotiable

Available
For Lease • Manufacturing
645-647 North Lakeview Parkway

645-647 North Lakeview Parkway, #645
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
United States

Rental Price: Subject to Offer USD

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