About

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.

Clients

• 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 

Affiliations

• 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)

Awards & Recognition

• 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

Education

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