Professional Experience
Associated Office
Alex Corno is a First Vice President in CBRE's Chicago office, where he specializes in the exclusive representation of shopping center owners throughout the Chicagoland market. He has executed more than 500 lease transactions totaling over 3 million square feet.
Alex brings more than a decade of retail real estate experience, having served exclusively on the principal side as an in-house leasing executive. Prior to CBRE, he was Vice President of Leasing at Pine Tree, LLC, where he oversaw a national portfolio of more than 50 shopping centers totaling over 10 million square feet. In this role, Alex led new leasing, renewals, and assignments, managed a national network of 30 brokers, and played a key role in the acquisition of a $495 million shopping center portfolio by leveraging his expansive retailer relationships during the due diligence process. Prior to Pine Tree, Alex served as Director of Leasing at Site Centers, overseeing a portfolio of 20 power centers throughout the Midwest totaling 5.5 million square feet.
Alex offers a unique perspective to the brokerage side of the business, having spent more than a decade executing strategic, value-add leasing initiatives on the principal side. His background allows him to advise ownership groups with a focus on tenant mix optimization, asset positioning, and long-term value creation.
Professional Affiliations/Accreditations
- Licensed Real Estate Broker in Illinois
- Member of International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Education
- Miami University, OH BA, Accountancy, Farmer School of Business, 2013
Achievements
- CoStar Power Broker Award: 12x 2013-2024
- VEREIT Allegiance Award Recipient: 6x 2013-2018
- Real Estate's 10 under 40 - Retail Real Estate Rising Star Chain Store Age - 2018
Significant Assignments
- Hutensky Capital Group
Bloomingdale Court
458,621 SF - DLC
Danada Square West
314,819 SF - PGIM
Roosevelt Collection
298,812 SF
- RCG
Prairie Towne Center
406,000 SF - Bridge33
Broadview Village Square
173,078 SF
Clients
- Access Commercial
- Bridge33
- Hutensky Capital Partners
- InvenTrust
- Midwest Equities
- NewMark Merrill
- PGIM
- Pine Tree
- RCG
- Seritage Growth Properties
- Simon Property Group
Team Overview
Available Properties
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Landlord Representation
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Providing real estate services to owners and occupants of major shopping centers and first-class properties throughout the Chicagoland area and the Midwest region.
We partner with our clients to understand individual business objectives and create innovative ways to optimize the value of their real estate footprints. The solutions we provide add value to our clients and create quantifiable differences to their bottom line. As a full-service real estate services provider, we are uniquely qualified to handle client needs and anticipate unarticulated needs, no matter how large or complex.
Owner/Investor Clients
