Kelsey Scheive

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Kelsey Scheive leads a 5.5M sq. ft. portfolio of agency leasing assignments in downtown Chicago and represents a wide range of clients as a Senior Vice President in CBRE Chicago’s Advisory Transaction Services Investor Leasing group. She is drawn to major redevelopments and repositioning of assets as she thrives on unlocking each building’s full potential and influencing the office environments companies come to crave.

Most recently, Kelsey and her team have been working on a $75M+ redevelopment at 10 & 120 Riverside Plaza, turning it into a vibrant 1.4M square foot campus on 2-city blocks overlooking the Chicago River. Her ability to make companies imagine a future that does not yet exist resulted in over 450,000 SF of leasing prior to completion of the redevelopment and a notable roster of new tenants including Molex, Pinterest, Raymond James and Robert Half.

Kelsey was directly involved in one of the largest individual transactions in Chicago over the past 10 years, leasing 380,000 SF to Sargent & Lundy at 77 West Wacker in 2024. Other notable transactions include QRM (106,000 SF), Plante Moran (105,000 SF), Xeris Pharmaceuticals (87,000 SF), Showpad (68,000 SF) and Raymond James (60,000 SF).

Her experience expands to ground up new developments including the first new construction life sciences building in Chicago—Fulton Labs at 1375 W. Fulton. She leased 235,000 sq. ft. of life sciences space and brought the asset to 98% leased in a challenging market. Additionally, her team set two high water marks for office rent in Chicago at trophy tower 110 North Wacker Drive.

Beyond her agency leasing acumen, Kelsey is a member of Chief, a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders. She also is a member of the Agency Innovation Group, a collaboration of CBRE’s top agency brokers across the country.

Kelsey’s success has made her the winner of NAIOP’s 2023 Deal of the Year and a four-time nominee for the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Office Representative of the Year Award (2023, 2022, 2020, and 2018).Additionally, Kelsey was the Top Producer for Investor Leasing - CBRE Chicago Region in 2023 and 2022.

Education

  • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Graduate Student at Large Business Program
  • Bachelor of Science in Communication from University of Miami. Majors in Psychology, Motion Pictures & Broadcast

Clients Represented

  • Ivanhoe Cambridge
  • Hines
  • CIM Group
  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Trammell Crow Companies
  • Callahan Capital Partners
  • Shorenstein
  • MetLife
  • Commerz Real 
  • Beacon

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