
Professional Experience
Associated Office
Mr. Zirk has over 33 years of experience in negotiating real estate transactions on behalf of clients, locally, nationally and internationally.
Most recent assignments include KDC Agribusiness, Subaru of America’s Corporate HQ and National Training Center, Five Below National Distribution Center, TEVA Pharmaceuticals, and multiple assignments for NFI Industries.
Prior to joining the firm, Ken was with JLL as a Senior Vice President, Trammell Crow Company and was a Senior Manager with the real estate consulting practice at Ernst & Young LLP.
- CoreNet Global – Board Member for the Philadelphia Chapter and the Eastern Regional Symposium 2012-present
- CoreNet Global – President, Philadelphia Chapter 2009, 2010, and 2011
- Philadelphia Cares – CBRE Member for Volunteer Work
- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center – Mentor Program
- The Pennington School – Board of Trustees
- Licensed Real Estate Salesperson: PA and NJ
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Rutgers University, Bachelor of Science; Economics
- Subaru of America
- NFI Industries
- Five Below
- Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Comcast
- Abbott Laboratories
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Aurobindo Pharma
- The Wharton School
- Quaker Chemical
- Willis Towers Watson
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- The University of Pennsylvania
- KPMG
- Temple University Health Systems
- Unisys
- AON
Team Overview
Philadelphia Advisory & Transaction Services | Occupier team providing corporate solutions and tenant represenation.
The Philadelphia market Advisory & Transaction team are industry experts in providing corporate solutions and tenant representation. The team leverages the CBRE professional network and platform to deliver customized strategic real estate solutions on a multi-market basis. The team manages and executes the full range of real estate transactions (acquisitions, dispositions, sale-leasebacks, build-to-suits, alternative financing structures, etc.) across a client's entire geographic footprint. Our service delivery model features a senior member of the team who functions as a client single point of contact.
Our core business focuses on two specific areas:
Corporate Account Management
Managing a corporation's entire real estate portfolio and providing strategic leadership and superior execution. Services offered include:
- Transaction Management
- Strategic Planning
- Lease Administration
- Project Management
- Facilities Management
- Global Workplace Solutions
- Economic Incentive Negotiations
- Comprehensive Financial Analysis
Local Occupier Representation
Providing advisory & transaction services to companies with real estate needs in the Philadelphia market, including lease, sale, sublease and purchase. Services offered include:
- Market Analysis and Research
- Strategic Site Identification and Selection
- Transaction Negotiation
- Space Planning and Programming
- Financial Analysis
- Transaction Negotiation
- Build-Out and Post-Occupancy Services
Featured Clients

A well integrated pharma company, Aurobindo Pharma features among the top 10 companies in India in terms of consolidated revenues. Aurobindo exports to over 125 countries across the globe with more than 70% of its revenues derived out of international operations.

With Xfinity, Comcast delivers the best in TV, Internet, voice, mobile, and home management, all working together to give customers instant access to the things that matter most – anywhere, anytime.

The Philadelphia-based company is one of the fastest growing retailers in the country with over 600 stores in 32 states. The Company cut the ribbon on over 100 new stores in 2018, on top of opening 90+ stores in 2017.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies, among other management tasks.

Langan's client-focused, highly entrepreneurial culture cultivates an environment of opportunities in which career growth and teamwork flourish.

NFI is a fully integrated supply chain solutions provider headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J. Privately held by the Brown family since its inception in 1932, NFI generates more than $2 billion in annual revenue and employs more than 10,000 associates.

Radian is a group of separately capitalized companies offering products and services through two primary business segments: Private Mortgage Insurance and Mortgage and Real Estate Services. Radian is headquartered in Philadelphia

Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a leading global pharmaceutical company that delivers high-quality, patient-centric healthcare solutions used by millions of patients every day.

AmerisourceBergen provides pharmaceutical products, value-driving services and business solutions that improve access to care.

For more than four decades, public- and private-sector clients worldwide have selected Hill International as construction consultants on their most complex projects.

Quaker Chemical specializes in the development, production, and application of process fluids, lubricants, and coatings for the steel, metalworking, and many other manufacturing industries.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 625 dealers across the United States.



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Five Below
1,045,000 SF - NFI Industries
1,000,000 SF - NFI Industries
650,000 SF - Subaru of America
525,000 SF - Amerisource Bergen
400,000 SF - Subaru of America
255,000 SF
- Cigna
230,000 SF - Amerisource Bergen
215,000 SF - Independence Blue Cross
180,000 SF - Radian
150,000 SF - Teva Pharmaceuticals
120,000 SF - Xfinity multi-market store roll-out
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