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Kenzie D. Kiefer

Senior Transaction Manager

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Kenzie Donovan Kiefer is a Senior Transaction Manager on the global multi-market Corporate Advisory and Transaction team working alongside Bill Bonifas and Matt Cariello. Kenzie supports the coordination and execution of all real estate transaction activities. Her responsibilities include multifaceted financial modeling and valuation analyses, portfolio planning, site selection as well as helping clients to strategize, assess and implement the transaction management of their occupancy needs. Kenzie, and her team, deliver real estate solutions aligned with clients’ business goals.

This Milwaukee-based team is one of the few Corporate Advisory and Transaction teams within CBRE offering portfolio-level transaction management and advisory services to large corporate occupiers. By leveraging the team’s extensive knowledge and years of experience, the team works to plan and execute on client long and short-term real estate goals. Together, they strive to improve efficiencies and reduce annual real estate expenditures throughout their client’s leased/owned real estate portfolios – positively impacting their bottom lines. Kenzie and the team utilize CBRE services such as: portfolio optimization, transaction management, labor analytics, supply chain and transportation analysis, mergers & acquisition consulting, capital markets exploration, workplace strategy, financial consulting, economic incentive negotiations and more to further enhance the overall real estate strategy to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.

Kenzie works on many of the largest and most complex acquisitions, dispositions, consolidations, and consulting assignments throughout the entire world. In all, Kenzie and her team actively represent corporate real estate users in over 40 countries, accounting for 40+ million square feet of annual oversight and representation accounting for over $250,000,000 in transactional volume per year making them a top producing CBRE team.

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  • MBA, Jack Welch Management Institute
  • B.S. Healthcare Management and Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

    • A.O. Smith
    • American Family Insurance
    • Baird
    • Briggs & Stratton
    • Enerpac
    • Franklin Energy
    • GRAEF
    • Jason, Inc.
    • Johnson Financial Group

    • Kohler
    • Marcus Corporation
    • Medical College of Wisconsin
    • MGIC
    • Milliman
    • Modine
    • Sensient Technologies
    • Undisclosed 70-Country Portfolio
    • US Bank

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Corporate Advisory & Transaction Services | Global Portfolio Solutions


What We Can Do for You

Corporate America is changing and so are we. As one of the few “hub” teams within CBRE offering portfolio management, our internationally-awarded team is comprised of CBRE’s top experts in the world of outsourced real estate solutions and is focused on delivering customized, strategic, value-add services to our clients. Real estate transactions are no longer reactionary, they are driven by factors such as incentives, econometric rent forecasting, long-term rent vs. own modeling, supply chain network design, and employee recruitment and retention – among many others. We are able to translate client data and industry trends into actionable real estate opportunities that positively affect your company’s bottom line.

  • $250MM+

    Yearly Transactional Volume

  • $77MM+

    Yearly Value Creation to Clients

  • 14:1

    Ongoing Value-to-Fee Ratio

  • 40+

    Countries Transacted In

  • 24/7

    Availability to Our Clients

Client Strategy

Real estate costs are generally one of a business’s largest expenses. Our team can lower costs and optimize your real estate portfolio whether it be for a single location, or a global portfolio of owned/leased locations. Our industry-leading team is dedicated to bringing in world-class solutions to drive organizational value – no matter your size. We are consistently involved in many of the largest and most complex consulting, leasing, and sales transactions throughout the world.

Corporate Tenant Representation

  • Current situation/business case analysis
  • Portfolio optimization (regional, national, global)
  • Site selection - industry leading approach for comparative studies
  • Labor cost, quality, and longevity comparison
  • Freight and transportation analysis
  • Supply chain strategy and network design
  • Municipal and state incentive negotiations
  • Build-to-suit transaction services
  • Lease versus buy analysis
  • Financial consulting & analyses
  • Lease administration 

 

Corporate Owner Representation

  • Sale/lease/sublease
  • Sale/leaseback and net lease transactions
  • Valuation studies
  • Property management
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  • Consulting services
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  • Hold vs. sell analysis
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Select Clients

  • A.O. Smith
  • American Family Insurance
  • Baird
  • Briggs & Stratton
  • Davis & Kuelthau
  • Enerpac
  • Franklin Energy
  • GE Healthcare
  • GRAEF
  • Jason, Inc.
  • Johnson Financial Group
  • Kohler
  • Marcus Corporation
  • MasterLock
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • MGIC
  • Milliman
  • Modine
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • PwC
  • Spectrum/Time Warner
  • Sensient Technologies
  • Undisclosed Client (70 Country Portfolio 8MM+ Sq Ft)
  • US Bank

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  • William H. Bonifas

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    Senior Vice President

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  • Liz Anderson

    Transaction Manager

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    • Phone +1 414 274 1632
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  • Nicholas F. Cieslik

    Transaction Analyst

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    • Phone +1 414 274 1610
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  • Emily Marquardt

    Client Services Coordinator

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