Rich is committed to quality and service. His extensive experience makes him an
invaluable resource to clients as well as an exceptional front line project manager. Rich
leads strategic projects and assignments, as well as internal training initiatives like PJMU;
a grass roots effort developed to enhance CBRE project managers’ ability to deliver
consistent services, elevate their skills, and create a best-in-class project management
platform. His diverse background includes construction experience with corporate
headquarters, free standing buildings, tenant fit-outs, data/tech centers, trading firms,
health care facilities, and retail projects. Rich also assists with business development
opportunities, participates in national initiatives, and organizes trainings for CBRE’s
Midwest region.
Before joining CBRE, Rich was a Senior Project Manager for Turner Construction. In
addition to his general construction and staff management duties, he was active in
college recruiting, chairman of the annual Safety Day seminar, and a corporate and
regional trainer in financial risk management and diversity training.
Education
- Pennsylvania State University, M.F.A.
- Salem State College, B.A.
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
- Project Manager of the Year, GCFD Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023
- CBRE Project Management LMA Award Winner, 2010
- PJM – I Foundations Certification, University of Texas at Dallas
- Member, Development Team, Foundations 1 & 2: CBRE’s global project management training platform
Significant Assignments
- McDonald’s
New Construction
Headquarters Relocation
500,000 SF
$167M
- Northern Trust Headquarters
Relocation
431,000 SF
$93M
- 111 North Canal
Renovations,
Modernization, Tenant fit-
outs and Turnkeys
860,000 SF
$68M
- Fortune 100 Global
Financial Services Firm
Interior build/Restack,
Relocation, Build-Out
561,000 SF
$92M
- CEC Corp.
Headquarters
Interior build / Phased
Relocation
317,000 SF
$51M
- American Society of
Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy (ASGE)
New Ground-up
Construction
41,000 SF
$29M
- United Health
Consortium
Interior Build / Relocation
71,000 SF
19M
- Motorola Solutions,
Inc.
HQ Relocation
150,000 SF
$34M
- Bolingbrook Medical
Office Building
New Construction / Interior
Build
77,000 SF
$55M
Clients Represented
- American Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
(ASGE)
- Baxter Credit Union
- Career Education Corporation
(CEC)
- CDW Corporation
- First Industrial Realty Trust
- Fortune 100 Global Financial
Services Firm
- Fortune 100 Global Internet
Search company
- HUB International
- Jump Trading
- Marriott International
- Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- McDonald’s
- North American Spine Society
(NASS)
- Northern Trust
- RBC Mortgage
- Sterling Bay Companies
- The Boeing Company
- The Ziegler Companies
- University HealthSystem
Consortium (UHC)
