Professional Experience
For two decades, Todd Siegel, Senior Vice President with CBRE, Inc. has specialized in integrating complex retail strategies into mixed-use developments throughout America’s urban markets which include some of the most notable high-end luxury corridors in the world. His expansive knowledge of market fundamentals and retail drivers enable him to develop and implement top tier approaches to assist his clients with the procurement of quality tenants for the development, redevelopment, and repositioning of their retail assets. His depth of services extends to design consultation, merchandising, opinion-of-value, property evaluation, target marketing, tenant analysis/selection and complex lease negotiations.
As a specialist in urban retail development and consultancy, Todd has successfully planned and implemented numerous challenging, high-profile retail and mixed-use projects, including the development or redevelopment of 730 North Michigan Avenue, 980 North Michigan Avenue, 646 North Michigan Avenue, 444 North Michigan Avenue, The Tribune Tower in Chicago, 1221 Avenue of the America’s and 200 Park Avenue (Met Life) in New York, 400 Post Street on the northwest corner of Union Square in San Francisco, Bedrock’s Hudson Yards Anchor in downtown Detroit, Miami Central Station in Miami, and Blackstone’s $600 million retail redevelopment of the Willis Tower - Chicago. Internationally, Mr. Siegel is overseeing the retail development of Santiago Chile’s most recognizable urban mixed-use project, Territoria Apoquindo.
In 2013, Todd completed Chicago’s most high-profile transaction of the year–the representation of Eataly’s 65,000 SF Chicago Flagship.
In 2017, Mr. Siegel secured and completed a transaction for the largest Starbucks in the world–45,000 SF on North Michigan Avenue for the company’s prolific Chicago Roastery–only 1 of 4 globally.
As an industry expert, Todd is regularly featured in The New York Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Tribune, Heartland Real Estate News, and Northern Real Estate Magazine. He has been a speaker before prestigious industry groups, including the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Chicago Convention, and the Chicago Appraisal Institute (CCAI).
An active participant in the community, Todd served as Chairman for the 2013 Greater Chicago Food Depository’s 25th Annual Real Estate Gala, an event that generated over $1,050,000 to fight local hunger. Prior to joining CBRE, Todd worked with a boutique real estate firm in New York, NY.
