Whit Heitman
Senior Vice President

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Whit R. Heitman is a Senior Vice President in CBRE's Chicago Advisory & Transaction Services group. Whit along with Sam Badger, Jared Paff, and Johnny Connors specialize in the sale and leasing of commercial/industrial property in the Northern Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin Industrial real estate markets.
Whit has been involved in over $850 million of commercial/industrial real estate transactions over a 20-year career. Whit is annually a top producer, and has been awarded the prestigious "Frank Mahoney Award" by the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE) for most dollars completed. Whit came to the commercial real estate business from IBM where he served in Chicago for seven years as a "Large Account Marketing Specialist" working primarily with Fortune 500 companies.
Whit has been involved in over $850 million of commercial/industrial real estate transactions over a 20-year career. Whit is annually a top producer, and has been awarded the prestigious "Frank Mahoney Award" by the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE) for most dollars completed. Whit came to the commercial real estate business from IBM where he served in Chicago for seven years as a "Large Account Marketing Specialist" working primarily with Fortune 500 companies.
Education
- Denison University, Bachelor of Arts, Economics & Political Science
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE) Frank Mahoney Award of Excellence - 1997
- CoStar Power Broker Award – 2008-2016
- NAIOP Industrial Brokerage Transaction of the Year – 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014-2016
- NAIOP Industrial Developer of the Year- Broker – 2005, 2007, 2013
Credentials
- Licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker
- Licensed Wisconsin Real Estate Broker
Significant Assignments
- Bridge Point North
Waukegan, IL
Lease
Building & Landlord Rep - LakeView Corporate Park
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Sale
Building & Landlord Rep - First Park 94
Somers, WI
Sale
Building & Landlord Rep - Visual Pak
Multiple Locations
Lease
Tenant Rep - Larsen Manufacturing
Mundelein, IL
Lease
Tenant Rep - Venture One
Multiple Locations
Lease
Buyer Rep
Clients Represented
- APL Logistics
- Brennan Investment Group
- Bridge Development
- CenterPoint Properties
- Doheny Enterprises
- First Industrial
- Flint Development
- HSA Commercial Real Estate
- Hamilton Partners
- High Street Industrial Properties
- Johnson & Quin
- Link Industrial Properties
- Ludlow Manufacturing
- STAG Industrial
- The Missner Group
- Venture One
- Visual Pak Companies
- Woodland Foods
- Weiman Products
- Zilber