Cushman & Wakefield added Peter Adamo, Adam Lawler and Madeline Leland to its Chicago office leasing and capital markets teams.
Adamo and Lawler will serve as Executive Managing Directors, while Leland joins as Transaction Manager. The strategic hires strengthen the firm’s ability to serve investors and owners across Chicago’s suburban office market, adding deep local expertise in lease-up strategy, office capital markets and investment sales for clients’ properties and portfolios.
Added Jeremy Bressman, Cushman & Wakefield Director of Brokerage in Chicago, “We are thrilled to welcome Pete, Adam and Madeline to Cushman & Wakefield. Their collective, deep knowledge of Chicago’s suburban office market enhances our ability to help owners and investors navigate the market and achieve their real estate objectives. Their collaborative approach, industry and community relationships and experience make them an ideal cultural fit within our firm.”
Adamo, Lawler and Leland join Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE.
Adamo brings more than three decades of commercial real estate experience to Cushman & Wakefield, specializing in leasing and the sale of corporate real estate on behalf of owners and occupiers. Throughout his 33-year tenure at CBRE, Adamo was consistently one of the most active and sought after real estate strategy experts in the Chicago suburban market. Adamo holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa.
Lawler brings an ownership and investor perspective to his role at Cushman & Wakefield, shaped by experience spanning leasing, investment sales, acquisitions, asset management and portfolio management. Since moving over to the brokerage side, Lawler has successfully developed and executed leasing and repositioning strategies for investors across the Chicago suburban market. He previously held positions at Crestlight Capital and Sterling Bay. Lawler holds B.S. degrees in Accountancy and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Leland brings extensive transaction management experience, overseeing deal operations from initial proposal through execution and helping streamline transaction processes for clients. Leland holds a B.A. from Illinois State University.
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