Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Stream Grows Chicago Office with Seasoned Agency Leasing Team of Eight Well-Established Brokers

 Brittany Hughes

 CHICAGO, IL, Jan. 26, 2021– Stream Realty Partners (Stream), a national real estate services, development, and investment company, announced today that Mark Bâby, Benjamin Cleveland, Mark Gunderson, Brittany Hughes, Wendy Katz, Matt Lerner, Jack McKinney Jr., and Andrea Saewitz have been hired in Stream’s Chicago office.


Wendy Katz

 The seasoned leasing team will join the office business unit and assist Stream in continuing to build a robust transaction and services business in Chicago.


Andrea Saewitz 

 

Speaking on behalf of the team, McKinney said, “We are thrilled to join Stream. We believe the firm is one of the industry’s most dynamic companies and especially look forward to helping realize the unique vision Patrick Russo and Adam Showalter have established for the Chicago office.

 Mark Bâby

 "For our team, it is a once-in-a-career opportunity to be part of the growth of something we believe is very special. At Stream, we have found a company aggressively investing in talent and positioning for the future.


Benjamin Cleveland

"Even despite the challenges and uncertainty the pandemic has beset on our industry, Stream has remained committed to their people and laser-focused on strategic growth.


Jessica O’Hara

 

"This culture is representative of a company we believe will best serve our clients and team.”


Patrick Russo 

 

McKinney and Bâby will serve as Managing Directors; Cleveland, Gunderson, Katz, Lerner and Saewitz have joined as Executive Vice Presidents and Hughes has joined as Associate.


                         Chris Jackson

 All eight brokers are equally well-known leaders and highly regarded within the Chicago community and commercial real estate industry.


Brian Duffy

 

They have collectively represented some of the most notable assets in Chicago, including The Merchandise Mart, 500 West Madison, 800 Fulton, 330 North Wabash and One South Dearborn.


Jack McKinney Jr.

 

The team’s initial objectives include growing Stream’s office agency leasing reach and expanding Stream’s office service business platform throughout the Chicago region.

 

“Last summer we set out to become the preeminent real estate service provider and operator in the Midwest— one that is authentic and provides a platform to be creative, agile and strategic for our partners,” said Showalter, Managing Director of the Chicago office.

 

“This exceptional group of people adds tremendous value to the culture we have built in Chicago, and we look forward to watching them put our unique platform to work.”


Adam Showalter 

 

The team joins other notable experienced hires, Jessica O’Hara and Brian Duffy, who, along with Russo and Showalter, have amassed a third-party office leasing portfolio of over 3 million square feet of third-party office leasing.

 

 With recent prominent transactions such as the 75,000-square-foot lease at Riverview at Roscoe and 50,000 square-foot lease at The Fields, the Chicago office is actively recruiting highly talented, like-minded individuals to join their upward growth trajectory.



Lauren Sweeney

 

 President of Stream Realty Partners Chris Jackson said, “We are incredibly excited for this team to join Stream and continue the accelerated growth we have seen in the Chicago market, as well as across our platform nationally.

 

"Our people are the most important part of our business and this team blends right in with Stream’s esteemed culture and will add tremendous value to clients and prospects.”

 

 CONTACT:

 

Lauren Sweeney

Stream Realty Partners Director

National Public Relations & Communications

 713.300.0275

 

www.streamrealty.com.

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