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John T. Suerth
SIOR

Senior Vice President

CBRE

700 Commerce Dr Ste 450, Oak Brook, IL 60523-1568

Market
Chicago
Specialty
Industrial Specialist
Member Since
2005
Chapter
SIOR Chicago Chapter
Areas of Practice
Tenant Representation, Distribution & Logistics, Brokerage Management, Sale/Leasing, Landlord
Accreditations
◾Association of Industrial Realtors (AIRE), ◾Society of Industrial/Office Realtors (SIOR)
John Suerth is a Senior Vice President in the Advisory & Transaction Services Group at CBRE. The majority of Mr. Suerth’s business is in the greater Chicago area, but he is also an active member of the National Industrial Group at CBRE.

Mr. Suerth has more than twenty-eight years’ brokerage experience concentrating in the O’Hare and Southwest suburban areas. Mr. Suerth has specialized in and completed over 370 transactions involving air freight, transportation and logistics companies. Mr. Suerth also specializes in the sale and leasing of food production and refrigerated facilities.

In 2018, Mr. Suerth completed 46 transactions in the Chicago Market, with a transaction value in excess of $432 million dollars, and was nominated by CBRE for Industrial Broker of the Year at the Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner.

Since 1988, Mr. Suerth has completed more than 850 transactions in his career with a cumulative transaction value in excess of $2.8 billion.
  • ◾Robert Jackson Memorial Award Winner 2008
  • ◾NAIOP Award winner 2007 & 2010, Transaction of the Year
  • ◾CBRE Top 10 Chicago Industrial Producers from 2003-Present
  • ◾CBRE Top Industrial Producer for Chicago in 2006, 2007, 2012 & 2014
  • ◾2003 & 2007 Broker of the Year, Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards (Finalist in 2001, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2017, & 2018)
John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
David Liebman, SIOR, JD
PowerPlay Real Estate Partners
Highland Park, IL
Industrial Lease
$2,469,149
77,116 Sq. Ft.
January 30, 2015 Melrose Park, IL

John represented Landlord

John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Jeanne Rogers, SIOR Retired, CCIM
Arthur J. Rogers & Co.
Elk Grove Village, IL
Industrial Lease
$3,966,000
156,236 Sq. Ft.
March 1, 2014 Melrose Park, IL

John represented KTR Capital

Jeanne represented DHL Globe Mail

John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Jeanne Rogers, SIOR Retired, CCIM
Arthur J. Rogers & Co.
Elk Grove Village, IL
Industrial Lease
$4,000,000
150,000 Sq. Ft.
February 17, 2014 Melrose Park, IL

John represented KTR

Jeanne represented DHL Global Mail

John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Mark Goode, SIOR
Venture One Real Estate
Rosemont, IL
Roy Splansky, SIOR
Venture One Real Estate
Rosemont, IL
Industrial Sale
$1,133,000
30,401 Sq. Ft. / 2 Acres
June 28, 2013 Elk Grove Village, IL

John represented LaSalle 115 Holdings LLC

Mark represented VK Industrial/Venture One Real Estate

Roy represented VK Industrial/Venture One Real Estate

John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
David Bercu, SIOR
Colliers
Rosemont, IL
Industrial Lease
$18,000,000
229,000 Sq. Ft.
May 20, 2013 IL

David Bercu, SIOR
Colliers
Rosemont, IL
John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Industrial Sale
$2,750,000
October 3, 2012 Rosemont, IL

Daniel Leahy
NAI Hiffman
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Adam Roth, SIOR, CCIM
NAI Hiffman
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Industrial Lease
$3,462,405
May 29, 2012 IL

Ronald Behm, SIOR
Colliers
Rosemont, IL
John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Industrial Lease
$6,458,562
March 1, 2012 IL

James Estus, SIOR
Colliers
Rosemont, IL
John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Industrial Lease
$284,208
August 26, 2011 Des Plaines, IL

John Suerth, SIOR
CBRE
Oak Brook, IL
Keith Puritz
Cushman & Wakefield
Rosemont, IL
Industrial Lease
$18,600,000
May 20, 2011 Aurora, IL

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