Kenneth Franzese

While he is based in Chicago and works the metropolitan area, much of his corporate work involves the creation and implementation of strategic real estate plans for regional and national portfolios. As a market expert, Ken specializes in assisting with the sales, leasing and build-to-suit of industrial and office properties. Ken utilizes his extensive land acquisition and development expertise to assist Developers with land assemblage and acquisition strategies. This includes the identification of optimal speculative projects so that his team can coordinate the acquisition and then oversee the project through successful lease-up and a subsequent investment sale of the assets. His investment work has included sale-leaseback projects and the support of institutional clients with the acquisition and stabilization of industrial properties. In 2002, Ken co-founded the Chicago office of Lee & Associates and, together with his partners, has built one of the top industrial brokerage firms in the Chicago Metropolitan area. Since opening the Chicago office as the 18th location for the organization, the Lee & Associates Group of Companies has expanded to 60+ offices nationally and the organization completed over $15 billion in sales in 2019. Prior to starting Lee & Associates, Ken had been with Grubb & Ellis as a national corporate services professional. Ken has personally been involved in transactions valued at over $2.5 billion. Ken strives to establish long-term working relationships with the companies he represents and continuously seeks the role as a trusted advisor. He’s committed to providing unparalleled service along with the highest level of enthusiasm and dedication to the assignments he undertakes. Kenneth P. Franzese is an industrial property specialist with extensive experience creating and implementing strategic real estate programs for clients. As a market expert for the past 24 years, he specializes in assisting owners, tenants, developers and institutions in sales, leasing and buildto- suit of office, industrial and data center projects. Ken is based in Chicago although much of his corporate work involves regional and national portfolio assignments. Ken strives to establish long-term working relationships with the companies he represents by providing unparalleled service along with the highest level of enthusiasm and dedication to the assignments he undertakes.

• Specialties
  Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
• Markets
  Chicago
• Property Types
  Industrial, Land, Retail, Flex
• Websites
  LINKEDIN PROFILE
• Company Website
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• Education
  Loyola University of Chicago with a degree in Finance
• Organizations
  SMC