About

Ryan Klink, a Managing Director in the Chicago office of Cushman & Wakefield, specializes in business development and client services such as structuring and negotiating commercial leases and assisting with the acquisition and disposition of owned or leased properties and land for corporate and institutional owners and users. Ryan has completed a wide variety of transactions for warehousing, distribution, manufacturing, and e-commerce clients. During his 6-year career in the industry, Ryan has completed over 150 transactions totaling an excess of 6,000,000 SF. 

Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Ryan spent 1 year as a brokerage associate at Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions, and before that he gained 3+ years of professional experience in the consulting / finance / accounting industries, with heavy client-facing and analytic roles. 

Clients

• First Industrial Realty Trust
• Link Logistics Real Estate 
• Midwest Industrial Funds
• Nuveen Real Estate 
• Prologis
• TA Realty Associates
• Transport Properties
• Venture One Real Estate

Assignments

• Private Investor | Marion, Illinois | 650,000 SF Lease
• Midwest Industrial Funds | Melrose Park, Illinois | 148,144 SF (7.79 Acres) Spec Redevelopment
• Modular Installations & Design | Bolingbrook, Illinois | 79,130 SF Lease
• Folding Guard Inc. | Blue Island, Illinois | 75,000 SF Lease

Affiliations

• Emerging Leader of Association of Industrial Real Estate (AIRE)
• Developing Leader of National Association for Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
• Member of Young Industrial Brokers (YIB)

Awards & Recognition

• CoStar Power Broker Recipient Annually
• 2020 AIRE Frank Mahoney Award of Excellence
• 2018 & 2021 Chicago Food Depository Industrial Broker of the Year Award Recipient
• 2020 Chicago Food Depository Industrial Broker of the Year Award Finalist
• 2018 & 2021 NAIOP Industrial Broker Transaction of the Year Award Recipient 

Education

• Master of Science in Accounting, Illinois State University
• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Illinois State University
• Licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of Illinois