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Top Broker Honoree: Cushman & Wakefield’s Chris Wood

Cushman & Wakefield’s Chris Wood is annually one of the top-producing brokers in the Chicago market. The value of his 2019 deals, in both Chicago and nationwide, ended up being approximately $450 million, highlighted by a long-term lease renewal for USG, the global building materials manufacturer which has been in Chicago for more than a century.

After an in-depth office space search for USG, Wood and his team brokered a lease restructure and 10-year lease renewal, rightsizing from 275,000 square feet to 220,000 square feet, while remaining at 550 W. Adams in the Chicago Loop.

A unique feature of the deal was that midway through the review process, it was announced that USG would be acquired by Knauf, a German-based global building materials company.

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About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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