Chad Vande Zande, SIOR
Principal
Industrial Services
T +1 (414) 203-3049
M +1 (414) 491-6393
F +1 (414) 347-1606
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Chad is a Principal at Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke and co-chair of the Industrial Service Practice. Throughout his 30-year career in industrial real estate Chad has had the unique opportunity to be a top producing broker and a Senior VP of Acquisitions for a large Industrial REIT leading to over $1.5 Billion in closed transactions. During his 9 years with CenterPoint Properties, he acquired over $750 Million of industrial properties in Southeast Wisconsin, Los Angeles, CA, Northern California, Seattle, WA and Houston, TX. This experience has provided Chad a uniquely differentiated skill set when creating and executing strategies for his clients. Chad was also a 4-year letter winner for the Wisconsin Badgers Football Team and a member of the 1992 & 2000 Americas Cup sailing teams (A3 & New York Yacht Club).
SIGNIFICANT ASSIGNMENTS
Wispark
CenterPoint Properties
Westmount Realty Capital
WPT Capital Advisors
HSA Commercial Real Estate
Westminster Capital
STAG Industrial
Zilber Property Group
Hillwood Investment Properties
Link Logistics Real Estate
Ryan Companies
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
2014 CARW Deal of the Year Winner (Development / Construction Category)
2015 Milwaukee Business Journal Real Estate Development Deal of the Year
2017 CARW Realtor of the Year
2019 CARW Deal of the Year Winner (Industrial Category)
2020 CARW Deal of the Year Winner (Industrial Category)
Recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as a Milwaukee Area Power Broker
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW) Board Member
EDUCATION
Vande Zande graduated in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. While at Madison, Chad competed on the Wisconsin Badger Football team where he was a four-year letter winner.