Adam Campbell Joins Cushman & Wakefield Industrial Team

Nov. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- PHILADELPHIA, PA –  Cushman & Wakefield has added Adam D. Campbell as Director on the firm's growing industrial platform in Pennsylvania. He joins a team headed by Senior Director Gerard J. Blinebury and includes Senior Director Patrick McBride and Associate Leah Balerno.

"Adam's experience in Central Pennsylvania's industrial market makes him a very important addition to our team," said Blinebury. "He brings strong market knowledge and client relationships with him."

Focusing on the I-81/I-78 industrial market, Cushman & Wakefield's Philadelphia-based Industrial Brokerage Group provides agency leasing, building and land sales, tenant and buyer representation, and the marketing of investment-grade industrial buildings and parks. The team is currently handling more than eight million square feet of listings and a comparable amount of tenant representation projects.

"The Central Pennsylvania industrial market continues to grow dramatically," said Jim Dieter, Executive Vice President-Industrial Brokerage, U.S. "It is strategically important to expand our team as part of our commitment to support the region's growth."

Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Campbell was vice president of Campbell Commercial Real Estate, Inc, a family-owned and operated firm providing local real estate brokerage in Central Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a retirement plan specialist for MassMutual's First Financial Group, and an emerging markets mutual fund accountant – City of London Investment Management.

"It is becoming increasingly necessary for industrial brokers to work off a larger platform," said Campbell. "Joining Cushman & Wakefield provides the opportunity to leverage the firm's resources and relationships. My goals are to continue to work with the local and national developers present in Central Pennsylvania, as well as the national corporations in Cushman & Wakefield's network. I will be able to utilize the firm's resources to work more efficiently in my chosen field."

Campbell earned his BS in Finance from West Chester University in 2000. He earned New Commercial Real Estate Agent of the Year honors from the Regional Chapter of the Association of Realtors in 2005, and obtained SIOR designation as an Industrial Specialist in 2007.

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.'s industrial brokerage platform provides global resources and local expertise for tenant and landlord representation, disposition and acquisition services, transaction management, and industrial consulting including labor and demographic analysis. In 2010, this group completed more than 4,800 industrial real estate transactions - totaling 141.6 million square feet in leases and 52.9 million square feet in sales - with an aggregate value of nearly $5 billion. This represented a year-over-year revenue increase of 26.7 percent.