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Elise Couston
SIOR
Senior Managing Director
Newmark
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Professional Bio
Elise A. Couston, SIOR, joined Newmark in 2014 and currently serves as a senior managing director in the Chicago O’Hare office. With 35 years of real estate experience, she brings to Newmark significant knowledge of industrial and commercial sales, leasing, business park development, build-to-suit, investment property and marketing expertise.
Her representative clients have included: Arrow Home Products; Bison Gear and Engineering; Crown Consolidated Industries; DuPage Precision Products; Ellison Technologies; Embossed Graphics; Emerson Electric, Goodman Manufacturing; Import Logistics; Pierce Distribution; Shorr Packaging; and RustOleum.
Professional Achievements
– Chicago Power Women in Commercial Real Estate, Crain’s, 2019
– President’s Award for Community Services, SIOR National, 2018
– Largest Industrial Sale Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
– Largest Industrial Investment Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
Professional Affiliations
– Board member and officer, SIOR Chicago, 2005 - present; chapter president, 2014
– Industrial Insider columnist, Chicago Industrial Properties, 2014 - present
– Ask the Experts columnist, Benuzzi's Industrial Guide, 2003 - 2013
– Past President, and Member, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
– Member, Women in Manufacturing (WIM)
Personal Affiliations
– Chairperson, Fundraising Committee, SIOR Chicago Chapter
– Chairperson, Fundraising, Ada S. McKinley Trunk Scholarship program (AIRE)
– Chairperson, Fundraising Annual Food Drive and Holiday Event for LaRabida Children’s Hospital, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Founding Board Member, the Cynthia L. Bischof Memorial Foundation, instrumental in facilitating the passage of Cindy’s Law for domestic violence in 2009
Her representative clients have included: Arrow Home Products; Bison Gear and Engineering; Crown Consolidated Industries; DuPage Precision Products; Ellison Technologies; Embossed Graphics; Emerson Electric, Goodman Manufacturing; Import Logistics; Pierce Distribution; Shorr Packaging; and RustOleum.
Professional Achievements
– Chicago Power Women in Commercial Real Estate, Crain’s, 2019
– President’s Award for Community Services, SIOR National, 2018
– Largest Industrial Sale Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
– Largest Industrial Investment Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
Professional Affiliations
– Board member and officer, SIOR Chicago, 2005 - present; chapter president, 2014
– Industrial Insider columnist, Chicago Industrial Properties, 2014 - present
– Ask the Experts columnist, Benuzzi's Industrial Guide, 2003 - 2013
– Past President, and Member, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
– Member, Women in Manufacturing (WIM)
Personal Affiliations
– Chairperson, Fundraising Committee, SIOR Chicago Chapter
– Chairperson, Fundraising, Ada S. McKinley Trunk Scholarship program (AIRE)
– Chairperson, Fundraising Annual Food Drive and Holiday Event for LaRabida Children’s Hospital, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Founding Board Member, the Cynthia L. Bischof Memorial Foundation, instrumental in facilitating the passage of Cindy’s Law for domestic violence in 2009
Company
Newmark
Individual Professional
Awards:
2018 SIOR President's Award for Community Service
2019 Crains Chicago Business-Powerful Real Estate Women
Volunteer Work:
LaRabida Children's Hospital; Ada S. McKinley Trunk Scholarships; A Safe Haven; Feed My Starving Children; Cynthia L. Bischof Memorial Foundation; Chicago Cares; Toys for Tots
Chapter Affiliation
Eastern Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Southern California, Tennessee, Southern Wisconsin
Areas of Expertise
Finance, Marketing, Sales