Kathleen Bertrand

Kathleen is a Senior Vice President with Transwestern’s Downtown Chicago agency leasing group. She has extensive experience and proven success on large, multi-faceted assets that include office, retail, train stations, pedways and transportation plazas. Kathleen is agile and utilizes data to uncover solutions for maximizing value and leasing buildings swiftly. She has a knack for breaking down complicated projects and transactions, giving her a reputation as a fierce advocate of her clients.

As a 14-year industry veteran, Kathleen has exclusively represented third-party building owners on downtown Class A & B properties. Prior to joining Transwestern, Kathleen worked at MB Real Estate as a senior vice president of the firm’s leasing services team, where she represented commercial office and retail properties.

During her tenure at MBRE, Kathleen represented Michigan Plaza, a 2 million-square-foot office complex in Chicago’s East Loop. On behalf of ownership, she brokered over 250 transactions totaling 2.9 million square feet, including Omnicom (275,000 SF), Blue Cross BlueShield (214,000 SF), Alzheimer’s Association (80,000 SF), Cramer-Krasselt (75,000 SF), EXP US Services (67,000 SF), InTouch Solutions (55,000 SF), Baker Tilly (54,000 SF) and Conference Center Concepts (33,000 SF).  Additionally, Kathleen facilitated 180,000 square feet of spec suites at Michigan Plaza, which led to a 95% occupancy rate.  Past office assignments include 550 W. Washington, 125 S. Clark, 247 S. State, and 20 W. Kinzie.

Kathleen also led the retail leasing at MBRE.  Assignments included the Illinois Tollway Oases, 205/225 North Michigan, 181 West Madison, 10/120 S. Riverside, 2 N. State, 224 North Des Plaines, 825 S. State, and 125 S. Clark.

Notable clients include STRS Ohio, The John Buck Company, Loeb Partners Realty, MetLife, iStar Financial, Beacon Capital Partners, Callahan Capital Partners, The Alter Group, Chetrit Group, Shopoff Realty Investments, Omnicom and Aegis.