Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc. (C&W) announces the hiring of Dan Svachula as
Agency Leasing Director in its Corporate Occupier and Investor Services (CIS) Group. Mr.
Svachula will be based out of C&W's Rosemont office and brings over 12 years of commercial
real estate brokerage and asset management experience to the firm. He will play a key role in
building C&W's Suburban Chicago Agency Leasing Group.
"We're very excited to have Dan Svachula join C&W in our Rosemont office,"
Shawn P. Mobley, C&W Chicago Market Leader, said. "Building our agency leasing
practice is one of our top priorities. Dan's extensive leasing experience and strong
relationships with suburban landlords help deepen our service offering in that area."
Mr. Svachula joins C&W from Younan Properties, where he served as Regional Leasing
Manager. While at Younan, Mr. Svachula managed the leasing of a seven-building,
1.7-million-square-foot portfolio and oversaw 34 new leases totaling over 266,000 square feet.
He previously also worked at Transwestern Commercial Services, growing suburban assignments
from a single 150,000-square-foot building to a twenty-two-building, 3.4-million-square-foot
portfolio. Some of the clients Mr. Svachula has represented include: Siete 7, Transwestern
Investment Company, StoneCreek Properties, Romanek Properties, Prime Group Realty Trust and
GreenCourte Partners.
Mr. Svachula studied economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a
five-time CoStar PowerBroker award winner and a member of the Chicago Office Leasing Broker
Association (COLBA).