Alan Polacsek is an Executive Managing Director at Newmark, providing strategic planning and transaction execution services to corporate clients. A member of Newmark’s Technology & Innovation practice Group, he provides strategic consulting services to clients across various industries, including the tech sector, business services, and data center/telecommunications. He offers astute leadership and management skills, experience in managing large portfolios with a client centric approach focused on maximizing the value of real estate that supports his client’s business objectives.
Polacsek is key leader for a Denver based brokerage team, which is recognized for its expertise in the metro-Denver market as well as multi-market tenant representation. Polacsek’s experience includes: data center and telecom leasing and sales, land sales, acquisitions, sale/leasebacks, and disposition of excess assets totaling more than $450 million in the last five years. He has experience with a wide range of client portfolios and product types, with portfolio scale up to 60 million square feet. He is adept at developing targeted strategies which yield savings while subtly managing service delivery to ensure client success.
Partial List of Lease Transactions
- Architecture firm - 10,000 SF
- Oil and gas field office - 14,000 SF
- Regional office – 25,000 SF
- Oil and gas headquarters - 30,000 SF
- Wireless provider (network lease) - 36,000 SF
- Call center - 44,000 SF
- Corporate headquarters - 120,000 SF
- Corporate headquarters - 180,000 SF
- Lease termination – 450,000 SF
Partial List of Sale Transactions
- Data center (purchase) - 110,000 SF data center
- Office building – 225,000 SF
- Sale/leaseback - 655,000 SF
- Land sale/new TOD MF development – 6 acres
- Land sale/new development - 10 acres (185,000 SF office build-to-suit)
- Land sale/new mixed-use development – 12.9 acres
- Land sale/new mixed-use development – 16 acres
- Land sale/new development - 45 acres (industrial build-to-suit)
Professional Achievements
- Consistent Top Producer, Newmark Denver
- Office Broker Team of the Year, NAIOP, 2015
- Finalist, Top Office Broker, DMCAR Heavy Hitters Award, 2015
- Finalist, Office Broker of the Year, NAIOP, 2014
Professional Affiliations
- NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
- Denver Metro Commercial Association of Brokers® (DMCAB)
Education
Polacsek graduated cum laude from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix, Denver.