As Executive Managing Director, Principal - Investment Sales and Capital Markets at Newmark Zimmer, Chris Robertson, CCIM, is responsible for the acquisition and disposition of investment properties for individual investors, regional investment groups and institutional clients. His services include the identification, evaluation, marketing, and negotiation of investment property types including office, medical office, industrial, retail, multi-family, hospitality and land. Since joining Newmark Zimmer, Robertson has handled the acquisition and disposition of more than 12 million square feet of investment properties, loan sales and 1,187 acres valued in excess of $847 million.
Adept in the principles of real estate investment, Robertson takes a quantitative approach to the business. He is proficient in several software programs including Argus, ProCalc and Excel-based financial modeling. He also utilizes CoStar, Xceligent, LoopNet and Real Estate Applications.
Robertson joined Newmark Zimmer in 2014 as a financial analyst for the Investments Services Group, where he was responsible for investment financial analysis of all commercial property types. In 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021, 2022, 2023, Chris was named one of the Kansas City Business Journal’s Heavy Hitters. In 2019, he was named one of Ingram Magazine’s 20 in Their Twenties.
Prior to joining Newmark Zimmer, Robertson worked as an analyst for Integra Realty Resources. In this position, he provided valuation analysis of retail, land, multi-family, industrial and office properties. Valuation assignments were prepared on proposed, partially completed and existing structures.
Partial List of Investment Sale Transactions
- Hallmark Distribution Center II – 847,309 SF
- Lenexa Industrial Portfolio - 589,391 SF
- AT&T Office Tower – 344,000 SF
- Epic Center Office Tower - 314,644 SF
- Nestle Purina – 301,320 SF
- Front Business Center – 275,162 SF
- Mark Twain Tower - 273,968 SF
- Bayer Logistics Center – 251,000 SF
- Former Quintiles Office Building – 239,366 SF
- Mission Towers Office Tower - 186,010 SF
- Corporate Circle Office Portfolio – 187,000 SF
- Northpointe Office Tower - 109,193 SF
- Crash Champions Portfolio – 115,271 SF
- Kohl’s Lenexa - 105,000 SF
- Southwest Plaza Shopping Center - 100,396 SF
- Gladstone Plaza Shopping Center - 94,494 SF
- General Electric Industrial Building – 84,200 SF
- West Des Moines Office – 47,559 SF
- Westlake Springfield Shopping Center - 42,936 SF
- Camping World – 42,675 SF
- Douglas Station Shopping Center - 41,088 SF
- Google Fiber Office Building - 32,624 SF
- Waterloo Apartments – 181 units
- West Plaza Flats – 102 units
- Westfield Manor Apartments – 84 units
- Greystone Fourplexes – 72 units
- Colonial Highlands – 66 units
- Team Industrial – 65,000 SF
- 8300 College Boulevard – 56,994 SF
- Juniper Gardens – 265 units
- Westgate Village – 97 units
- Ash Street Place Apartments – 185 units
- Fairfax Bluffs – 254 units
Professional Affiliations
- Mentorship program, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- Board member, Northland Young Professionals, 2017 and 2018
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
- Programs chair, Education chair, board of directors, CCIM (2019 – Present)
Education
Robertson holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration degree with an emphasis in finance and real estate from the University of Missouri-Columbia.