Howard J. Kesseler Jr., Vice Chairman at Newmark’s New York office, specializes in providing representation services to tenants and owners throughout New York City and the five boroughs.
He is currently involved in several tenant representation leasing transactions in New York City in excess of one million square feet.
Prior to joining Newmark, Kesseler was the lead broker in commercial leasing and management for One Penn Plaza, a 2.5 million-square-foot office tower in Midtown Manhattan. As the exclusive agent for the ownership from 1992 to 1997, he negotiated more than one million square feet of both renewal and new lease transactions. Kesseler also excelled in leasing, sales and brokerage negotiations on behalf of the ownership of the Lincoln Building from 1987 to 1992, and was the director of residential sales and project development at the Kibel Company. In 2004, Kesseler was elected Broker of the Year for Newmark, an honor that he received again in 2005 and 2008.
Accomplishments
- Claremont Preparatory School (25 Broadway) 202,000 SF
- Claremont Preparatory School (40 Broad Street) 100,000 SF
- CUNY (50 West 40th Street) 95,000 SF
- CUNY (104 East 25th Street) 60,000 SF
- NYSCA (26 Broadway) 300,000 SF
- NYSCA (2 Peck Slip) 75,000 SF
- NYSCA (352 Park South) 58,000 SF
- Rebecca School: 61,000 SF
- Aaron Academy 50,000 SF
- NYU-Poly (15 Metro Tech Center) 135,000 SF
- NYU-Poly (2 Metro Tech Center) 135,000 SF
- The United Nations (380 Madison) 425,000 SF
- The United Nations (305 E 46th St.) 200,000 SF
- The United Nations (24-01 44th Rd L.I.C) 80,000 SF
- Boymelgreen Developers (15 Broad St) 1,000,000 SF
- White Acre Capital (636 11th Street) 500,000 SF
- DHL (500 Tenth Avenue) 250,000 SF (L.I.C.)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (633 Third Avenue) 200,000 SF
- Advanced Graphics: 150,000 SF (L.I.C.)
- Tana Seybert (252 W. 52nd Street) 150,000 SF
- Metropolitan Transit Authority: 100,000 SF (L.I.C.)
- Miller Freeman Publishing: 100,000 SF
- Remco Maintenance: 75,000 SF (L.I.C.)
- First Albany Securities: 66,000 SF
- Work Flow Management: 65,000 SF (L.I.C.)
- Becker-Parkin Dental: 58,000 SF
- Agency.Com Internet Advertising: 53,000 SF
- Urban Fetch: 50,000 SF
- USN Communications: 30,000 SF
- MET Photo: 25,000 SF
- Paramount Capital: 25,000 SF
- East West Creative: 20,000 SF
- Ian Schrager Hotels: 18,000 SF
- Trane Company: 17,000 SF
Education
Kesseler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College, where he studied Psychology and Economics. He received his real estate sales license and brokerage license from the New York University School of Continuing Education.