Jesse Ottele joined Newmark in 2016, as an Executive Managing Director in the Seattle office. Mr. Ottele is a 25 year veteran of commercial real estate focused primarily on Institutional Agency Leasing in the Downtown Seattle area. Prior to Newmark, he was a Senior Vice President at CBRE for 12 years and Colliers International for five years, where he provided landlord and tenant advisory services throughout the Seattle metropolitan region.
Mr. Ottele has been recognized throughout his career as one of the premier brokers in the Puget Sound region, including being a four-time winner and two-time finalist of the Puget Sound SIOR/ NAIOP Office Broker of the year award. Mr. Ottele has also been named a Costar Power Broker 16 times. Jesse joined Newmark’s Chairman’s Circle Top 100 Producers Nationally and was a recipient of the Top Broker award from Connect Media for the Western Region in 2019. In 2024, Mr. Ottele was honored by the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) with the Commercial Real Estate Leadership Award for giving back to the community.
Partial List of Landlord Transactions (300,000+)
- US Bank Centre, Seattle, Office: 950,000 SF
- Russell Investments Center, Seattle, Office: 890,000 SF
- Fourth & Madison, Seattle, Office: 850,000 SF
- Kanon, Bellevue 780,000 SF
- Metropolitan Park East & West, Seattle, Office: 700,000 SF
- 2&U, Seattle, Office: 700,000 SF
- Union Station (605, 625 & 705), Seattle, Office: 565,000 SF
- 1700 7th Ave, Seattle, Office: 500,000 SF
- Westlake Tower, Seattle, Office: 365,000 SF
- Park Place, Seattle, Office: 317,000 SF
- Elliott West Campus (351, 401 & 501), Seattle, Office: 301,000 SF
- 400 Dexter, Seattle, Office/ Life Science: 300,000 SF
Partial List of Tenant Transactions (50,000+)
- Regus/HQ Global, Seattle, Office: 380,000 SF
- Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, Office: 375,000 SF
- WPP Group USA, Seattle, Office: 265,000 SF
- Cell Therapeutics Inc., Seattle, Office: 180,000 SF
- Space Flight Industries, Seattle, Office: 77,000 SF
- Carney Bradley Spellman, P.S., Seattle, Office: 75,000 SF
- RR Donnelley, Seattle, Office: 65,000 SF
- Car Toys, Seattle, Office: 52,000 SF
- Watermark Credit Union, Seattle, Office: 50,000 SF
Professional Achievements
- PSBJ Commercial Real Estate Award for Giving Back, 2024
- Finalist, Office Broker of the Year, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) & NAIOP, 2013 and 2015; Winner, 2011, 2014, 2019 and 2020
- Newmark Chairman’s Circle Top 100, Nationally, Newmark, 2019
- Connect Media Top Broker Award, Western Region, 2019
- Power Broker, CoStar, 2003 – 2007, 2010 – 2019 and 2023
- Colliers International Rookie of the year for the U.S. in 2000
Personal Affiliations
- Committee Chair, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Annual Cystic Fibrosis-Mariners Care Golf Tournament, 2010-Present
- Committee Chair, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Annual Hutch Award Luncheon, 2012-Present
- Mentor Program, NAIOP
Education
Mr. Ottele earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from California Lutheran University.