Experience

Hughes Marino

• United States
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Vice President

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Hughes Marino is a national industry-leading commercial real estate company that exclusively represents business owners, management teams and corporate real estate decision makers, in lieu of acting as a “dual agent.” Hughes Marino only represents tenants and owner-user buyers–never building owners or landlords–which eliminates conflicts of interest, hidden agendas and steering of outcomes that other commercial real estate firms grapple with. In addition to tenant and buyer representation, Hughes Marino provides a turnkey single point of accountability service through the entire real estate process. That includes space planning and design, workplace strategy, culture consulting, site selection, program/project construction management, and portfolio lease administration and advisory services as value for clients. Known for their core values and award-winning company culture, Hughes Marino has been recognized locally by Business Journals, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur and Inc. as a Best Workplace, and featured in team building and leadership books by best-selling authors.



Cushman & Wakefield

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Managing Director - Tenant Real Estate

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2019

  25+ years of tenant real estate advisory experience. Joined Cushman's executive management team to lead its tenant real estate business in SF Bay Area. Kevin had completed over 7 million square feet of transactions valued in excess of $2.5 billion. His current and former clients include LVMH; Levi Strauss & Co.; Morgan Stanley; Jones Day; Kirkland & Ellis; Booz Allen Hamilton; University of California Office of the President; Gordon & Rees; Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.; and Skadden Arps. Among Kevin’s more prominent tenant representation accomplishments are the completion of 1 million SF of transactions for Transamerica Corporation and a 250,000 SF headquarters lease restructure and renewal for a global law firm. The latter transaction was reported to be the largest law firm transaction ever executed in San Francisco and was named among Office Deals of the Year by the California Real Estate Journal.Industry Awards:Awarded numerous industry accolades and awards. These include The San Francisco Business Times highest ranking tenant-only commercial real estate consultant - and the official Top Individual Real Estate Advisor List in San Francisco. Costar Group has added his name to the annual national list of tenant advisors in virtually every year since the inception of this award over a decade ago. He is also the recipient of the California Real Estate Journal's "Deal of the Year" award. Education & Affiliations:BA in Political Science, from the University of California at Los Angeles. His professional affiliations include serving as former Chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH) at the School of Business,UC Berkeley, and he is a former Board of Director member for Raphael House.



JLL

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director - Tenant Real Estate

  • Jun 2009 - Jan 2016

  Kevin effectively returned "back home" to The Staubach Company and Jones Lang Wootton, when he rejoined JLL (e.g. JLL is comprised of The Staubach Co. and Jones Lang Wootton along with LaSalle Partners and others). He was at the combined JLL company for more than thirteen (13) years in total. At JLL, Kevin specifically helped larger corporations and partnerships figure out and implement the best way to finance and locate their office headquarters. Kevin's legal industry focus caused him to be invited to sit on JLL's global law firm practice group executive committee.



Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Chair & Member

  • 2003 - 2010

  Kevin was the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH) at the School of Business at UC Berkeley. YEAH is Haas’ public mission and is focused on helping underserved middle school and high school students learn about business and enter college.



Savills North America

• United States
• Real Estate
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Executive Vice President & Branch Manager - Tenant Real Estate

  • Apr 2005 - Jun 2009

  Kevin and his team were recruited by Studley - a direct competitor to Roger Staubach's firm - during an unfortunately tulmutous season at The Staubach Co. in the Bay Area. While at Studley, Kevin honed his leadership skills and financial acumen. However, at the end of his four (4) year contract, Kevin very much missed the culture and people at The Staubach Co., so he immediately rejoined the company. During his four (4) year absence, The Staubach Co. merged with JLL.



The Staubach Company

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President & Principal - Tenant Real Estate

  • Feb 1999 - Apr 2005

  Coming from Jones Lang Wootton - the predecessor in part to JLL , Kevin's experience opening and leading The Staubach Co's San Francisco office was an invaluable season. Kevin and his partners grew the Staubach Co. office from 3 professionals in early 1999 to the market leader in tenant brokerage by year end 2004. Specifically, Kevin helped larger corporations and partnerships figure out and implement the best way to finance and locate their office headquarters, while also building the office.