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Ben Lushing joined Newmark in 2023 as a Managing Director on the Capital Markets Team based in Los Angeles, California. Lushing has worked on an array of trophy transactions both in Los Angeles and in New York City over the last nine years across all asset classes on behalf of many institutional clients.
Lushing started his career at Cushman & Wakefield in 2014 as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Group in New York City. In that position, Lushing worked closely with corporations and institutions to maximize their real estate value through the use of structured financial products, involving tax, capital and accounting strategies.
In October 2016, Lushing joined the Capital Markets Team led by Doug Harmon and Adam Spies, as their first internal employee. In October 2021, Lushing moved to Los Angeles to help build out the institutional West Coast Capital Markets business with Kevin Donner, before recently joining Newmark.
Professional Affiliations
Lushing is a registered securities representative (Series 7, 63 and 79) with Newmark’s broker dealer subsidiary, Newmark Securities, LLC. and is licensed in New York State and California as a real estate salesperson.
Personal Affiliations
Lushing is a junior board member for Reverse Rett Syndrome and a supporter of the Semel Institute at UCLA. He also serves as an alumni ambassador at his alma mater, UPenn, and on the alumni board at Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
Education
Lushing graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in History.