Brian Vanevenhoven, CCRP, serves as a managing director in Newmark’s Milwaukee office, bringing with him nearly 20 years of experience in the leasing and sale of retail properties. Throughout his career, Mr. Vanevenhoven has represented many national and local tenants and landlords.
Mr. Vanevenhoven has extensive experience in identifying land for shopping center development, retail leasing, tenant representation and investment sales. He has cultivated a nationwide client portfolio of financial institutions and special servicers for whom he has brokered distressed assets, leased properties in receivership and played an integral role in the management and sale of their owned assets.
Additionally, Mr. Vanevenhoven has successfully developed many longstanding leasing relationships of his clients’ shopping centers, and he has been a trusted adviser to his clients when determining the right time to bring their shopping center to market to maximize their investment.
Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Vandevenoven was a principal of Milwaukee-based MLG Commercial. Newmark acquired MLG Commercial, Wisconsin’s leading brokerage and property management company, in 2019.
Partial List of Lease Transactions
As a tenant representative:
- Bio Life
- Dollar General
- Elements Massage
- Fred Astaire Dance Studio
- Jamba Juice
- Profile by Sanford
- Sola Salon Studios
- Stone Creek Coffee
- X-Golf
- Xperience Fitness (numerous transactions)
As a landlord representative:
- 5 Below
- Ashley Homestore
- Marshalls
- Office Depot
- Old Navy
- Party City
- Petco
- Ross Dress for Less
- TJ Maxx
Partial List of Sale Transactions
Representing seller:
- Sold 35 acres to Meijer
- Sale of Green Bay Plaza, 220,000 SF shopping center in Green Bay
- Sale of Falls Plaza, 120,000 SF shopping center in Menomonee Falls
- Sold 30 former Shopko stores, 2 distribution buildings and 100 outlots across the country for Shopko
- Sold land to developer and did initial leasing at Village of Bay Park in Green Bay
Representing buyer:
- Sale of Greenfield Emporium, 64,000 SF in Greefield
- Development site for Panera Bread, Arby’s and muti-tenant building in New Berlin
- Development site for Roundy’s grocery store in Wauwatosa
- Development of Festival Foods shopping center in Fond du Lac
Partial Client List
- Annenberg Asset Management
- CIII Asset Management
- Fred Astaire Dance Studio
- Jamba Juice
- Men’s Hair House
- Mission Peak Capital
- Realty Income
- Sola Salon Studios
- Xperience Fitness
Professional Achievements
- Community Impact Award, Commercial Association of REALTORS® Wisconsin (CARW), 2019
- Retail Deal of the Year, MLG Commercial, 2008, 2013 and 2018
- Rookie of the Year, MLG Commercial, 2002
Professional Affiliations
- Commercial Association of REALTORS® Wisconsin (CARW)
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Community Development Authority for the Village of Whitefish Bay
Licenses and Designations
- Certified Retail Real Estate Professional (CRRP) designation, ICSC
Education
Mr. Vanevenhoven earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.