Cole Gonet serves as a Managing Director in Newmark’s Raleigh office. An 11-year corporate real estate professional and Raleigh native, Gonet specializes in office and industrial leasing, with a focus on helping companies align their real estate strategies with long-term business goals. Serving clients across the Triangle and beyond, Gonet brings a consultative approach to every engagement—whether guiding high-growth companies through expansion, supporting right-sizing efforts or negotiating lease terms that drive operational efficiency and cost savings.
Prior to joining Newmark in 2025, Gonet spent eight years as a Managing Director at Savills in Raleigh, where his work spanned a range of industries—a&e, legal, tech and healthcare—and included a successful track record with portfolio strategy, site selection, lease negotiation and occupancy planning. Gonet started his career in 2014 with Cushman & Wakefield, where he served on both the tenant representation and agency representation teams.
List of Key Assignments
- Apple, 300,000 SF (Cary, NC)
- Xactware, 150,000 SF (Lehi, UT)
- Verisk (Global Portfolio)
- Plexus Corp, 90,000 SF (Portland, OR)
- Insighsoftware, 61,000 SF (Raleigh)(Global Portfolio)
- Ipreo, 61,000 SF (Raleigh, NC)
- Brooks Pierce, 51,000 SF (Greensboro, NC), 42,000 SF (Raleigh, NC)
- WoodMac, 51,000 SF (Houston, TX)
- Williams Mullen, 50,000 SF (Raleigh, NC)
- Kimley Horn, 38,000 SF (Cary, NC), 8,000 SF (Durham, NC)
- HNTB, 34,000 SF (Raleigh, NC)
- Kisinger Campo (National Portfolio)
- Oxford University Press - $38 million disposition and relocation
Additional Clients List
- CDM Smith
- VHB
- NV5
- Digital Turbine
- Plexus Corp
- Jaggaer
- Cenexel
- Kodak
Education
Gonet received his bachelor’s in communication studies from the University of Richmond, where he was a four-year member of the Spider’s football team.