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  2. Fred Smith

Fred Smith

Vice Chairman

New York - Midtown
E: fred.smith@nmrk.com P: 212-372-0728

    Fred Smith serves as a Vice Chairman with Newmark at the company’s New York headquarters. Over the course of his 38-year career, Smith has completed more than 30 million square feet of tenant representation assignments for major organizations.

    Smith joined Newmark in 2016 after 31 years with Cushman & Wakefield, where he most recently served as vice chairman. During his tenure at Cushman & Wakefield, Smith closed the ninth-largest real estate transaction in the U.S. and the largest sale leaseback in Silicon Valley history, as well as the largest transatlantic transaction ever between C&W’s U.S. and European operations. He is the recipient of C&W’s 2003 Global Deal of the Year Award, Downtown Deal of the Year Award and various top producer awards.

    Partial Client List

    • Air France
    • Anbang Insurance Group
    • AT&T
    • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
    • BayernLB
    • CBS Corporation
    • Daiwa Bank & Trust Co.
    • Facebook
    • General Services Administration
    • Macromedia
    • Metropolitan Transit Authority
    • Molloy College
    • Oracle
    • PricewaterhouseCoopers
    • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
    • Suntory International Corp.
    • Univision
    • XL Global Services
    • Young & Rubicam

    Representative Engagements

    • XL Capital – Consolidation and headquarters strategy
    • Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse – Assisted with merger and national portfolio of 8.0 million SF
    • Silicon Graphics – 800,000 SF corporate campus sale to Goldman Sachs in Mountain View, CA
    • Sycamore Partners – Sale leaseback of Talbots headquarters and distribution center, collectively 846,000 SF
    • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Mitsubishi Financial Group – 715,000 SF, including two headquarters, each in excess of 200,000 SF
    • Anbang Insurance Group – Exclusive leasing agents for 717 Fifth Avenue
    • CBS Interactive – 285,000 SF headquarters lease restructure
    • BayernLB – 100,000 SF lease restructure and sale of 25% stake in 560 Lexington Avenue
    • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd. – Termination and swap of a 53,000 SF lease for 45,000 SF
    • General Services Administration – 10-year, 25,000 SF lease for elite enforcement agency in New York City
    • Molloy College – 15-year, 16,540 SF lease for its first New York City campus, at 50 Broadway
    • Suntory International Corp. – 10-year, 5,250 SF lease at 600 Third Avenue

    Consulting Assignments

    • Sears Holdings – Valued and advised for transfer of 261 stores totaling 42.0 million SF into a REIT, Seritage Growth Properties. Sears raised approximately $2.7 billion.
    • Sycamore Partners – Valued and advised for the acquisition of Belk Dept. stores, 299 locations, 19 states.
    • Bell Canada – Led a Capital Markets and Canadian team to formulate a broker opinion of value for 10.0 million SF portfolio.
    • CBS (Paramount Theme Parks) – Valued five properties, 1,950 acres owned, 108 acres leased, U.S. and Canada.

    Personal Affiliations

    • Founder, Light Up New York
    • Member, St. Lawrence University Parents Committee
    • Member, Parent’s Club, Southern Methodist University
    • Volunteer, New York Youth at Risk
    • Former parent volunteer, Middlebury College, Tulane University and Texas Tech University

    Education
    Smith is a designated Certified Commercial Investment Member. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from the City University of New York and has attended courses at New York University’s School of Continuing Education for Real Estate and Finance.

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    National Bank of Egypt Relocating to 12K SF in Durst’s 825 Third Avenue
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    09.13.22

    Press Release

    Newmark Represents National Bank of Egypt in 12,300-Square-Foot Office Relocation

    Newmark announces it has completed a 12,278-square-foot office lease on behalf of the National Bank of Egypt for the entire 34th floor at 825 Third Avenue in Midtown.
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