Jack Fraker is President, Global Head of Industrial & Logistics Capital Markets for Newmark. He is responsible for driving Newmark’s industrial & logistics business, primarily capital markets but also leasing.
Throughout his career, Fraker has been a consistent top national producer in industrial & logistics sales, representing some of the country’s largest corporations, global investors, pension fund advisors, REITs, and corporate tenants. Fraker has personally completed over 1,800 industrial & logistics capital markets transactions totaling 1.5 billion square feet | $85 billion in more than 60 U.S. cities, Mexico, Europe, Japan, and South America. He has also advised on approximately 12,000 acres of development sites and over 300 office/industrial leasing assignments. As a partner with other firms prior to Newmark, Fraker was cumulatively involved in over 3.3 billion square feet | $220 billion in various projects.
Professional Achievements & Affiliations
- Largest Transaction Award and other awards – SIOR
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Dallas Business Journal 2014
- Stemmons Service Award, No. Texas Commercial Real Estate, 2003
- Lifetime Achievement Award – No. Texas Commercial Real Estate Assoc., 2020
- Member, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
- Member, National Association of Investment and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Board of Governors, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- Member, Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
- Member, The Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
- Former Adjunct Professor | Board Member, Southern Methodist University (SMU)
- Former Adjunct Professor | Board Member, The Univ. of Texas Business School
- Current Board Member, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep school.
- Current | Former Board Positions – Hunt Southwest, Cushman & Wakefield, USAA (Realco), Metropolitan YMCA Dallas, and Girls Inc.
Education
Fraker earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.