Joe Kelly

Executive Managing Director

San Jose - CA

CA RE License #01420963

Joe Kelly is an executive managing director in the San Jose office for Newmark, focusing on agency leasing and sales of office, R&D and industrial properties throughout Silicon Valley. Previously, Mr. Kelly worked as a senior vice president with CBRE in its Palo Alto and San Jose offices.

Career Transaction Performance

  • 868 transactions
  • $5.08 billion cumulative transaction consideration
  • 25.6 million square feet of leasing
  • 18.5 million square feet of investment sales
  • 8.0 million square feet of owner occupied sales

Partial Client List

  • Bixby Land Company
  • BlackRock
  • Blackstone
  • Blox Ventures
  • Blue Rise Ventures
  • Clarion Partners
  • Century | Urban
  • DivcoWest
  • Flynn Holdings
  • Fosun International
  • Harvest Properties
  • Hudson Pacific Properties
  • Intercontinental
  • Investment Building Group
  • Lane Partners
  • LBA Realty
  • Lift Partners
  • Menlo Equities
  • Natus Medical
  • Newcastle Partners
  • Orchard Partners
  • Overton Moore Properties
  • Pacific Coast Capital Partners
  • Prologis
  • Ridge Capital Investors
  • Rockpoint
  • Stockbridge Capital Partners
  • The Sobrato Organization
  • Washington Holdings
  • WP Investments

Professional Achievements

  • Nationally Recognized by Newmark - Chairman’s Circle 100, 2018, 2021 and 2022
  • Nationally Recognized by Newmark - Top 10 Industrial Broker 2021 and 2022
  • Finalist Office/R&D Deal of the Year, Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB), 2021
  • Finalist, Industrial Broker of the Year, Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB), 2021
  • Top Industrial Sale, SIOR Northern California Chapter, 2015
  • Top Office Sale, SIOR Northern California Chapter, 2014
  • Awarded National Prologis SIOR Scholarship (1 of 4 recipients), 2013 and 2014
  • Finalist, Industrial Broker of the Year, Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB), 2013
  • No. 1 Ranked Agent, CBRE Palo Alto, 2013
  • Youngest Member on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List, ASVB, 2010 - 2013
  • Nominee, Top 40 Under 40, Real Estate Forum, 2012

2022

  • 39 transactions: 1.8M SF leased, 281K SF sold, $480M consideration
  • No. 2 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
  • No. 6 Ranked Agent, Newmark Pac-Northwest Region
  • Ranked No. 7 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB

2021

  • 36 transactions: 1.2M SF leased, 796K SF sold, $576.7 million consideration
  • No. 2 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
  • No. 9 Ranked Agent, Newmark Pac-Northwest Region
  • Ranked No. 14 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB

2020

  • 21 transactions: 380 thousand SF leased, 86,000 SF sold, $68.2 million consideration
  • No. 3 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
  • Ranked No, 23 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB

2019

  • 22 transactions: 670 thousand SF leased, 390,000 SF sold, $298.6 million consideration
  • Expert Witness

Affiliations

  • NAIOP Silicon Valley
  • Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB)
  • The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Basketball Team)
  • The Positive Coaching Alliance

Mr. Kelly graduated magna cum laude from the Metropolitan State College of Denver with a Bachelor of Science degree in management. He was also named 2002 Business School Student of the Year and was a member of the 2002 NCAA Division II National Championship basketball team.