Joe Kelly is a Vice Chairman in the San Jose office for Newmark, focusing on agency leasing and sales of office, R&D and industrial properties throughout Silicon Valley. Previously, Kelly worked as a Senior Vice President with CBRE in its Palo Alto and San Jose offices.
Career Transaction Performance
- 932 transactions
- $5.91 billion cumulative transaction consideration
- 28.79 million square feet of leasing
- 18.80 million square feet of investment sales
- 8.50 million square feet of owner/user sales
Partial Client List
- AEW
- Bixby Land Company
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- Blox Ventures
- Blue Rise Ventures
- Clarion Partners
- Century | Urban
- DivcoWest
- EQT Real Estate
- Flynn Holdings
- Fosun International
- Gemini Rosemont
- 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
- Swift Realty 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 25 Industrial Broker 2021, 2022 and 2024
- Finalist, Office/R&D Broker of the Year, Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB), 2024
- 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 and 2022
- 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
2024
- 35 transactions: 1.9M SF leased, 625K SF sold, $653M consideration
- No. 1 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
- No. 2 Ranked Agent, Newmark Pac-Northwest Region
- Ranked No. 6 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB
2023
- 29 transactions: 1.3M SF leased, 165K SF sold, $184M consideration
- No. 3 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
- No. 8 Ranked Agent, Newmark Pac-Northwest Region
- Ranked No. 11 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB
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, $576.7M 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: 380K SF leased, 86K SF sold, $68.2M consideration
- No. 3 Ranked Agent, Newmark San Jose
- Ranked No. 23 on Top 25 Silicon Valley Agents List by ASVB
Affiliations
- NAIOP Silicon Valley
- Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB)
- The Olympic Club, San Francisco (Basketball Team)
- The Positive Coaching Alliance
Education
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.