John Boland joined Newmark in 2016 as a vice chairman in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, where he focuses on the representation of tenants throughout the Washington metropolitan area. Mr. Boland brings to his position 30 years of experience representing clients in transactions such as leases, lease recasts/terminations, subleases, purchases, sales and build-to-suits.
Prior to joining Newmark, Mr. Boland was an executive director with Cushman & Wakefield, where he gained invaluable expertise in strategic consulting, negotiating complex leases and managing built-to-suit projects. As chief advisor to, and negotiator for, some of the Northeast’s most distinguished companies and law firms, Mr. Boland has negotiated transactions valued in excess of $2 billion and has been directly involved in assignments totaling over 2 million square feet. Drawing upon his background as both a real estate attorney and broker, he assists tenants in their search for office space and in the complicated lease negotiation stage.
Partial Client List
| Amalgamated Bank | Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee |
| American Association for Justice | Democratic National Committee |
| American Association of University Women | Forbes Tate |
| American Beverage Association | FTI Consulting |
| American College of Cardiology | Gephardt Group |
| Bell South | Greenberg Traurig |
| The Biden Foundation | Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights |
| Blue Labs | League of Conservation Voters |
| Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips |
| Bryan Cave | Media Matters |
| Bully Pulpit Interactive | NAACP |
| Capitol Counsel | National Democratic Institute |
| Catalist | Priorities USA |
| Center for American Progress | Real Estate Roundtable |
| Clinton 2008 | Squire Patton Boggs |
| Clinton/Gore ‘96 | Susan Davis International |
| Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott | Verner Liipfert Bernhard, McPherson and Hand |
| Democracy Alliance | Vinson & Elkins |
| Democratic Governors Association | Vital Voices |
Personal Affiliations
- Member of the board of directors, Washington Jesuit Academy
- Member, The Knights of Malta
- Member, The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Education
Mr. Boland graduated from Georgetown University, where he earned a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration/marketing.