Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson

Managing Principal, Transwestern Commercial Services

Chicago, IL 60601

Phone (312) 881-7065

Mobile (773) 562-6999

Managing Principal, Single Tenant Net Lease Investment Sales Group
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Land, Office, Retail, Specialty
Markets
Chicago, Cincinnati/Dayton, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, South Bend/Mishawaka
Bio
Andrew joined Transwestern’s Midwest Region in 2011 as Managing Director of the Investment Services group. He, along with partner Marc Imrem, established and leads the National Net Lease and Sale Leaseback group. With 11 years of commercial real estate experience, Andrew joined Transwestern from Baum Realty Group where he served as vice president on the Investment Sales team focusing on single tenant net lease transactions. While there, Andrew also helped originate and implement a Baum Realty Group lender services division that focused on offering lenders a program to assist in with the turnaround of troubled assists. These services included valuation, leasing, development completion, management, receivership and sale. Prior to Baum, Andrew held a vice president position in the Investment Sales Group at Inland Real Estate specializing in the sale of retail net lease assets on a national level, urban infill mixed-use investment properties and value-add assets regionally. Over the course of his career, Andrew has grossed in excess of $650 million in sales volume in more than 150 transactions. Approximately 50% of all of his career transactions have been single tenant net lease or net lease transactions. Andrew has represented many notable companies including General Electric, Inland Real Estate, Mesirow, Cole Capital, Home Depot, MB Financial Bank, TCF Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation, and various private equity funds and family trusts.
Education
University of Illinois, Bachelors
Affiliations
  • CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • NAR - National Association of Realtors
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)