Howard Kesseler
Vice Chairman, Newmark
New York, NY 10017
Phone (212) 372-2110
Specialties
Landlord Rep (Office), Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Office, Retail, Specialty, Multi-Family
Markets
Long Island (New York), Los Angeles, New York City, Westchester/So Connecticut
Bio
Howard J. Kesseler Jr., Vice Chairman at Newmark’s New York office, specializes in providing representation services to tenants and owners throughout New York City and the five boroughs.
He is currently involved in several tenant representation leasing transactions in New York City in excess of one million square feet.
Prior to joining Newmark, Kesseler was the lead broker in commercial leasing and management for One Penn Plaza, a 2.5 million-square-foot office tower in Midtown Manhattan. As the exclusive agent for the ownership from 1992 to 1997, he negotiated more than one million square feet of both renewal and new lease transactions. Kesseler also excelled in leasing, sales and brokerage negotiations on behalf of the ownership of the Lincoln Building from 1987 to 1992, and was the director of residential sales and project development at the Kibel Company. In 2004, Kesseler was elected Broker of the Year for Newmark, an honor that he received again in 2005 and 2008.
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