Cushman & Wakefield Strengthens Chicago Office Leasing and Capital Markets Teams with Addition of Peter Adamo, Adam Lawler and Madeline Leland

Trio brings extensive experience advising owners and investors across Chicago’s suburban office market and will provide leasing and capital markets advisory services

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today announced the addition of Peter Adamo, Adam Lawler and Madeline Leland to its Chicago office leasing and capital markets teams.

Adamo and Lawler will serve as Executive Managing Directors, while Leland joins as Transaction Manager. The strategic hires strengthen the firm’s ability to serve investors and owners across Chicago’s suburban office market, adding deep local expertise in lease-up strategy, office capital markets and investment sales for clients’ properties and portfolios.

“Across Chicagoland and our entire platform, we’re committed to recruiting the best talent in the industry, and Pete, Adam and Madeline certainly reflect that,” said Damla Gerhart, Cushman & Wakefield Executive Regional Director, Midwest. “They are preeminent advisors and problem solvers for suburban Chicago office investors and will bring our clients the best ideas and solutions as the market continues to strengthen.”

Added Jeremy Bressman, Cushman & Wakefield Director of Brokerage in Chicago, “We are thrilled to welcome Pete, Adam and Madeline to Cushman & Wakefield. Their collective, deep knowledge of Chicago’s suburban office market enhances our ability to help owners and investors navigate the market and achieve their real estate objectives. Their collaborative approach, industry and community relationships and experience make them an ideal cultural fit within our firm.”

Adamo, Lawler and Leland join Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE.

Adamo brings more than three decades of commercial real estate experience to Cushman & Wakefield, specializing in leasing and the sale of corporate real estate on behalf of owners and occupiers. Throughout his 33-year tenure at CBRE, Adamo was consistently one of the most active and sought after real estate strategy experts in the Chicago Suburban market. Adamo holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa.

Lawler brings an ownership and investor perspective to his role at Cushman & Wakefield, shaped by experience spanning leasing, investment sales, acquisitions, asset management and portfolio management. Since moving over to the brokerage side, Lawler has successfully developed and executed leasing and repositioning strategies for investors across the Chicago Suburban market. He previously held positions at Crestlight Capital and Sterling Bay. Lawler holds B.S. degrees in Accountancy and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Leland brings extensive transaction management experience, overseeing deal operations from initial proposal through execution and helping streamline transaction processes for clients. Leland holds a B.A. from Illinois State University.

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.