Mark Cosenza
Senior Vice President, Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Phone (630) 218-8000 x4946
Mobile (630) 218-4946
Property Types
Retail, Multifamily
Markets
Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas
Bio
Mark Cosenza is a senior vice president responsible for purchasing commercial real estate properties and has been involved in securing financing for those acquisitions. Since joining Inland in 2005 as a vice president of property management and acquisitions negotiator, Mark has played a key role in expanding Inland’s national real estate portfolio. Over his 20+ years, he has acquired more than 350 properties, totaling more than $8.3 billion and over 38 million square feet over multiple asset classes.
His experience spans grocery-anchored retail, class A apartments totaling more than14,000 units, student housing with over 7,000 beds, medical office buildings and more than 35,000 self-storage units. Among his notable transactions are a $424 million acquisition of 16 shopping centers from a joint venture between TIAA-CREF and Developers Diversified Realty, 19 shopping centers from Australian Macquarie CountryWide Trust, and a $212 million acquisition of 32 self-storage facilities purchased from Life Storage.
Prior to joining Inland, Mark was a market-maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. He was honored in Real Estate Forum magazine's "40 under 40" in October 2012 and is chairman emeritus and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Downers Grove Economic Development Corporation. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, National Multifamily Housing Council, Self Storage Association, National Association of REALTORS®, and the Chicago Association of REALTORS®, and frequently participates in media interviews and on commercial real estate panels
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