John B. Kuhn
Senior Vice President - Retail/Investment Group, Siegel-Gallagher, Inc.

John B. Kuhn has more than 19 years of real estate experience, and most recently operated JBK Commercial, Inc., a real estate brokerage company, and JBK Properties, Inc., a development and property management company. Both companies were founded in 2002 and were focused primarily on three projects in Milwaukee and Waukesha, all of which will now be handled by Siegel-Gallagher as the listing broker.

While with JBK, Mr. Kuhn developed North Bay Shopping Center and spearheaded the acquisition of Northeast Corporate Centre, both in Glendale, WI. His other projects include the Spring City Commerce Center, a business park in Waukesha, WI, which was created with Tax Incremental Financing, and the acquisition, redevelopment, and disposition of an office building in Bedford, OH for Leader Mortgage. In addition, Kuhn represented Safeway on the sale of four Dominick’s food stores in Chicago. And, in partnership with US Bank, he endeavored to build a high-rise office building adjacent to the US Bank Building in downtown Milwaukee.

Prior to that, Mr. Kuhn was with Mandel Group, Inc., overseeing all aspects of the Retail Division, including project entitlements, lease negotiations, and project financing. Previously, Mr. Kuhn served as Senior Real Estate Manager with American Stores Properties, Inc. (ASPI), a Utah-based development subsidiary for American Stores, Inc., which owned and operated Jewel/Osco stores. While with ASPI, Mr. Kuhn was in charge of the development of five new Jewel/Osco stores, the acquisition and conversion of one Pick ‘n Save and four Cub Foods stores, all in the metropolitan Milwaukee market.

Expertise

• Retail leasing
• Investment sales
• Shopping Center repositioning
• Ground-up development consulting
• Tenant representation

Education and Accreditation

• B.S., University of Wisconsin,
  Madison
• International Council of Shopping
  Centers (ICSC) Leasing Institute at
  Michigan State University
• CCIM Candidate

Affiliations

• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• Licensed Real Estate Broker, Wisconsin
• Commercial Brokers Group (CARW)
• Milwaukee Junior Admirals,
  Board of Directors