About
Professional Summary
Marina Zelenkova is a Vice President at Collier’s Chicago office, specializing in the marketing and leasing of real estate for institutional and entrepreneurial owners. Valued by her clients and colleagues for her initiative, diligence, and passion, Marina is a true self-starter. Her knowledge of the Chicago's Central Business District market, effective ability to canvass prospective tenants, and ability to see and communicate "the vision" of an asset has resulted in excess of 1,000,000 sq. ft. of office transactions among all asset classes including new construction and redevelopments. Specifically, she has been integral in leasing 150 North Riverside Drive, a 1.2MM sq. ft. new development to 99%, the marketing of 700 West Chicago, a 1.2MM sq.ft. campus development, in addition to other development and re-development properties across multiple Downtown Chicago sub-markets.
In 2017, Marina was awarded CBRE's "Rookie of the Year" in Chicago across all business lines. Prior to joining CBRE, Marina was a part of the landlord leasing team at MB Real Estate, focused on research, marketing , office leasing, deal analysis, broker engagement and managing the transaction process.
Accomplishments
- 2017 CBRE's "Rookie of the Year" in Chicago across all business lines.
Education
Unviersity of California, Irvine
Memberships & Involvements
- State of Illinois Licensed Real Estate Broker
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My Team
My Team
Highly experienced commercial real estate leasing broker, owner, operator and manager with proven expertise in office leasing, acquisitions, development, and asset management in Chicago as well as multiple other markets across the country, having held senior management and leadership positions with large scale developers and commercial real estate service firms. Directly responsible for building and managing leasing and operational teams in multiple markets across the country and executing over 3.5 million square feet of office lease transactions creating value for property sales well in excess of $3 billion. Specific project experience includes office, industrial and multifamily acquisition, development, adaptive re-use and leasing execution in multiple markets, in addition to equity and debt placement in multiple asset classes in both institutional settings and private partnerships.