Elise Couston

Elise A. Couston, SIOR, joined Newmark in 2014 and currently serves as a senior managing director in the Chicago O’Hare office. With 35+ years of industiral real estate experience, she brings to Newmark significant knowledge of industrial property sales, leasing, sale/leasebacks, build-to-suit projects, business park development, investment property sales and marketing expertise.
Her representative clients have included: Arrow Home Products; Bison Gear and Engineering; Crown Consolidated Industries; DuPage Precision Products; Ellison Technologies; Embossed Graphics; Emerson Electric, Goodman Manufacturing; Import Logistics; Pierce Distribution; Shorr Packaging; and RustOleum.
Professional Achievements
– Chicago Power Women in Commercial Real Estate, Crain’s, 2019
– President’s Award for Community Services, SIOR National, 2018
– Largest Industrial Sale Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
– Largest Industrial Investment Transaction, SIOR Chicago, 2017
Professional Affiliations
– Board member and officer, SIOR Chicago, 2005 - present; chapter president, 2014
– Industrial Insider columnist, Chicago Industrial Properties, 2014 - present
– Ask the Experts columnist, Benuzzi's Industrial Guide, 2003 - 2013
– Past President, and Member, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
– Member, Women in Manufacturing (WIM)
Personal Affiliations
– Chairperson, Fundraising Committee, SIOR Chicago Chapter
– Chairperson, Fundraising, Ada S. McKinley Trunk Scholarship program (AIRE)
– Chairperson, Fundraising Annual Food Drive and Holiday Event for LaRabida Children’s Hospital, Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)
– Founding Board Member, the Cynthia L. Bischof Memorial Foundation, instrumental in facilitating the passage of Cindy’s Law for domestic violence in 2009