{"id":1004168585,"date":"2017-05-01T12:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004168585"},"modified":"2025-02-18T05:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:45:34","slug":"cpe-stars-mark-witschorik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cpe-stars-mark-witschorik\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet CPE&#8217;s 2017 Stars to Watch: Mark Witschorik, Columbia Property Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexandra Pacurar<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004174836\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004174836\" data-attachment-id=\"1004174836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cpe-stars-mark-witschorik\/mark-witschorik_cropped_may2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Photographer:&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1430815748&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark Witschorik, Columbia Property Trust&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004174836 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Witschorik, Columbia Property Trust\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Mark-Witschorik_cropped_May2.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004174836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Witschorik, Columbia Property Trust<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;color: #333333\">Each year, CPE features some of the commercial real estate industry&#8217;s top young talent. The high achievers selected as Stars to Watch represent a broad range of specialties, companies and geographic locations.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt;color: #333333\">Following is a brief introduction to one of this year&#8217;s outstanding young professionals. Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/?i=389473#{&quot;issue_id&quot;:389473,&quot;page&quot;:14}\"><span style=\"color: #333333;text-decoration: none\">here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0about all of the 2017 Stars.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age: 34 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the job: <\/strong>Vice President, Eastern Region, Columbia Property Trust.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Responsible for the financial performance of more than 2 million square feet of Class-A office space, concentrated in Boston and Washington, D.C., Oversees operations, transactions, leasing, capital projects, and tenant relations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Company Since:<\/strong> 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Others Say About Him: <\/strong>\u201cMark is one of the most multi-dimensional, well-rounded real estate guys in the market. He brings an immense depth of knowledge regarding the acquisition, development, leasing and deal structuring aspects. He\u2019s deeply in tune with the local market and is a \u2018student of the game\u2019 with the market movements and what is driving opportunity as well as challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014<\/strong>Evan Behr, Managing Director, JLL, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Deals<\/strong>: Played an integral role in the recent signing of over 100,000 square feet in leases at 80 M St. in Washington, D.C., highlighted by a 15-year, 68,673-square-foot lease with WeWork. He is overseeing a $3 million reimagining of 80 M Street that will complement WeWork\u2019s distinct design aesthetic and reflect the emerging urban\/industrial aesthetic of the property\u2019s Capital Riverfront neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Mentor:<\/strong> George Voris, a colleague at J Street Cos. in Washington, D.C. who gave Witschorik the lay of the land plugged him into the local commercial real estate community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotable: <\/strong>\u201cThese are major cities, but the community is small and by working together with that community, (we create) opportunities.\u201d (Mark Witschorik on Columbia Property Trust\u2019s development strategy)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mark is one of the most multi-dimensional, well-rounded real estate guys in the market,&#8221; a colleague says of this Washington, D.C.-based REIT executive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":445,"featured_media":1004174836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21744,1615],"tags":[33221],"class_list":["post-1004168585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-people","category-washington-dc","tag-columbia-property-trust-inc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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