John C. Cushman, 1941-2023. Picture courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield
John C. Cushman, who was instrumental to Cushman & Wakefield’s standing as a world powerhouse in business actual property providers, has died at 82, the corporate stated on Thursday.
Throughout a profession on the firm, which started in 1963, Cushman rose to turn into the corporate’s chairman and subsequently co-chairman of the corporate based by his grandfather, J. Clydesdale Cushman, and great-uncle Bernard Wakefield, in 1917.
Earlier than taking up these govt positions, he was often known as one of many high leasing brokers within the nation. He moved to Los Angeles to open the corporate’s first workplace in Southern California and served as president of the corporate’s western area, the place he oversaw 60 p.c of the corporate’s U.S. places of work.
In 1978, Cushman joined his twin brother, Louis B. Cushman, to start out Cushman Realty Corp. The corporate finally grew to 11 places of work with 200 workers. 13 years later, that step was adopted by one of many trade’s most important homecomings. In 2001, Cushman Realty Corp. merged with Cushman & Wakefield, and John Cushman grew to become world chairman of Cushman & Wakefield.
One other watershed transfer got here in 2015, when Cushman & Wakefield merged with DTZ. In 2017, Cushman served as chairman of the committee for its centennial.
On the time of his passing, Cushman was a member of the agency’s world advisory board. He served on the boards of 14 public firms throughout his profession.
