Robert Tonnessen

Robert Tonnessen

Director, Capital Markets

Career summary
Bob is a director in the New York office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joined JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than six years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, having worked on transactions totaling in excess of $10 billion.  He focuses on debt and equity placement transactions primarily in the New York metropolitan area while following his clients nationwide.  Bob has a wide range of experience in the industry financing all asset classes across the country.

Bob started at HFF in February 2019 from Newmark Knight Frank, where he was a director in their capital markets group. While there, he was involved in the underwriting and execution of debt and equity transactions. Bob also previously held positions at LoanCore Capital and GE Capital Real Estate. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Rochester Institute of Technology.