Steve Ostrowski is a Managing Director of the JLL Midwest Industrial Services team where he is focused on developing long-term client relationships with strategic partners. Steve represents institutional, corporate and private entities in the sale, lease and acquisition of industrial real estate assets and land sites concentrated on supply chain optimization. He is a member of the JLL Industrial Food & Beverage Group, and the JLL Port, Airport and Global Infrastructure Group.
Steve has been a real estate advisor with Jones Lang LaSalle since 2010 and is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of related industrial sales experience. The core of Steve’s expertise and experience is centered on site identification and acquisition, dispositions and lease negotiations, as well as strategic advisory, financial underwriting and economic forecasting.
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL
- M.B.A. in Finance from Loyola University Chicago
- Steve was a four-year letter-winner, a two-time all-Big Ten Honoree and team captain on the North western University football team. Steve earned Gamma Phi Beta distinction while attending the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago.
Affiliations
- North western University Alumni Association, NCLUB and North western Gridiron Network member, 1994-2020
- Loyola University Supply and Value Chain Center advisory board member, 2013-2019
- Midwest Rail Shippers Association member, 2015-2020
- Chicago Traffic Club member, 2015-2020
Awards / Recognition
- 2022 JLL National Top Achiever: “Platinum Designation”
- 2014-2017; 2020-2022 JLL “National Top-Achiever Designation
- 2018 Winner Greater Chicago Food Depository; Industrial Broker of the Year
- 2017 Winner NAIOP, Industrial Build to Suit of the year: Elion Partners & General Mills: 1,500,000 SF
- 2017 Finalist Greater Chicago Food Depository Build to Suite of the Year: Elion Partners & General Mills: 1,500,000 SF
- 2016 Winner NAIOP, Industrial Speculative Development of the Year: Ridgeport Development | Batory Foods at Ridgeport Logistics Center, Wilmington, IL: 678,000 SF
- 2016 Finalist NAIOP, Industrial Transaction of the Year: Ridgeport Development | Batory Foods at Ridgeport Logistics Center, Wilmington IL: 678,000 SF
- 2016 Finalist NAIOP, Industrial Transaction of the Year: Ridge Development | Post Brands at Ridgeport Center, Wilmington IL: 799,000 SF
