Kevin Brennan is a managing director at Hughes Marino, an award-winning commercial real estate firm that specializes in representing tenants and buyers. Kevin works with commercial tenants to locate and financially execute their occupancy strategies into tangible turn-key office spaces and corporate headquarters. A veteran of the industry, Kevin’s areas of commercial real estate expertise include real estate finance combined with corporate finance, trends analysis & pattern recognition, market assessment, transaction strategy and execution.
With over 30 years of commercial real estate advisory experience, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective to his clients, on both a local and national level. Throughout his career, Kevin has negotiated millions of square feet of office lease transactions with an aggregate leasehold financial value in the multiple billions for solely corporate tenants.
Kevin’s list of corporate clients includes: TPG Global, Sixth Street Partners, Kirkland & Ellis, Jones Day, Winston & Strawn, Deutsche Bank, Skadden Arps, LVMH (Kendo Brands, Sephora & DFS Group), Levi Strauss & Co., University of California Office of the President, Sedgwick LLP, Gordon & Rees, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., Booz Allen Hamilton, Morgan Stanley and Transamerica Corporation.
One of Kevin’s areas of specialization is studying business trends for larger law firms. He has directly worked on more than 70 different law firm office leasing projects on behalf of 24 law firms, 17 of which are AmLaw 200 firms. In the aggregate, these law firm projects total 2.5 million square feet.
In addition to a strong city and regional focus, Kevin has coordinated client projects nationally for corporations including Transamerica Corporation, which had office requirements in virtually every major metropolitan market in the United States. In his free time, Kevin loves to spend time with his wife, son and daughter, ski, read, workout, play beach volleyball and volunteer at church.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. in political science
Professional Activities
- California Department of Real Estate
— License #01127168
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Office Deal of the Year (an AmLaw 50 law firm) — California Real Estate Journal
- Deal of the Year Recipient — California Real Estate Journal
- Highest Ranking Tenant-Only Broker in San Francisco — San Francisco Business Times
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH), University of California, Berkeley — Former Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Raphael House — Former Board of Director Member
- Miracle Messages — Former Advisory Board Member
- SMART — Volunteer
