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Cushman’s Midwest plan: Build the team before deals return

As firm’s new regional leader, Damla Gerhart learns names, looks to hire
Cushman & Wakefield's new Midwest leader, Damla Gerhart, holds up a book of the firm’s real estate professionals in Chicago as she gets to know her team. (Ryan Ori/CoStar)
Cushman & Wakefield's new Midwest leader, Damla Gerhart, holds up a book of the firm’s real estate professionals in Chicago as she gets to know her team. (Ryan Ori/CoStar)
CoStar News
June 25, 2026 | 11:58 P.M.

Growing a brokerage business starts with connecting people. That’s the task facing Cushman & Wakefield’s Damla Gerhart, the firm’s new Midwest leader, as she works to unify and expand the team ahead of a hoped-for capital markets rebound.

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