Josh Rowell

Executive Managing Director

San Mateo
Josh Rowell - Newmark
E: josh.rowell@nmrk.com P: 650-358-5261

CA RE License #01236434

Josh Rowell joined Newmark’s San Mateo office in 1997, and became managing director of the office in 2011. Specializing in office and R&D properties, Josh has completed numerous high-profile transactions ranging up to 800,000 square feet. He has represented several large transactions with Alexandria, Heitman, Steelwave, JP Morgan, Premia Capital, DivcoWest, Hudson Pacific, Invesco Ltd, Stockbridge, Wilson Meany, Hines, Swift Realty, Lincoln Properties and Goldman Sach.

Josh finished among the Top Five of the San Mateo office from 2000 to 2002 and 2004 to 2010, and was the number one agent in the office in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He also secured the number six spot on Newmark (NorCal’s) companywide Top Performers list in 2007, and number 18 in 2008. In 2006, he was honored with the Russ Thompson Award for exemplifying personal integrity and peer respect, and for promoting the best qualities of Newmark; and with the Network Award, for completing more transactions with other brokers than any other broker. In 2009, the San Jose Business Journal named him one of Silicon Valley’s 40 Under 40 intellectual and managerial talents to watch for in Bay Area business.

Partial List of Current Major Listings

  • Hudson Redwood Shores Portfolio: 1,425,000 SF
  • Bay Meadows Station Phase II, San Mateo: 1,200,000 SF
  • Gateway Commons, South San Francisco: 1,100,000 SF
  • Parkside Towers, Foster City: 450,000 SF
  • Clearview Business Park, San Mateo: 380,000 SF
  • 400 & 450 Concar, San Mateo: 300,000 SF
  • 600 Clipper Drive, Belmont: 160,000 SF
  • Shore Centre, Redwood Shores: 150,000 SF

Large Deals

  • Meta Platforms, Burlingame: 533,000 SF
  • Roblox, San Mateo: 438,385 SF
  • Snowflake, San Mateo: 210,115 SF
  • SurveyMonkey, San Mateo: 199,338 SF
  • Guidewire Software, San Mateo: 179,496 SF
  • SunEdison, Belmont: 118,507 SF
  • Volkswagon Group of America, Belmont: 117,507 SF
  • Open Text, San Mateo: 108,015 SF
  • Guidewire Software, Foster City: 97,674 SF
  • WeWork, San Mateo: 95,890 SF
  • Rearden Commerce, Foster City: 91,363 SF
  • Johnson and Johnson, Redwood Shores: 81,569

Continued Large Deals

  • Meta Platforms, San Mateo: 76,181 SF
  • Activision Publishing, Foster City: 63,332 SF
  • Tipalti, Foster City: 63,165 SF
  • Zynga, San Mateo: 62,392 SF
  • Genentech, South San Francisco: 61,035 SF
  • County of San Mateo, San Mateo: 56,888 SF
  • Exabeam, Foster City: 52,624 SF
  • Acxiom Corporation, Foster City: 52,038 SF
  • Poshmark, Redwood Shores: 50,327 SF
  • IBM Corporation, Foster City: 48,815 SF

Partial List of Listings

  • Parkside Towers, Foster City: 400,000 SF
  • Vintage Park Drive, Foster City: 250,000 SF
  • 1900 & 2000 Alameda De Las Pulgas, San Mateo: 235,000 SF
  • 1 & 2 Circle Star, San Carlos: 208,000 SF
  • 901 & 1001 Marshall Street, Redwood City: 134,000 SF
  • 101 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City: 104,000 SF
  • 1300 South El Camino Real, San Mateo: 88,000 SF
  • Kaiser Hospital, San Mateo: 87,000 SF

Education

Josh graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in communications. A member of the university’s varsity baseball team, he was assigned to both the First All-Atlantic Coast Conference tournament team and the NCAA regional tournament team.