CA RE License #01928694
Chris Sumter joined Newmark Global Corporate Services in 2016 as an executive managing director with its Data Center Consulting Group. Mr. Sumter’s primary focus is on the development and construction of data centers for Fortune 500 and large internet property companies.
Mr. Sumter brings to his position 16 years of experience in the data center and colocation industry, with in-depth knowledge of data center construction and telecommunications industries as well as site selection/acquisition and complex lease negotiations. Over the last six years, he has been involved in over $2 billion of commercial real estate transactions nationally. His relationships with IT leaders and deep knowledge of the corporate real estate business have allowed him to be a trusted advisor to many Silicon Valley-based companies.
Prior to Newmark, Mr. Sumter was an executive vice president at JLL for more than four years. Previously, he was a founding member of Santa Clara-based Vantage Data Centers and served on its team that developed and leased over 550,000 square feet and 80 megawatts of data center space in Northern California, Phoenix and Washington. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sumter was a part of the sales leadership at Digital Realty Trust and led the Northwestern and Asia Pacific sales organization at Digex/Verizon.
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:
| • Adforce • Apple Computer • Arbor Software • Armel Corp. • CAE • Control Data Corp. • DEF Company • Deliverex • DSC/Granger Associates • Dysan • First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. • Fry’s Electronics • General Electric |
• IBM
• Informed Diagnostics Inc. • Kidango • Lockheed Martin • NEC Corp. • O’Donnell Hopkins • Olivetti • Sensiva • Signagenics • Sun Microsystems • Tandem • Tom McMullen • Trading Dynamics Inc. |
Mr. Sumter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from California State University, East Bay.