Mark Bowman established the Michigan office of Howard Ecker + Company in 2008.  Mark specializes in representing office, industrial and retail tenants in new lease transactions, lease renegotiations, purchase and sale of commercial buildings, build to suits, and strategic real estate planning and site selection.  Mark has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of the real estate lifecycle and has managed transactions and real estate consulting services in markets throughout North America.

Mark started his career as an attorney for the General Counsel of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Chicago where he worked on real estate, finance, legislative, and corporate matters. After leaving Arthur Andersen, Mark joined Howard Ecker + Company in 1988 as a real estate broker with responsibility for representing corporate tenants in office lease transactions, purchase/sale of commercial buildings, and corporate build-to-suit projects. Shortly after joining the company, Mark was placed in charge of managing Howard Ecker + Company’s national brokerage accounts.

In 1991, Mark co-founded National Facilities Group, Inc., (“NFG”) a real estate and technology consulting firm specializing in strategic real estate planning and automation of the lease administration function for major national and multinational corporations. As Managing Director of NFG, Mark grew the company to become one of the most respected real estate technology firms in the marketplace. NFG utilized its industry leading proprietary software system called SLIM – Strategic Lease Information Management – to automate the corporate real estate departments of more than 150 Fortune 1000 corporations including National City Bank, Starbucks, Prudential Insurance, Bridgestone, Sunoco, Best Buy, Royal Bank of Canada,  Supervalu, Pitney Bowes and American Express. Mark sold NFG to Los Angeles based Accruent, Inc. in 2004 and joined Accruent in a senior position to manage the delivery of strategic consulting services and technology to Accruent and NFG customers. Mark parted with Accruent in 2008 to rejoin Howard Ecker + Company.

Mark graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Law and Political Science. Mark also received a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan and is a licensed attorney and real estate broker in several states.

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