Adam Roth, CCIM, SIOR
Executive Vice President
NAI Hiffman
One Oakbrook Terrace Suite 400
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
United States
+1 630 691 0607
+1 773 392 5800
Specialties
Industrial, Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain
Scope of Experience
Adam is an Executive Vice President at NAI Hiffman and specializes in industrial real estate including land assemblage and development, building sales and tenant representation. As a Director of NAI Global Logistics, Adam focuses on providing real estate, transportation and supply chain solutions to distribution and warehouse companies throughout the world on matters including corporate relocation, site search analysis, build-to-suit alternatives, acquisition, disposition and leasing services.
Adam has assisted hundreds of clients such as Walmart, North Avenue Logistics, Envirotest, Woodland Windows, USAA Realty, Mirvac Industrial Trust, Devicor Medical, Quality Express, Partners Warehouse, G-3 Enterprises, Prologis, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, IDI Logistics, Northern Builders, TA Realty, Nuveen (formerly TIAA), J.P. Morgan, CT Realty, Distribution Realty Group, Bridge Industrial, and CenterPoint Properties.
Prior to joining NAI Hiffman, Adam was employed in the logistics industry for nearly 10 years. His tenure included 6 years with Roadway Express, Inc., at several of their facilities throughout the Midwest. He was then responsible for Midwest business development at Transplace, a supply chain solutions provider.
Notably, Adam has been published in a variety of real estate periodicals concerning Hours of Service, Foreign Trade Zones, the ELD Mandate, Port Capacity and North American Transportation Capacity. He has also been keynote speaker for the Will County Real Estate Forecast as well as a series keynote speaker for the DePaul University Student Real Estate Organization (REO) and was a speaker at NAIOP’s 2022 CRE.Converge national conference. Adam has also appeared as an expert witness for an intermodal development in the State of Illinois.
Education
Bowling Green State University, Business Administration Degree, Accounting
Professional Associations & Designations
Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE), Member
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
CoreNet Chicago, Moderator, “Chicago’s Current State of Logistics & Its Effects” panel
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Member
Delta Mu Delta Honorary Member, International Society of Business Administration
Illinois State Freight Advisory Council, Member (2014)
NAI Global Logistics, Director
NAI Global Hall of Fame, Elite (2013)
National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP), Converge 2022, Speaker
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Member, Chapter President (2016)
Will County CED Global Logistics Summit & Board Member
World Trade’s 2014 Logistics Development Forum, Speaker
Awards & Recognitions
Midwest Real Estate Hall of Fame Inductee (2024)
Globest.com National Influencers Nominee (2023)
Costar Power Broker (14 times)
Crain’s Chicago “Most Influential Commercial Real Estate Brokers in Chicago” (2017)
Greater Chicago Food Depository, “Industrial Broker of the Year”, (recipient 3 times, nominee 8 times)
Transaction History
Land Assemblage Over - 5,100 AC
CenterPoint Properties / CenterPoint Intermodal Center (81 Transactions) - Over 22.8M SF
Prologis (8 transactions) - 2,345,449 SF
IDI Logistics (4 transactions) - 1,273,278 SF
Nuveen (6 transactions) - 1,201,445 SF
JP Morgan (3 transactions) - 957,562 SF
TA Associates Realty (6 transactions) - 621,690 SF
LINK Logistics (multiple transactions) - 510,639 SF
State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (5 transactions) - 303,050 SF
Duke Realty - 258,560 SF
Pactiv Corporation - 200,000 SF
Corporate Express - 170,761 SF
Universal Container & Packaging - 164,460 SF
Orora Visual - 156,747 SF
McCollister’s Transportation Group - 150,000 SF
Mas Tec - 104,410 SF
USAA Realty - 100,737 SF
Endries International - 96,390 SF
Factory Motor Parts - 88,492 SF
NNR Global Logistics (8 National Transactions) - +50,000 SF
Devicor Medical (6 International Transactions) - +20,000 SF