Joining Avison Young in 2017 as a Principal in the downtown Chicago office, Mr. Ishler brings 30 years of commercial real estate experience including more than 22 million square feet of office leasing representation in the Chicago suburbs.

Prior to joining Avison Young, Fred spent time at Transwestern as an executive vice president with the agency leasing group in addition to serving as a senior vice president for CB Richard Ellis, a senior managing director at Insignia/ESG, and a tenant representative broker at Studley. At each firm, he was annually ranked among the Midwest’s top leasing professionals.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

While at Transwestern, Fred co-led the Midwest leasing team which was responsible for a 3.5-million square-foot suburban Chicago office building portfolio. Together, he and his team finalized more than 125 lease transactions in 2015 and 2016.

Fred has also provided market analysis for more than 4 million square feet of sales transactions. His transaction and marketing expertise allows him to enhance value for property owners while providing superior leasing services, negotiating prowess, creative marketing, strategic positioning and top of the pyramid market analysis.

As one of the Midwest’s foremost experts in the leasing and positioning of office properties, Fred has developed and led the leasing campaigns of many high-profile projects including Golf Tower; 3800 Golf Road; 701/747 E. 22nd Street; 999, 1011, & 1111 Touhy; Westwood of Lisle; Columbia Centre I, II, & III; One & Two Century Centre; One & Two Conway Park; 1350 Touhy Plaza; Naperville Corporate Center I; II, III & IV; 25 & 50 Northwest Point; Lisle Executive Center, Corridors I & II, Mid America Plaza, Cantera Crossing, Pointe O’Hare, Atrium Corporate Center.  He is also an expert in tenant representation and has represented major suburban Chicago office tenants including Staples/Quill for its 61,000 sf North suburban headquarters.

Credentials

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATES/RECOGNITION

Finalist for the Chicago Sun-Times “1997 Landlord Representative of the Year Award”

Top Chicago Area Producer 1998, Insignia/ESG

Midwest Agency Representative of the Year 1998, Insignia/ESG

Archon Group Accolade Award Winner for Landlord Representation in 1999

Top Chicago Area Producer 2000, Insignia/ESG

2005 NAIOP “Office Lease Transaction of the Year,” Nominee

2005 Transwestern Commercial Services Landlord Broker of the Year

2005 Transwestern Investment Company Landlord Representation Deal of the Year

2005 – 2015 Costar Chicago Power Broker

2008 Building Team of the Year Award

2008 - 2016 - Transwestern Top Ten Producer—Midwest

Transwestern Executive Committee—Midwest

2022 NAIOP Suburban Office Deal of the Year Finalist

2022 Avison Young Circle of Excellence

2022 Avison Young Top 5 Chicago Brokerage Producer

2023 Illinois Real Estate Journal Suburban Office Broker of the Year Finalist

2023 Avison Young Top 5 Chicago Brokerage Producer

2023 Avison Young Circle of Excellence

Education

Fred received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University and a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law. He is a licensed attorney and licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois.