Martin Cottingham is a Principal of Office Leasing at Avison Young, specializing in transaction management at Avison Young with over 17 years of real estate experience.

In 2012, after joining Avison Young, Cottingham represented Univision, the Spanish-language news company, in its lease and expansion at 485 Madison Avenue. Univision expanded their presence in the Jack Resnick & Sons-owned property (and former CBS headquarters) by 5,500 square feet.

Prior to his work at Avison, Cottingham was a top producer in the corporate services area of Grubb & Ellis, overseeing their corporate services effort in the Northeast region.

Cottingham has also worked as Managing Director at both Grubb & Ellis and Bear Stearns & Company. While at Bear Stearns & Company, Cottingham handled all global facility and property management, design, development, construction, facility planning, furniture procurement, and corporate services. He also worked as their liaison to the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Metro-North Railroad, Consolidated Edison, and the Long Island Railroad.

Before being promoted to Managing Director at Bear Stearns, Cottingham oversaw all site activities in the development of Bear Stearns & Companys 1.2 million-square-foot world headquarters at 383 Madison Avenue in New York, NY.

His clients include JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Prudential, and Verizon Communications.

-KM