Mr. Suwyn has been a Commercial/Industrial Realtor for over 17 years, with an emphasis on Industrial brokerage. In that time frame, he has quickly become one of the foremost industrial specialists in West Michigan. Mr. Suwyn joined Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce as Vice President and Director of the Industrial Group and was later named as President. Most recently, Mr. Suwyn was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the firm.

Mr. Suwyn’s clients include Steelcase Inc, First Industrial Realty Trust, and Franklin Partners.  He is well known for formulating creative solutions to complex transactions, an example being the successful redevelopment of the former Bosch Manufacturing facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The building was a 1,000,000 SF stand-alone building which was redeveloped into two facilities of approximately 400,000 SF each.  The building became home to the global headquarters of X-Rite, Inc. as well as other tenants.

Mr. Suwyn has handled the leasing responsibilities for the nearly 3,000,000 SF First Industrial portfolio and the sale of the 21 buildings totaling over 2,000,000 SF from this portfolio. Duke directed the team that worked with Steelcase to market a major portion of their Grand Rapids campus, approximately five million square feet on over 200 acres. He is currently marketing a large portion of the 5.5 million SF Kojaian Portfolio located in West Michigan.

Duke is, and has been, a speaker to organizations as a spokesperson for the real estate concerns of the industrial community.

Vice President
Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce, Grand Rapids, MI

Principal, Commercial/Industrial Salesperson
Grand Real Estate, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI

• SIOR – Society of Industrial and Office Realtors ®
• CCIM – Certified Commercial Investment Member
• NAR – National Association of Realtors ®
• MAR – Michigan Association of Realtors ®
• CAR – Commercial Alliance of Realtors ®

• First Industrial 2003 Most Valuable Broker Award
• Grubb & Ellis 2004 National Specialty Council Executive Team
• Inaugural Board of Directors – Commercial Alliance of Realtors ®
• Professional Standard Committee member – Commercial Alliance of Realtors ®
• Commercial Alliance of Realtors ®  2005 Project/Transaction of the Year Award
• President & CEO, Grubb & Ellis|Paramount Commerce for 9 years and a “player/coach”
• Six (6) time winner of the Grubb & Ellis National “Circle of Excellence Award”
• Recipient of the Business Review’s 2007 “Deal Maker of the Year” award
• Recipient of the Business Review’s 2007 “Biggest Sale of the Year” award
• Recipient of First Companies 2007 Excellence in Professional Services award
• Urban Land Use Institute, 2007 Sale of the Year award, for the Redevelopment Sale of the Steelcase Campus
• Recipient of the 2008 GR Business Journal’s Real Estate Excellence Lease of the Year Award
• Recipient of the 2008 GR Business Journal’s Real Estate Excellence Sale of the Year Award
• Co-Owner Rolling Meadow Farms, a 2000 head Beef and Cash Crop farm

• Board of Directors – Ada Christian Schools
• Executive Committee – Ada Christian Schools
• Board of Directors – Boys and Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids (B.G.C.G.R.)
• Chair - Resource Development Committee for B.G.C.G.R.
• Capital Campaign Committee – Wedgwood Christian Services 
• High School Sunday School Leader – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
• Building Committee – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
• AYSO Soccer Coach
• Member of Business Advisory Board, Macatawa Bank