Chris Pennington

Senior Vice President & Partner | Email

Since joining Binswanger in 2003, Chris Pennington has had significant experience servicing large and small corporations, public entities, private institutions, and non-profit organizations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region and is consistently one of the top producers for the company and within the region. His responsibilities include assisting his clients with tenant and buyer representation, acquisitions and dispositions, consulting, and site selection. Chris’ depth of knowledge of the Mid-Atlantic marketplace and experience in handling significant, unique, and very complicated transactions is unparalleled.

Chris has handled over 1000 transactions in excess of 150,000,000 SF with a transaction value of more than $4 billion. He has been involved in various assignments on behalf of such clients as Albertsons, Conair, Lockheed Martin, Kohler, Target, Ascena Retail Group, Simmons Foods, Aluminum Shapes, Velocity Ventures, Bombardier, Tyson Foods, Arcosa Wind, Walmart, Exelon Corporation, Sony Entertainment, Benjamin Foods, United Scrap Metal, Rothman Orthopedics, Tasty Baking Company, Amoroso Bakeries, Alterra, Elwyn, Altman Management, Penn Medicine, Comcast, TJX Companies, Liberty Property Trust, Tower Investments, Walnut Street Theatre, DiBruno Brothers, PRDC Properties, Winner Airport Parking, Project HOME, and numerous other organizations in the region.

In an advisory capacity, he served on the advisory board of the Philadelphia School District for the disposition of all their surplus real estate resulting in numerous successful transactions. He heads the advisory team responsible for the study of all of Exelon Corporation’s excess generation facilities in the Philadelphia region delivering highest and best use studies as well as brokerage services. Chris serves on the Drexel University President’s Real Estate Council and is part of the University of Pennsylvania Football Mentoring program.

Chris is local to Philadelphia having resided in Upper Dublin before attending LaSalle College High School in Wyndmoor, PA. He holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.