CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 22, 2026--
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today announced the addition of Peter Adamo, Adam Lawler and Madeline Leland to its Chicago office leasing and capital markets teams.
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Adamo and Lawler will serve as Executive Managing Directors, while Leland joins as Transaction Manager. The strategic hires strengthen the firm’s ability to serve investors and owners across Chicago’s suburban office market, adding deep local expertise in lease-up strategy, office capital markets and investment sales for clients’ properties and portfolios.
“Across Chicagoland and our entire platform, we’re committed to recruiting the best talent in the industry, and Pete, Adam and Madeline certainly reflect that,” said Damla Gerhart, Cushman & Wakefield Executive Regional Director, Midwest. “They are preeminent advisors and problem solvers for suburban Chicago office investors and will bring our clients the best ideas and solutions as the market continues to strengthen.”
Added Jeremy Bressman, Cushman & Wakefield Director of Brokerage in Chicago, “We are thrilled to welcome Pete, Adam and Madeline to Cushman & Wakefield. Their collective, deep knowledge of Chicago’s suburban office market enhances our ability to help owners and investors navigate the market and achieve their real estate objectives. Their collaborative approach, industry and community relationships and experience make them an ideal cultural fit within our firm.”
Adamo, Lawler and Leland join Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE.
Adamo brings more than three decades of commercial real estate experience to Cushman & Wakefield, specializing in leasing and the sale of corporate real estate on behalf of owners and occupiers. Throughout his 33-year tenure at CBRE, Adamo was consistently one of the most active and sought after real estate strategy experts in the Chicago Suburban market. Adamo holds a B.A. from the University of Iowa.
Lawler brings an ownership and investor perspective to his role at Cushman & Wakefield, shaped by experience spanning leasing, investment sales, acquisitions, asset management and portfolio management. Since moving over to the brokerage side, Lawler has successfully developed and executed leasing and repositioning strategies for investors across the Chicago Suburban market. He previously held positions at Crestlight Capital and Sterling Bay. Lawler holds B.S. degrees in Accountancy and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Leland brings extensive transaction management experience, overseeing deal operations from initial proposal through execution and helping streamline transaction processes for clients. Leland holds a B.A. from Illinois State University.
About Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for occupiers and investors with approximately 53,000 employees in over 350 offices and nearly 60 countries. In 2025, the firm reported revenue of $10.3 billion across its core service lines of Services, Leasing, Capital markets, and Valuation and other. Built around the belief that Better never settles, the firm receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — John Mateer threw touchdown passes on consecutive possessions on each side of halftime and Oklahoma handed Mississippi State its third-straight loss 23-15 on Saturday.
“I’m proud of John and the way he played,” Sooners coach Brent Venables said. “I thought he played an excellent game. I thought he did some fantastic things. He made some great throws.”
Mateer went 22 of 29 (76%) for 283 yards through the air to go with the two scores. He added 37 yards on nine carries on the ground.
Tate Sandell got the Sooners (4-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) on the board with a field goal on their first drive. Billy Puckett, who came in at quarterback for Kamario Taylor, got the Bulldogs (4-3, 2-3) to OU’s 6-yard line late in the second quarter, but he coughed the ball up on the next play. The Sooners recovered and marched 96 yards on 14 plays, the last of which was a 36-yard pass from Mateer to Isaiah Sategna, for a 10-0 halftime lead.
The Sooners got the ball back out of the break and went up 17-0 on the third play, a 32-yard pass from Mateer to Rocky Beers up the middle.
“Their chunk plays, offensively, to me was the difference in the game,” MSU coach Jeff Lebby said. “That and third downs defensively, I loved our effort, our attitude, our physicality. I thought we attacked. We gave up chunks at the wrong times, and those moments, they were frustrating.”
Oklahoma had five passing plays of 15 or more yards that accounted for 191 of its 283 passing yards. Two of those plays resulted in touchdowns and two other big plays came on third down.
The Sooners were 8 for 17 on third and fourth down while the Bulldogs were 3 for 16.
Mississippi State got on the board later in the third on back-to-back trick plays. The second one was an 18-yard pass from tight end Sam West to Camden Capehart. It was MSU’s first touchdown in eight quarters dating back to its game on Oct. 3 against Alabama.
Oklahoma responded with another field goal, then after two straight field goal misses, converted on one to make it 23-7 with 4:26 left to play.
Puckett found Sanfrisco Magee on a 42-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion to make it a one-possession game at the 2:10 mark. The Sooners got the ball back and converted on back-to-back third downs to put the game away.
Oklahoma, which came into the game averaging 92.5 rushing yards per game, ran for 184 yards against the Bulldogs.
“That should have been, probably a four or five-score win. It wasn’t,” Venables said. “But I’m just thankful for the victory.”
The return of MSU’s star signal caller did not last long.
Taylor completed just 2 of his 5 passes for 10 yards while taking two sacks against the Sooners. He took a hit while running out of bounds on fourth down late in the first quarter, was taken to the locker room and did not come back.
“He felt it a little bit, and so it felt like the right thing to do was get him out of the game,” Lebby said. “As we move forward, we’ll know a lot more tomorrow. We’ll know more Monday as we move through it.”
Taylor suffered a foot or toe injury in State’s win over Missouri on Sept. 26. He left the next week’s game against Alabama with 12 minutes left and sat out last week’s game against LSU.
Oklahoma: The Sooners did just enough offensively and flexed their muscle on defense once again.
Mississippi State: The loss of Kamario Taylor was ultimately too much to overcome.
Oklahoma: Hosts South Carolina on Saturday.
Mississippi State: Plays at No. 19 Texas on Saturday.
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Oklahoma defensive back Peyton Bowen (22) intercepts a Mississippi State pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/James Pugh)
