Mark Cosenza is a senior vice president responsible for purchasing properties and involved in securing financing. Mark began his career as a vice president of property management and acquisitions negotiator. Since joining the acquisition team in 2006, Mark has acquired more than 350 properties totaling more than $7.2 billion and over 37 million square feet. Recent acquisitions include core grocery anchored assets, class A apartments (over 14,000 apts), medical office buildings and over 35,000 self-storage units. Other notable acquisitions include a $424 million acquisition of 16 shopping centers from a joint venture between TIAA-CREF and Developers Diversified Realty in 2010 and the acquisition of 19 shopping centers from Australian Macquarie CountryWide Trust in 2009. More recently, in 2019 Mark purchased a $212 million, 32 facility self-storage purchase from Life Storage. Prior to joining Inland, he was a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. Mark was honored in Real Estate Forum magazine's "40 under 40" in October 2012 and is chairman emeritus of the Downers Grove Economic Development Corporation. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Multifamily Housing Council, a member of the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and frequently participates in CRE panels. Mark is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a licensed broker in Illinois.