Michael Flynn is the Chief Operating Officer of NAI Hiffman, a role he’s held since 2017. Michael oversees all brokerage operations while maintaining key client relationships across the platform. He ensures that members of the brokerage team have the resources and support they need to fulfill client expectations, facilitates collaboration between business lines, coordinates with the NAI Global network of affiliate offices, and provides steady leadership and expertise to the strategic operation of the company.
An accomplished broker for over 30 years, Michael was among NAI Hiffman’s founding principals in 2000. He has completed transactions valued in excess of $1 Billion through the course of his career, solidifying his reputation as a diligent professional with consistent attention to detail and an efficient, dedicated and principled work ethic. As a firm, NAI Hiffman has grown in both clients and staff during Michael’s tenure in leadership, now with over 50 brokers under Michael’s supervision.
As a past chairman of the NAI Global Members Leadership Board, Michael remains close to the market leaders within the organization’s 220+ member firms around the world.
Inspired
“Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.”
Professional Background & Experience
Michael Flynn serves the firm as Chief Operating Officer and Designated Managing Broker. Prior to that, he had been an accomplished and articulate broker for more than 30 years, with a career characterized by long-term relationships. Michael was one of NAI Hiffman’s founding principals in 2000 and has since completed transactions valued in excess of $900 million, earning him a reputation for consistent hard work, attention to detail, diligence and professionalism.
As Chief Operating Officer, Michael bears responsibilities for all activities of the Brokerage and Management operations at NAI Hiffman, while maintaining key client relationships across the platform. As a past Chair of the NAI Global Members Leadership Board, he remains close to the market leaders of the organization’s 220+ member firms around the world. Michael has achieved both his CCIM and SIOR designations, ranking him among the top two percent of all brokerage professionals in the United States.
Professional Affiliations & Designations
- Real Estate Managing Broker, Illinois
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
- NAI Global Leadership Board – Past Chair
- Fenwick High School – Board of Directors
Noteworthy Transactions
- World Kitchen – 2,500,000 SF
- Federal Aviation Authority – 200,000 SF
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals – 145,000 SF
- Allstate Insurance – 101,000 SF
- BCU – 101,000 SF
- CDW – 75,000 SF
- Donlen Corporation – 74,000 SF
- Midas International – 63,000 SF
- The Gillette Company – 30,000 SF