About Us

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Darren McKinnon has been working in the commercial real estate industry for over 20 years.  His varied experience includes construction, architecture, engineering, real estate development and property management. 

Prior to forming DMC Real Estate Services, Darren worked at First Martin Corporation and was responsible for representing the firm in development, construction, and major capital improvement matters with its partners, vendors and municipalities. In addition to these roles, McKinnon served as both Asset and Property manager for a commercial office portfolio. This entailed negotiating new and renewing existing lease agreements, establishing and maintaining relationships with numerous office tenants, establishing annual budgets and ensuring their adherence, and maintaining the physical buildings and their various systems. McKinnon also supported the firm's multi-family, hospitality and parking operation partners.

McKinnon was also a project manager with Walbridge in Detroit, Michigan where he was responsible for multiple new construction and renovation projects in the housing, office, education and health care industries. In addition, McKinnon served as a project manager with the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago, Illinois where he oversaw the design teams and their consulting partners for various super-tall building developments in Shanghai, China, Manila, The Philippines and Dallas, Texas.

McKinnon holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as a Master's in Business Administration degree both of which are from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Michigan and Illinois.

McKinnon lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and their three children. He enjoys supporting University of Michigan athletics and is an avid skier. He also enjoys supporting all things Scottish including his mediocre golf game!