CBRE Group, Inc. is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”
CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.
CBRE Global Investors, combined with CBRE Clarion Securities and CBRE Caledon, is one of the world’s leading real asset investment managers with $114.5 billion in assets under management.
Built up over more than 40 years, our unparalleled platform is focused on real assets, giving our institutional clients access to real estate and infrastructure in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our clients benefit from a complete range of investment solutions including equity and debt, direct and indirect, and listed and unlisted strategies.
Trammell Crow Company, founded in Dallas, Texas in 1948, is one of the nation’s oldest and most prolific developers of, and investors in, commercial real estate.The CBRE Global Investors and Trammell Crow Company platforms make up the Real Estate Investments division of CBRE Group.
The Real Estate Investments division is led by
Mike Lafitte, Global CEO, Real Estate Investments.
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Direct investment in commercial real estate assets through private, pooled funds and separate accounts.
Our Americas Direct platform has approximately $18.1 billion in direct private real estate assets under management. The platform offers clients a comprehensive suite of real estate solutions from core to value add to opportunistic development investing.
With an investment team of more than 240 professionals based in seven locations, we follow a research-driven, cycle-aware disciplined investment philosophy. Our team has in-depth experience across all the traditional real estate sectors, including office, logistics/industrial, retail, residential, as well as experience in niche sectors like data centers and hotels. We have a track record of enhancing value through the operating strategies that measurably improve tenant satisfaction and retention.
We have more than 40 years’ experience investing in core strategies for our clients through separate accounts and commingled funds and nearly 20 years of experience investing in enhanced return strategies through commingled fund and club/joint venture investments.
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Bernie McNamara
Global Head of Investor Solutions
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Bernie McNamara
Global Head of Investor Solutions
Bernie McNamara is Global Head of Investor Solutions for CBRE Global Investors. Mr. McNamara joined the firm in 2018 and is responsible for client engagement activities globally, including the development of customized portfolio solutions within and across real estate and other real asset categories. As part of his portfolio solutions role, Mr. McNamara works in partnership with the firm’s Investor Solutions, Research and Investment personnel to help deliver on investors’ objectives. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Investment Committee and regional Investment Committees. In addition, he serves as Chair of the firm’s Business Development Committee.
Mr. McNamara, who began his career in the investment management industry in 1996, joined the firm from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where he most recently served as Global Head of Alternatives Investment Strategy and Solutions. In that role he focused on designing and implementing multi-asset portfolio solutions across alternative investments, including global real estate, infrastructure, private equity and other categories, for institutional and retail investors globally.
Mr. McNamara earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Kim Hourihan
Chief Investment Officer - Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies and Fund Portfolio Manager
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Kim Hourihan
Chief Investment Officer - Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies and Fund Portfolio Manager
Kimberly Hourihan is Chief Investment Officer for the Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies and a fund Portfolio Manager. Ms. Hourihan is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Americas Investment Committee and Global Leadership Team.
Ms. Hourihan began her real estate investment management career in 1990 and joined CBRE Global Investors in 2007. In her previous role with the firm, she served as a Managing Director and the Portfolio Manager for two international sovereign wealth fund clients with total assets under management with the firm of more than $4.0 billion representing 11.7 million square feet. In this position, Ms. Hourihan was responsible for client relations, portfolio management, asset management, acquisitions and dispositions.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Hourihan was Senior Vice President at Starwood Capital Group, where her responsibilities included the formation of a value-added real estate fund. Previously, Ms. Hourihan was Partner and Regional Director at TA Associates Realty, a Boston-based real estate advisory firm. In that capacity, she was a portfolio manager for a separate account relationship and a closed-end commingled value-added real estate fund. Ms. Hourihan also served as an asset manager with expertise in office, industrial, retail and multifamily assets in major markets throughout the U.S. Prior to that, Ms. Hourihan was Senior Vice President at the Georgetown Holding in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, directing multiple acquisitions ranging from a bank in Geneva to a magazine in Hong Kong. Ms. Hourihan began her career at U.S. Trust Company where she was responsible for lending on real estate.
Ms. Hourihan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.
Robert Perry
President – Americas Real Estate Division, Head of Strategic Partners U.S.
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Robert Perry
President – Americas Real Estate Division, Head of Strategic Partners U.S.
Robert Perry is President of the Americas Real Estate Division and Head of Strategic Partners U.S. for CBRE Global Investors. Mr. Perry is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Investment Committee, Americas Direct Real Estate Investment Committee and Senior Leadership Council.
In his capacity as President, Mr. Perry is responsible for all elements of investment execution in the Americas, including acquisition, disposition, asset management, development, redevelopment and asset finance.
In his role as Head of Strategic Partners U.S., Mr. Perry is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s enhanced return investment activity, including existing and future Strategic Partners funds. Mr. Perry leads capital raising, investment and operations decisions, and financing strategy. He is the Portfolio Manager for CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 8 and 9.
Mr. Perry previously served as the leader of the North American real estate business for CarVal Investors, a global alternative investment fund manager and a subsidiary of Cargill, the largest privately held corporation in the United States by revenue.1 In that capacity, Mr. Perry was responsible for investment management and implementation for equity and credit investments, capital raising and investor relations. He served as Chairman of the Real Estate Investment Committee for North America and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Perry also has extensive experience in real estate finance. Mr. Perry’s experience includes acquiring large international real estate debt and equity portfolios across the Americas and Asia, leading several public to private executions, as well as being involved in several initial public offerings in the U.S. and Canada.
Mr. Perry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Perry is a past president of the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association (WREAA) and an active member of ULI and PREA.
1 2019 Forbes list. https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/
Todd Sammann
Executive Managing Director, Head of Credit Strategies
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Todd Sammann
Executive Managing Director, Head of Credit Strategies
Todd Sammann joined CBRE Global Investors in 2018 as Head of Credit Strategies. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of existing and future Credit Strategies funds, including product design, capital formation, investment, dispositions and financing strategy. He also serves as Portfolio Manager for CBRE U.S. Credit Partners. Mr. Sammann is a member of the Americas Investment Committee.
Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors, Mr. Sammann was founder and Managing Principal of Narrative Capital from 2015-2018, managing a commercial real estate debt fund on behalf of institutional investors. Mr. Sammann chaired the firm’s investment committee and had overall responsibility for investment activity and portfolio management. Prior to forming Narrative, Mr. Sammann was Principal and Head of Credit Strategies at Colony Capital from 2008-2015, which invested $5 billion across a variety of credit strategies during his tenure. Previously, Mr. Sammann was Managing Director and Head of North American Large Loan Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities at Deutsche Bank from 2002-2008, where he oversaw the origination of more than $50.0 billion of structured real estate financings and served as a member of the firm’s global Group Executive Committee. Previously, Mr. Sammann served as Vice President within Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s real estate investment banking unit from 1996-2002.
Mr. Sammann earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Duke University.
Gary Jaye
Head of Commercial Acquisitions, Americas
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Gary Jaye
Head of Commercial Acquisitions, Americas
Gary Jaye is Head of Commercial Acquisitions for the Americas. In this capacity, Mr. Jaye is responsible for all commercial acquisition activities and all commercial acquisitions professionals across the Americas. Preceding his current role, Mr. Jaye was the head of commercial acquisitions for the U.S. Core Investment Platform, focused on acquisitions in the Central and Eastern regions of the U.S.
Mr. Jaye is responsible for all facets of the investment process including sourcing, underwriting, negotiating, due diligence and closing real estate transactions. Mr. Jaye joined CBRE Global Investors in 2006 and began his real estate career in 1991. He has completed $9 billion of direct investments and over $4.5 billion in structured transactions and joint ventures. In addition, Mr. Jaye has extensive expertise in structuring transactions for off-shore investors including sovereign wealth funds. Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors, Mr. Jaye was a Director of Acquisitions for UBS Realty Investors, LLC and Hart Realty Advisors.
Mr. Jaye earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Connecticut State University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. In addition, Mr. Jaye is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and NAIOP.