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.
Regularly released content on the state of the real estate and infrastructure industry are produced by our subject matter experts and shared on their blogs. A selection of them can be found below.
Direct investment in commercial real estate assets through private, pooled funds and separate accounts
Our Asia Pacific platform has $12.9 billion of assets under management, of which $5.6 billion is in direct real estate investment. The platform offers clients access to regional separate accounts and commingled strategies.
With a team of 90 professionals based in 7 locations, we follow a research-driven, cycle-aware disciplined investment philosophy.
For core investing and enhanced returns strategies, we have separate accounts tailored to meet the different requirements of our investors and commingled regional strategies.
As part of a premier real estate services platform, CBRE Group, we believe we offer our clients a competitive edge with an enriched local footprint and knowledge, and access to best-in-class services.
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Level 27, One Pacific Place
88 Queensway
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tel +852 2846 3000
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Level 34, 8 Exhibition Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: +61 3 8621 3521
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
19Fl., SC Bank Building
47, Jong-ro, Jongno-gu
Seoul 03160
Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 398 1555
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Unit 2510-13, Phase II Shanghai IFC 8 Century Avenue Pudong, Shanghai China 200120
Tel +86 21 2035 8000
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
6 Battery Road #32-02
Singapore 049909
Tel +65 6593 3480
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Level 21, 363 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel + 61 2 9333 3333
Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific
Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower
33F 3-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0013
Japan
Tel +813 5251 8100
Adrian Baker
Chief Investment Officer – APAC Direct Real Estate Strategies President - APAC Real Estate Division
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Adrian Baker
Chief Investment Officer – APAC Direct Real Estate Strategies President - APAC Real Estate Division
Adrian Baker is Chief Investment Officer for CBRE Global Investors’ Asia Pacific Direct Real Estate Strategies and the President of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Division. He has responsibility for all direct real estate investment strategies and activities across the Asia Pacific region within CBRE Global Investors. In addition, he is Fund Manager of the value-add fund series within the region, Asia Value Partners. Mr. Baker is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Global Investment Committee.
Mr. Baker began his career in the real estate sector in 1997 investing globally but with a focus on the Asia Pacific region. He has been based in Singapore since 2006. Mr. Baker has an extensive direct real estate background beginning in building engineering and property management, prior to transitioning to becoming an asset and fund manager executing strategies across direct, indirect and listed portfolios for institutional clients. His skills and expertise cover a wide range of real estate sectors including office, retail, industrial as well as more niche property types.
Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors in 2007, Mr. Baker was at AMP Capital Investors, first in Sydney and then in Singapore, where he was Fund Manager for over $3.0 billion in global assets and led a team of asset managers.
Mr. Baker earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from University of Technology, Sydney.
Shane Taylor
Head of Strategy and Research, Asia Pacific
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Shane Taylor
Head of Strategy and Research, Asia Pacific
Shane Taylor is Director and Regional Head of Research. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for the Firm’s research function in Asia Pacific. He is also a member of the Regional Investment Committee and regional management team.
Mr. Taylor joined ING Real Estate Investment Management, which is now CBRE Global Investors, in 2006. He was based in New York City and relocated to Hong Kong in 2008 for his current role. Before joining CBRE Global Investors he spent three years as a Researcher with the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute in Brisbane, before joining RP Data-Marketshare – a real estate consultancy in Sydney. Upon relocating to New York to pursue higher studies he undertook consultancies for the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the Earth Institute. Mr. Taylor has been involved in various capacities in real estate research since 1995.
In 2013, Mr. Taylor won an ICSC award for outstanding service to the research community.
Mr. Taylor holds a B.A. (Hons) from Queensland University, an M.App.Sc in Economic Geography from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and a PhD in Urban Planning from Columbia University in New York City.
Desmond Tan
Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific
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Desmond Tan
Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific
Desmond Tan is the Chief Operating Officer for CBRE Global Investors' Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, he has overall responsibility for management of the operations and administration in the region, including investment structuring, capital markets, finance and tax structuring activities for the Firm’s business across the region. He is also a member of the Regional Executive Committee and Regional Investment Committee.
Desmond joined the Firm (then ING Real Estate Investment Management) in 2007. He has many years of experience in the industry across different real estate classes.
Desmond has been doing finance-related work since 1993, holding various portfolios in companies listed on the Singapore Exchange and multinational corporations in various sectors, namely audit, consumer products, manufacturing and petroleum. Prior to joining the Firm, Desmond was with one of Asia’s largest real estate company, where he was involved in the establishment and origination of real estate property funds and was responsible for financial operations of few of the funds, as well as overseeing the group consolidation and reporting, performance analysis and coordination of budget and strategic financial planning.
Desmond holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) degree from Murdoch University in Western Australia. He is also a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.