CBRE’s global head of retail research has been promoted to managing director of Capital Markets.
Effective July 1, Melina Cordero will lead the company’s Capital Markets team who specialize in the sale, debt and structured finance placement assistance, and recapitalization of retail properties in the Americas. She will report to Chris Ludeman, global president of Capital Markets.
“Melina understands every aspect of the business of retail and has been instrumental in developing our industry-leading research. Her views of the future of retail are highly sought after by retailers and investors alike and have enabled us to drive better business outcomes for our clients,” said Ludeman.
Cordero served as director of analytics for Path Intelligence, a U.K.-based data and customer-analytics technology firm prior to joining CBRE in 2016 where she oversaw the creation of the company’s North American division. Prior to this, she worked as a global industry analyst at Euromonitor International in London and worked in urban planning and business policy research at the U.K. Parliament.
Cordero was recently named among the Washington Business Journal’s “40 Under 40.”