Veteran investment sales professional returns to CBRE

Chicago -- CBRE Group announced that Blake Johnson has joined CBRE Capital Markets as executive VP. Based in Chicago, Johnson will join the firm’s Institutional Properties team and will be responsible for office investment sales, with a concentrated focus on Chicago central business district (CBD) office transactions. Johnson will partner with Paul Lundstedt, Dan Deuter, Tom Sitz and Cody Hundertmark to expand the firm’s market share in the region.



“Blake's tremendous knowledge of the downtown office market, combined with his outstanding relationships spanning over several decades, will be instrumental to the continued growth of CBRE’s market share in office investment sales in the region,” said Brian McAuliffe, president, Institutional Properties for CBRE Capital Markets. “We look forward to the significant contributions he will provide to the Chicago Capital Markets team and our national platform.”



Johnson returns to CBRE after six years as Principal and President at The John Buck Company, where he was involved in a variety of endeavors including acquisitions, dispositions, development, fundraising, capital markets and asset management. Previously, he spent 12 years in Eastdil’s Chicago office, where he was involved in more than $10 billion of investment sales and financings in Chicago and across the Midwest, including: Willis Tower, 333 West Wacker, One North Wacker, 111 South Wacker, 321 North Clark, Prudential Plaza and John Hancock Center.