Cliff Taylor and Joseph Ayers to Partner with Top-Producing Orlando Team
CBRE Group, Inc., announced today that CBRE Capital Markets has strengthened its multifamily investment sales practice in Florida with the formation of a dedicated team in Jacksonville. The new team will be co-lead by Cliff Taylor, senior vice president, and Joseph Ayers, who is returning to the company’s Jacksonville office as vice president.
Tapping into CBRE’s global network, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Ayers will partner with CBRE’s top-producing Capital Markets multifamily team in Central Florida, led by Shelton Granade, vice chairman, and Luke Wickham, senior vice president, in Orlando. The team will work as part of CBRE’s broader multifamily practice in North and Central Florida.
Mr. Taylor is an accomplished real estate veteran with more than 14 years of experience in investment sales as part of CBRE’s investment properties platform. Mr. Taylor has been involved in the listing and sale of more than $1.5 billion of transactions throughout Florida, with a primary emphasis on retail product. He has consistently been ranked as a top producer in the North Florida market, as well as the state of Florida. Mr. Ayers is a seasoned industry professional with more than 15 years on the leasing and development side. He is returning to CBRE from Stream Realty Partners, where he built an office property practice before spearheading the industrial investment and development team. Prior to that, he was an office property specialist with CBRE on teams in Denver and Jacksonville.
“With more than 25 years of combined experience, Shelton and Luke have executed in excess of $7.5 billion in multifamily transactions in the Orlando area. Together with Cliff and Joseph, the new team will undoubtedly be able to expand CBRE’s market share in the region and successfully produce outstanding results for its valued clients,” said Tripp Gulliford, senior managing director, North Florida, CBRE.
Mr. Granade is a key member of CBRE’s Investment Properties team and has been named one of CBRE’s Top 100 producers in the U.S. for the past seven years. In 2016, Mr. Granade was responsible for more than $900 million in multifamily investment sales throughout Central Florida. Some of his noteworthy deals include: The Parkway at Hunters Creek ($78.2 million), Barrington at Mirror Lake ($74.7 million), the Integra Portfolio ($72.0 million), and Vista at Lost Lake ($74.9 million). His depth of capital relationships and transaction management expertise are reasons owners frequently select CBRE to handle important dispositions ranging in size from $5 million to more than $100 million. Mr. Wickham joined CBRE in 2007 and has since been working in conjunction with Mr. Granade. Together, they are recognized as one of the most successful multifamily teams in the country.
CBRE is committed to growing its multifamily capital markets practice in North and Central Florida with its existing professionals and by recruiting external candidates, supported with close collaboration from debt professionals in local offices. CBRE’s Capital Markets platform is led by Kevin Aussef, chief operating officer, Capital Markets, and Brian McAuliffe, president, Institutional Properties, Capital Markets, with additional support from Mr. Gulliford.
“CBRE’s Capital Markets platform is ranked top in the nation because it leverages its deep and expanding pool of local relationships. We are very excited to introduce this new multifamily team that connects some of our highest performing professionals in Central and North Florida who will help enhance our market share in the region,” said Mr. McAuliffe.
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2016 revenue). The company has more than 75,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. 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. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
