Suite 1700
Austin, TX 78701
Professional Experience
Katie is a Senior Vice President in the CBRE Austin office, specializing in project leasing and business development with the Office Leasing Advisory Services division. She has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience. Katie's scope of responsibilities include negotiations encompassing all stages of the commercial transaction, identifying and accurately reporting market conditions, strategic client consulting, new-business pursuits and securing current and future client relationships. Mrs. Ekstrom has represented some of the largest owners in the nation including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, KBS Realty Advisors and Trammell Crow Company.
Before relocating to Austin more than ten years ago and joining the Office Leasing Advisory team at CBRE, Katie was a leasing broker with Transwestern in Houston, Texas where she oversaw an office portfolio of approximately 2.5 million square feet in several major submarkets. In addition to landlord representation, Katie has participated in several tenant-representation transactions, as well as consulting services with owners in their company acquisitions and new developments.
Since 2005, Katie has completed over 700 lease transactions, representing over 4.5 million rentable square feet. With her strong leadership both within the community and the commercial real estate community, Mrs. Ekstrom has been recognized as a Heavy Hitter in the Austin Business Journal multiple years.
Professional Affiliations/Accreditations
- CBRE Top-10 Producers: 2017, 2019
- Commercial Brokers Association, Former President
- 2010, 2013, 2017 CBRE Leasing Performance Award
- 2008 Rising Star, Transwestern
- 2005 Building Team of the Year, Four Oaks Place
- Austin Business Journal "Heavy Hitter" (multiple years)
Achievements
- Austin Business Journal "Heavy Hitter" (multiple years)
- CBRE Leasing Performance Award (2010, 2013)
- Transwestern Rising Star (2008)
- Transwestern Building Team of the Year - Four Oaks Place (2005)
Education
- Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, BBA in Marketing
Significant Lease Transactions
| Tenant | Size (SF) | Client |
| Fortune 100 Tech Firm | 352,000 | Principal/Trammell Crow |
| Indeed, Inc. | 307,000 | Principal/Trammell Crow |
| Indeed, Inc. | 183,000 | KBS |
| Fortune 100 Tech Firm | 80,000 | MetLife |
| Jackson Waller | 76,000 | MetLife |
| DLA Piper | 69,000 | Brandywine |
| Deloitte | 47,000 | Principal/Trammell Crow |
| Gemalto | 43,000 | OTR |
| Parsley Energy | 41,000 | Cypress Real Estate Adv. |
Clients
- Metropolitan Life Insurance
- KBS Realty Advisors
- Behringer Harvard
- Invesco
- Ohio Teacher's Retirement System
- USAA
- Trammell Crow Company/Principal
- Broadway Partners
- Chase Merritt
- Equastone
- Heitman Capital
- Cielo
- Newquest Properties
- Panatonni
- DivcoWest
- A+ Federal Credit Union
- Ledcor
- MIG
Press Releases
Brandywine Realty Trust Enlists CBRE To Market New Broadmoor Office Development
