Abby Alford

Abby Alford serves as a Director of Transaction Management at CBRE where she provides strategic real estate consulting and brokerage services in Houston and around the globe. Abby partners with clients to execute on complex real estate goals and objectives. Her specialties including corporate headquarter office leases, site selection, lease restructuring, and land asset acquisitions and dispositions.

She joined CBRE in 2013 as a Project Manager where she focused on working with clients to define project scope and budgets and coordinate the delivery of architectural, engineering, and construction services and ultimately relocate when necessary. She later went on to be the Facilities Management Account Lead for a client with a 10.4 million SF portfolio. Abby leverages her project and facilities management experience to successfully provide brokerage services for her clients in all real estate matters.

Education

• Northwestern University, M.S., Journalism 
• Purdue University, B.S., Mass Communications

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

• NAIOP Rising Star Award 2022
• Houston Business Journal - Women Who Mean Business Award 2019
• Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce “Heavy Hitter”  2014 
• CBRE Houston Women’s Network Field Delegate
• Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Board member
• Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce STEAM Style Show Co-Chair 
• Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP)
• Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW) 
• Chi Omega Houston Alumni Chapter
• Lean In Energy Mentor and Communities Liaison
• Transition Mentor for the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas
• Nottingham Forest Mom’s Club Board Member
• Girls on the Run Greater Houston – Past President

Awards

• Houston Business Journal - Women Who Mean Business Award 2019
• Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce “Heavy Hitter” – 2014

Clients Represented