Brad Zampa
SPQREA - Exec Vice President
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Professional Experience
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Brad Zampa, with 25 years of real estate experience, is an Executive Vice President and is a senior partner on CBRE Northern California Capital Markets Institutional Properties team, leading the Debt& Structured Finance division in placing debt and equity on all product types of commercial real estate throughout the nation. During the course of his career, Mr. Zampa has completed well over $30 billion of investment sales and structured debt placements. Predominately focused on transactions above $50 million, he has established a noteworthy institutional and high net worth client base.
His capital sources include life insurance correspondents, pension funds, international and domestic commercial banks, debt funds, mortgage REITs, and Wall Street CMBS investment banks. Mr. Zampa has developed a specialization for sourcing the complete capital stack, including senior mortgages, B-notes, mezzanine pieces, preferred equity and joint venture structures.
Prior to mortgage banking, Mr. Zampa practiced real estate law with Wild Carey & Fife and Sheppard Weisberg and Miller in San Francisco, California. He currently resides in Marin County with his three boys.
- University of San Diego; Bachelor of Arts
- Golden Gate University; Juris Doctorate
- NAIOP – SF Chapter Board Member
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)
- American Bar Association
- California State Bar Association
- California CRE Broker’s License
- Board Member, CharitySmith Organization
- Board Member, Ross School Foundation
- PG&E Headquarters
San Francisco
Office
Debt Fund
$629,085,000 - Uber HQ
San Francisco
Office
CMBS
$500,000,000 - Lumen
Los Angeles
Office
Debt Fund
$470,000,000 - 100 Binney
Cambridge
Life Science
Balance Sheet
$312,600,000 - The Campus @ 3333
Santa Clara
Office
CMBS
$310,000,000 - East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto
Multi-family
Balance Sheet
$242,000,000 - Marina Village
Alameda
Office & Life Science
Balance Sheet
$231,000,000 - LinkedIn HQ Build-To-Suit
Sunnyvale
Office
Balance Sheet
$225,000,000 - Pacific Commons South
Fremont
Industrial
Life Co.
$220,000,000 - Santa Barbara Deep Tech R&D Portfolio
Santa Barbara, CA
Deep Technology
Debt Fund
$192,000,000 - Hall Park
Frisco
Office & Multi-Family
Balance Sheet
$187,079,701 - Four Seasons Resort Aviara
Carlsbad
Hotel
CMBS
$186,500,000 - Santa Clara Towers
Santa Clara
Office
Debt Fund
$180,000,000 - Main Street Cupertino
Cupertino
Office
Balance Sheet
$165,000,000 - 400 South Hope
Los Angeles
Office
Balance Sheet
$157,000,000 - Westlake Tower
Seattle
Office
Life Co.
$153,400,000 - Rosewood Commons
Pleasonton
Office
Balance Sheet
$152,000,000 - Brittania Business Center
Pleasanton
Office
CMBS
$150,500,000 - The AirFlyte
El Segundo
Office
Debt Fund
$149,953,000 - Glendale Plaza
Glendale
Office
Balance Sheet
$145,000,000 - Oakmead West
Sunnyvale
Office/R&D
Balance Sheet
$143,000,000 - 301 Battery
San Francisco
Office
Debt Fund
$142,550,000
- Santa Clara Land Financing
Santa Clara
Land
Debt Fund
$140,000,000 - Menlo Oaks Corporate Center
Menlo Park
Office
CMBS
$135,000,000 - 199 Fremont
San Francisco
Office
Balance Sheet
$128,150,000 - 5000 Shoreline
South San Francisco
Life Science
Balance Sheet
$124,000,000 - The Towers @ 2nd
San Jose
Office
Debt Fund
$122,970,000 - Glendale Plaza
Glendale
Office
Life Co.
$120,800,000 - Dublin Corporate Center
Dublin
Office
Debt Fund
$117,180,000 - RioTech
San Jose
Office/R&D
Balance Sheet
$114,400,000 - Boren Lofts
Seattle
Life Science
Debt Fund
$114,000,000 - 2100 Powell
Emeryville
Office
Balance Sheet
$112,000,000 - Quadrus Office Campus
Menlo Park
Office
CMBS
$112,000,000 - HighBridge Oakland Portfolio
Oakland
Office
Debt Fund
$111,150,000 - NorthTown
San Jose
Adv. Manufacturing/Industrial
Debt Fund
$111,100,000 - Rancho Vista Corporate Center
Rancho Bernardo
Office
Debt Fund
$110,500,000 - Millennium Corporate Park
Redmond
Office
Balance Sheet
$109,600,000 - 600 Battery
San Francisco
Office
Debt Fund
$108,741,685 - Google - 1625 Plymouth Street
Mountain View
Office
Balance Sheet
$108,340,000 - Chapter Buildings I & II
Seattle
Office & Life Science
Balance Sheet
$103,900,000 - 153 Townsend
San Francisco
Office
Life Co.
$103,000,000 - 100 California Street
San Francisco
Office
Balance Sheet
$101,970,000 - Paseo Place
San Jose
Office
Debt Fund
$101,300,000
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities
- Align
- Ascent Real Estate Advisors
- Brookfield
- Broadreach Capital Partners
- CBREI
- Contrarian Capital
- DivcoWest
- Four Corners Properties
- GI Partners
- GLL Real Estate Partners
- Harvest Partners
- Hines
- Invesco
- InvestCorp
- JP DiNapoli Companies
- Kennedy Wilson
- KKR
- Lane Partners
- LaSalle Investment Management
- LBA Realty
- Lionstone Investments
- Lowe Enterprises
- McCarthy Cook
- McNellis Partners
- Northwood Investors
- Oaktree Capital
- PIMCO
- PNC Realty Investors, Inc.
- Ridge Capital
- Rockwood Capital
- Sidra Real Estate
- Stockbridge Capital Group
- Swift Realty Partners
- TMG Partners
- TPG Real Estate Partners
- US Vanke
- Vista Investment Group
- Walton Street Capital
- Westbrook Properties
- Westport
Team Overview
Specializing in Debt & Structured Finance on the West Coast for various asset types, including Life Science, Industrial, Medical Office, Office + R&D and Data Centers
The CBRE Debt & Structured Finance (DSF) team, based in San Francisco and led by Brad Zampa & Mike Walker, ranks amongst the top CBRE Capital Markets producers nationwide. The team specializes in debt placement across the West Coast, emphasizing Life Science, Industrial, Medical Office, Office + R&D, and Data Centers asset types. The team utilizes its unmatched capital markets “reach” to identify potential domestic and international financing sources well-suited to any transaction and drive a competitive bidding process designed to provide maximum value to the client. The DSF team comprises six dedicated professionals, each with a special role in maximizing efficiency on each transaction. This team was strategically assembled and is the best CBRE can field to assist in clients’ financing requirements.
CBRE San Francisco DSF works with the nation’s leading developers and commercial property owners to offer creative financial solutions for their real estate financing needs. We maintain long-standing relationships with over 200 international lenders, including banks, debt funds, life insurance companies, CMBS, and offshore investors.
Active | Committed | Connected
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130
transactions*
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$10 billion
volume
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$75 million
average loan size
Significant Assignments
- San Francisco, CA
- $630,000,000
- Acquisition + Bridge Financing
- Office
- Debt Fund
- San Francisco
- $500,000,000
- Refinance
- Office
- CMBS
- Los Angeles, CA
- $470,000,000
- Construction Financing
- Office
- Debt Fund
- Alameda, CA
- $231,000,000
- Acquisition Financing
- Office + Life Science
- Balance Sheet
- Fremont, CA
- $220,000,000
- Refinance
- Industrial
- Life Company
- San Francisco, CA
- $142,550,000
- Acquisition Financing
- Office
- Debt Fund
- Oakland, CA
- $111,150,000
- Refinance
- Creative Office
- Debt Fund
- S San Francisco, CA
- $124,000,000
- Acquisition + Bridge Financing
- Life Science Conversion
- Balance Sheet
- Seattle, WA
- $192,000,000
- Ground-up Construction Financing
- Office + Life Science
- Balance Sheet
- San Francisco, CA
- $103,000,000
- Acquisition Financing
- Creative Office
- Life Company
- Phoenix, AZ
- $35,500,000
- Ground-up Construction Financing
- Industrial
- Balance Sheet
- Glendale, CA
- $145,000,000
- Refinance
- Office
- Balance Sheet
Sample Client Relationships