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4747 Bethesda Avenue
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814

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David Machlin is a Senior Vice President with CBRE. His concentrations include investment sales and both owner and tenant representation services in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area, particularly within Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Machlin joined the firm as a result of the July 2003 merger with Insignia/ESG, where he began working in 1995. He has consistently been among the most active brokers in the firm's Bethesda, Maryland office, where he was the top producer in multiple years.

Prior to Insignia/ESG, Mr. Machlin served as a Leasing Director at Manekin Corporation and was responsible for leasing and build-to-suit activities on behalf of a prominent regional land developer. The focus of this activity was in Montgomery and Frederick counties, Maryland.

Education

  • University of Maryland, Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance
  • Johns Hopkins University, Master of Business Administration

Awards

  • 2019 Leasing Transaction of the Year award recipient – Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association of Greater Washington, DC (CREBA)
  • Lifetime Member CREBA Multi-Million Dollar Club

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

  • Licensed real estate broker in Maryland and Virginia
  • Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors

Significant Transactions

  • Comsat Corporation /LCOR
    22300 Comsat Drive
    Sale/Lease Back
    535,000
  • James Campbell Co.
    9737 Washingtonian Blvd
    Lease
    293,000
  • COPT
    15 & 45 W. Gude Drive
    Lease
    225,000
  • CBRE Global Investors
    9801 Washingtonian Blvd
    Lease
    198,000
  • B.F. Saul Company
    14601 Sweitzer Lane
    Lease
    150,000
  • Prudential Real Estate
    520 Gaither Road
    Lease
    140,000
  • Polinger / Tower Cos.
    7700 Wisconsin Avenue
    Lease
    120,000

Clients Represented

Institutional Landlords

  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  • Principal Financial Group
  • The Estate of James Campbell
  • Chevy Chase Bank, FSB/B.F. Saul Company
  • PS Business Parks


Corporate Tenants

  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • General Dynamics Corporation
  • Samsung North America
  • Fremont Investment & Loan
  • Provident Insurance
  • US Filter Corporation/Vivendi