Professional Experience
Associated Office
Don has been involved in many of Raleigh-Durham’s most significant office lease transactions, representing a wide range of firms across a variety of industries. Through numerous business cycles over his lengthy career, Don has positioned his clients to proactively approach each market cycle with an opportunistic mind-set. In his representation of clients with a national or global portfolio, he has tapped into the inherent strength of the CBRE Global Platform to drive a specific market-focused approach to creating value. An effective communicator, Don’s relationships across the market and across the country are extensive and of measurable value to his clients.
Don’s leadership within the Commercial Real Estate Industry and at the Civic level within his community has been extensive. He has been past President of the Research Triangle Chapter of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties) and TRAOBA (Triangle Area Office Building Association), as well as having served a lengthy tenure on the Board of Directors for each respective organization. He spent several years as an active member of the Durham Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. In addition, in recent years Don has been serving on the Board of Trustees for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Team Overview
With more than 50 years of combined experience in the commercial real estate industry, Heath Chapman, Don Shupe, Clayton Collins, and Samantha Lublinkhof bring a wealth of industry expertise to their occupier clients, both large and small. Their philosophy is straightforward: Each client deserves an experienced and knowledgeable team that customizes bespoke corporate real estate solutions to client-specific goals and objectives. From single transactions to multi-market portfolio assignments, they implement and execute strategies with best-in-class market intelligence to navigate the competitive, complex and ever-evolving marketplace and secure the most favorable terms for their clients.
Together, the team provides premier client service to firms across a myriad of industries at the local, national and global levels. Backed by the strongest platform in the commercial real estate industry and the unmatched resources unique to CBRE, Heath, Don, Clayton and Samantha deliver sophisticated, comprehensive strategies and solutions to the clients they represent.
Significant Transactions
The team represented Arch in the lease of its 104,000 square foot operational base in Raleigh, NC.
The team represented CAPTRUST with its headquarters totaling 105,000 SF in Raleigh, NC.
The team represented IQVIA/Q2 Solutions in its 326,000 square foot need of office and laboratory space in RTP, NC.
The team represented Truist in the purchase of Highwoods Tower I and II, totaling 360,000 square feet in Raleigh, NC.
The team represented Veradigm in its Raleigh location of 245,000 square feet.
Featured Clients
- Accenture
- CAPTRUST
- CarGurus
- Cox
- Envestnet
- Industrious
- K&L Gates
- Nelson Mullins
- ReCode Therapeutics
- Siemens Healthineers
- SingleStore
- Siemens Healthineers
- SingleStore
- Synopsys
- TD Bank
- The University of North Carolina System
- Truist
- Wells Fargo Advisors
- Womble Bond Dickinson
- Wyrick Robbins
Client Testimonials
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