Doug Middleton
Vice Chairman (Honorary Title)
Professional Experience
Associated Office
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Doug Middleton is a Vice Chairman* with CBRE’s Investment Properties group in the firm’s Midtown Manhattan office. Mr. Middleton’s focus is on sourcing and executing transactions for commercial assets across New York City. Valued for his profound understanding of structured investment sales transactions, exceptional client dedication and intimate knowledge of the New York City market, Doug provides strategic advantages for his clients and their assets.
Mr. Middleton rose up the ranks at Eastdil Secured from Analyst to Director of Investment Sales in less than ten years – a feat indicative of personal determination and key client successes. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the execution of over $45 Billion of transactions across the city. He has led some of the industry’s top real estate transactions including the sale of Worldwide Plaza ($1.725B), 85 Broad ($652M), 1745 Broadway ($633M), 1440 Broadway ($520M), 1180 Avenue of the Americas ($305M), and 470 Park Avenue South ($245M).
Upon graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Doug was an Associate Director at Fitch Ratings on the CMBS New Deal Team.
*Honorary Title
Mr. Middleton rose up the ranks at Eastdil Secured from Analyst to Director of Investment Sales in less than ten years – a feat indicative of personal determination and key client successes. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the execution of over $45 Billion of transactions across the city. He has led some of the industry’s top real estate transactions including the sale of Worldwide Plaza ($1.725B), 85 Broad ($652M), 1745 Broadway ($633M), 1440 Broadway ($520M), 1180 Avenue of the Americas ($305M), and 470 Park Avenue South ($245M).
Upon graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Doug was an Associate Director at Fitch Ratings on the CMBS New Deal Team.
*Honorary Title
Team Overview
Darcy Stacom, Bill Shanahan and Doug Middleton spearhead New York’s most experienced, prolific and trusted real estate investment advisory team:
- Ability to devise – and execute - creative solutions to the most complex transactions, as five-time winners of the Most Ingenious Deal of the Year awards from REBNY attest
- Direct experience with virtually every asset class – supported by CBRE’s Fortune 500 platform expertise in niche product types like life science / medical office, data centers, senior, student & affordable housing and much more
- Create & source capital for partnerships at the asset & platform levels, recapitalizations, creation & restructuring of ground leases
- Standing apart in the toughest market conditions, they led NYC out of the GFC with 9 out of 10 of the top investment sales in 2010, and the highest transaction volume in COVID-impacted 2020 and 2021
- Unparalleled track record advising and representing families to companies to non-profits with strategic solutions that defend and promote their clients’ interests long beyond the sale date
- Unique research on local and global trends augmented by the CBRE platform – accessible & actionable data supporting the investment process from developing investment theses to providing unique contract language meeting specific needs
- Expert in building capital stacks, actively sourcing not only equity but mezzanine and preferred equity capital with its securities-registered team while working in tandem with CBRE’s industry leading debt platform
- Extensive local / national/ global C-Suite contacts garnered over their collective years of industry experience working with companies, funds, lenders, servicers and government officials among others
The capital markets constantly change, creating an exceptionally demanding real estate environment. Darcy, Bill and Doug respond to these challenges more nimbly and effectively than any of their competitors. With their focus always first and foremost on their clients – large and small – Darcy, Bill and Doug look forward to leveraging their dominant market position on your behalf.
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Proven Ingenuity
CBRE won three Ingenious Deal of the Year awards during the Global Financial Crises and the early years of the recovery.
330 Madison Avenue
2020
Atlantic Yards
2014
250 East 57th Street
2010
2 Gotham Center
2011
GM/Legacy Portfolio
2008
Over more than four decades, Darcy Stacom and her team have completed over $145 billion of real estate transactions across all Property types. These include both the largest office and residential transactions in history. Please find select transactions below. A comprehensive resume of transactions is available upon request.
Select Recent Transactions
Forming Joint Ventures
Record Setting Transactions
Additional Significant Assignments
Leveraging CBRE’s market leading global platform, Darcy Stacom and the NYC Capital Markets group have sourced a number of first time international capital providers into the New York market. Select examples can be found below.
Sourcing New Capital
CBRE prides itself on its client centric focus – helping clients ranging from global institutions to local families effectively realize their real estate ambitions. We understand the unique needs that families often require and are proud to have provided extensive real estate advisory for New York’s most storied families – structuring debt and equity positions, joint ventures, development analysis and advising on dispositions and acquisitions of industry leading transactions. Successful executions by offering honest and actionable advice, exceeding client expectations, and maximizing value has kept these families loyal to the CBRE platform year-over-year. CBRE exercises extreme discretion and confidentiality, ensuring headline risks are minimized and our client’s reputation is enhanced throughout the transaction.
