Professional Experience
Associated Office
Erik Olson is a Senior Vice President with CBRE New Mexico Multifamily Investment Properties. He has been involved in commercial real estate and multifamily investment since 2001 and has closed over $2.5B in real estate transactions. As a member of CBRE, he has access to a nationally populated, proprietary database of multifamily investors including active 1031 exchange buyers. By leveraging the CBRE global platform, he can provide his clients with sophisticated property and financial analysis, deep market intelligence, and national relationships with top investors.
Prior to coming to CBRE, Mr. Olson was a partner at Real Estate Advisors in Albuquerque NM, and a private developer; building and brokering over $750MM in real estate in his first 12-years. Erik is also a 5-year veteran (Captain) of the United States Air Force where he culminated his career as Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC’s lead VIP briefing officer for the White House and Pentagon.
Education
- B.A in Government from The College of William & Mary, 1994
- Dual M.A. in Management and Security Management from Webster University, 1998
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
- #1 Advisory & Transaction Producer: CBRE Albuquerque, 2016, 2019-2022
- #5 Advisory & Transaction Producer: CBRE Albuquerque, 2017 & 2023
- #4 Advisory & Transaction Producer: CBRE Albuquerque, 2018
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designee
- Real Estate Licensure, New Mexico & Texas
- CBRE Investment Properties, Multifamily
- Commercial Association of REALTORS New Mexico (CARNM)
- National Association of Realtors (NAR)
- Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors (GAAR)
- The Sparx Lorenzo Antonio Foundation – Associate Director of Development
Significant Assignments
- 2 HUD-based Affordable Apartment Developments (388 Units) $29.50M
- High Net Worth Buyer Apartment Acquisition $10.25M
- Apartment Portfolio Acquisition and Disposition $11.20M
- Hotel to Apartment Conversion $6.50M
- Private 1031 Apartment Portfolio Acquisition $4.65M
- Private 1031 Apartment Acquisition $3.60M
- High Net Worth Buyer-Seller Apartment Acquisition $6.40M
- High Net Worth Buyer-Seller Apartment Acquisition $2.80M
- Work Force Housing Apartment Land Sale $1.20M
Team Overview - Albuquerque Multifamily Investment Properties
Leaders in Multifamily Investment Properties throughout New Mexico
Leading in market share provides an irreplaceable benefit to multifamily clients. The benefit is that CBRE knows who the buyers are, exactly what they are looking for, and the New Mexico team has proven the ability to position client assets in the market accordingly. They’ve used their leading market share, unique hands-on approach, and exceptional attention-to-detail to consistently close “on-price”, and “on-time” for clients.
In 2007, the team created the only comprehensive multifamily market research survey for Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Today and each year since, the survey reaches over 40,000 “market” and “affordable” multifamily units, 3-times a year, and has become the benchmark research for many city and state multifamily reports, daily publications, newspapers, and magazines. It has also become a research report regularly quoted by local and national appraisers, lenders and even competitive brokerage firms. Copies of the 3 latest reports can be received by clicking below.
