James Millon

James leads CBRE’s premier commercial and multifamily financing platform. This team works closely with developers and commercial property owners, and leverages long-term, established relationships with diverse capital sources, including banks, pension funds, life insurance and credit companies, conduits/CMBS entities, government-sponsored enterprises, and global investors.

Previously he was a Vice Chairman in Debt & Structured Finance at CBRE and Co-Head of U.S. Large Loans focusing on institutional debt advisory. His expertise lies in originating, underwriting, pricing, structuring, negotiating, syndicating and securitizing large commercial real estate finance transactions.

Since joining CBRE in July of 2016, James has arranged more than $45 billion in large fixed- and floating-rate transactions ranging from single assets to large portfolios.  To date, James has originated more than $75 billion in commercial real estate loans throughout the United States, spanning all property types.

James has more than 20 years of experience with commercial real estate and financial organizations. Before joining CBRE, James was a Director in the commercial real estate loan origination and capital markets businesses at Deutsche Bank. While at Deutsche, he originated, structured, closed and sold transactions totaling $30 billion, earning a reputation for tackling some of the market’s most complex transactions.

Prior to Deutsche Bank, James was a member of Société Générale’s large loan origination and structuring desk and began his career with MMA Realty Capital’s debt fund.