Jay O’Meara is an Executive Vice President in CBRE’s Atlanta Office Institutional Properties Group. Mr. O’Meara is responsible for marketing the team’s assignments, serving as the point of contact for many of the group's key relationships, strategy and positioning of offerings, contract negotiations, and oversight of the financial underwriting process.
O'Meara is a seasoned commercial real estate advisor with extensive capital markets experience at prominent international service firms. During his tenure with CBRE, the group has represented clients on over 110 million square feet and $22 billion of office transactions. O’Meara has also served as a guest speaker or lecturer for Emory University, the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Vanderbilt University, Morehouse College, NAIOP, and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.
Before joining the Office Institutional Properties Group, Mr. O’Meara was the Director of CBRE’s Financial Consulting Group in the Southeast, a team that provides financial and analytical consulting to brokerage teams and clients. Prior to joining CBRE, he was a Senior Analyst with Cushman & Wakefield’s Structured Finance and Investment Sales groups. He began his career as a Senior Auditor with Porter Keadle Moore, a regional accounting firm.
Education
- M.B.A, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
- B.B.A in Accounting, University of Georgia
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Executive Board of Future Leaders, Member of School Challenge and Special Events Committees
- Elder, Peachtree Presbyterian Church
- Board Member, Terry College of Business Alumni Board & Past Chairman of the Young Alumni Board
- Youth Coach – Northside Youth Organization, Peachtree Presbyterian and Northside Tophat
- Cubmaster – Cub Scout Pack 1050 Leader; Sandy Springs
- Licensed CPA, Georgia
Achievements
- 2004 McAdams’ Cup | CBRE’s Award for Highest Producing First-Year Broker
- Top 10 Investment Sales Producer – Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors | Numerous Times
- Top Producing Office Investment Sales Team | Southeast Region | Numerous Times
- Atlanta’s “Top 40 Under 40” | Atlanta Business Chronicle | 2007
Significant Transactions
- Concourse Corporate Center
Sale
2,168,254 SF
- Bank of America Plaza
Sale
1,351,586 SF
- Coda at Tech Square
Recap
664,312 SF
- Three Alliance Center
Sale
502,358 SF
- Twelve 24
Sale
345,917 SF
Clients Represented
- Accesso Partners
- Albany Road RE Partners
- Atlanta Property Group
- CBRE Investment Management
- Childress Klein Properties
- Columbia Property Trust
- Cousins Properties
- CP Group
- Dilweg
- DRA Advisors
- Granite Properties
- Harbert Realty
- Highwoods Properties
- Hines
- Jamestown Properties
- KBS Realty Advisors
- MetLife Real Estate Investments
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Parmenter Realty Partners
- Pacific Oak Capital Advisors
- Piedmont Office Realty Trust
- Pope & Land
- Portman Holdings
- Shorenstein
- Starwood Capital
- TA Associates