Mark Raggio

As First Vice President, Mark provides expertise in the structuring and analysis of complex and significant acquisition, disposition, lease, sale leaseback, financing, and development transactions on behalf of users and investors over the greater Southern California area. Mark’s over twenty years of real estate expertise includes accounting, corporate finance, real estate finance, tax, and capital markets proficiency.

Before joining CBRE, Mark was a Senior Managing Director of Brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield, and he previously served similar roles at Trammell Crow and Julien J. Studley, Inc.

Mark’s significant experience includes over 50 million square feet of complex real estate transactions on behalf of users, including leases with carried equity, off-balance sheet structured leases, build-to-suits, sale/lease-back transactions and the detailed analysis of lease versus buy decisions. He has been involved with several complex acquisition and disposition assignments on behalf of institutional and foreign investors. He has had a wealth of experience with corporate, governmental and healthcare users, including Fortune 500 firms, city and state governments, universities, hospitals, local school districts and professional firms. Mark’s expertise includes identifying and analyzing the accounting (GAAP) and tax effect of transaction structures and creating solutions that meet clients’ requirements. He has created new lease structures and has won the approval of these structures with Big 4 accounting firms.

Professional Affiliations / Accreditations

• Member of UCLA Chancellor’s Associates

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
• University of California, Los Angeles Anderson Graduate School of Management, MBA in Finance and Real Estate
• Certified Public Accountant in the State of California
• Instructor for the Practicing Law Institute