Zach Westling

Senior Transaction Manager

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Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Zach is a corporate real estate advisor of 6+ years and a member of CBRE’s Leasing team in Cincinnati, Ohio. His team is one of a few designated hub centers of excellence within CBRE for best-in-class delivery of portfolio-centric transaction management and total occupancy acquisition programs to large corporate occupiers.

In his role, Zach specializes in a wide range of portfolio and transaction strategy initiatives that match the client’s real estate goals. He accomplishes these initiatives through the definition of market data, creation of benchmark measures, opportunity analytics, improvement implementation, transaction management, client portfolio strategy and various benchmark measures to secure best in class real estate outcomes. His team’s real estate transaction programs range from surplus property dispositions, strategic acquisitions and relocations, M&A consulting, portfolio optimization, and other net new lease acquisitions.

Zach has served as trusted partner to multiple Fortune 500 companies in a wide spectrum of industries—including ecommerce, logistics, manufacturing, insurance, automotive, banking, retail, building products, and diversified industrial products. In this capacity, Zach has advised his clients through complex real estate transactions across North America.

Zach has been recognized by his clients and constituents by receiving outstanding feedback on his strong service performance. Zach fulfills an active leadership position on the client’s site selection and best in class real estate growth strategies.

Outside of work Zach is happily married with a daughter and two dogs. His family spends their time golfing, fishing and hunting, bowling, cooking and home improvement projects.

Team Overview

The team is comprised of a deep and diverse group of professionals who specialize in driving progressive corporate portfolio optimization and real estate transaction management programs. The team maintains total outcome accountability—from up-front savings diagnostic scope through downstream strategy implementation—with performance governed by transparent KPI results at the individual transaction level as well as with portfolio and annual spend run rate controls.

The team is a trusted partner to companies in a wide spectrum of industries and maintains a value-to-fee ratio of 14-to-1 across all client accounts. The team is responsible for over $1B in client occupancy spend—and manages ongoing optimization initiatives including the full array of real estate transactions including property acquisitions, dispositions, sale leasebacks, build-to-suits and alternative financing structures—across 75 million square feet in more than 60 countries.

The team is an early adopter of new technologies and several of the team’s leaders are Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. These two key elements, combined with the quality and experience of the team’s professionals contribute to the exceptional outcomes delivered for their clients. The team has been recognized on numerous occasions with client supplier of the year award recognition as well as with an array of accolades within CBRE for service excellence and innovation.