CBRE Promotes Doug Bakke to Vice Chairman

CBRE announced today that Doug Bakke has been promoted to Vice Chairman, the highest title for producers at the company.

A 36-year veteran with CBRE, Mr. Bakke provides advisory and transaction services to multimarket and international office occupiers. Over the past five years, he and his team have participated in more than 2,175 transactions worldwide across 565 markets encompassing 34 million sq. ft. and $5.8 billion in total consideration.

Mr. Bakke has worked on many notable transactions in his career, including arranging the sale of land for what would become Level 3 Communications’ headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado; facilitating a 600,000-sq.-ft. build-to-suit in Nashville for Asurion’s headquarters; and consolidating several locations into a regional headquarters for Level 3 Communications outside London in Basingstoke, U.K.

“This promotion for Doug is so well-deserved. He and his team have established the industry gold standard for how Occupier clients should be serviced nationally and globally,” said Whitley Collins, Global President, Advisory & Transactions | Occupier, CBRE. “For his entire career, Doug has been unwavering in his commitment and dedication to his clients and has prided himself on delivering exceptional outcomes that clients couldn’t have achieved without him, his team and CBRE.”

During his tenure, CBRE has awarded Mr. Bakke the William H. McCarthy Award and included him in the Colbert Coldwell Circle – two prestigious national recognitions based on outstanding client service, teamwork, integrity and production level. He was also named among the company’s top 200 producers internationally and a top producer in its Denver office. Both DMCAR and the Colorado chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) have named Mr. Bakke Office Broker of the Year numerous times over the past two decades.

Mr. Bakke currently serves on the Board of Directors for CBRE’s Data Center Solutions and is a guiding member of the CBRE National Occupier Services Group. He’s also a member of DMCAR and NAIOP.