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CBRE Global Investors Expands Americas Credit Division with Hiring of Nick Ito

02 Jul 2021

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Nick Ito has joined CBRE Global Investors as Managing Director and Senior Originator. In this role, Mr. Ito will focus on deploying capital on behalf of the Americas Credit Division and will be based in Los Angeles.

“We’re very pleased to add Nick to our team. His professional pedigree and proven ability to execute complex financings through market cycles will help catalyze the growth of our firm’s current and future credit vehicles,” said Todd Sammann, CBRE Global Investors Head of the Americas Credit Division.

Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors, Mr. Ito spent 15 years at MetLife, where he served as Head of Commercial Mortgages in the Los Angeles Office and Head of West Coast Debt Fund Originations. During his tenure at MetLife, Mr. Ito structured and closed $7 billion worth of balance sheet loans across all major asset classes. Prior to MetLife, Mr. Ito served as a Valuation Associate at PwC and Deloitte.

Mr. Ito is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, where he earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Real Estate Development degrees.

About CBRE Global Investors
CBRE Global Investors is a global real assets investment management firm with $129.1 billion in assets under management* as of June 30, 2021. The firm sponsors investment programs across the risk/return spectrum for investors worldwide.

CBRE Global Investors is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE). It harnesses the research, investment sourcing and other resources of the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2020 revenue) for the benefit of its investors. CBRE Group, Inc. has more than 100,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. For more information about CBRE Global Investors, please visit www.cbreglobalinvestors.com

*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Global Investors provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Global Investors’ presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers.