CBRE Investment Management Expands Americas Direct Logistics Team in NYC

CBRE Investment Management’s Americas Direct Logistics Team today announced a key asset management hire designed to strengthen the operator platform based in New York City focusing on the Midwest, MidAtlantic and Northeast markets, including New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and New Jersey. 

As part of this expansion, Christian Ramos joined CBRE IM today from PGIM Real Estate. In his new role as Director, Asset Management, Ramos will lead a newly formed team, reporting to Christy Hill, CBRE IM’s Head of Asset Management for Americas Logistics Team. 

“We are committed to growth and operational excellence in the logistics space and building teams that can support that goal,” Hill said. Hill currently oversees 64.5 million square feet of CBRE IM’s logistics portfolio, comprising 165 buildings. 

Ramos will lead a new team of four, partnering with Chris Sullivan, Director of Logistics Deployment for Americas Real Estate

The North region currently has 50 operating properties totaling 24.6 million square feet with an additional 1.9 million square feet under construction and a land bank totaling 2.2 million square feet. 

“Since Christy joined earlier this year, we have been working together to identify key internal talent and the external hires needed as we expand our logistics holdings this year and beyond,” Jesse Harty, Head of CBRE IM’s Americas Logistics Operator Division said. “We are thrilled for Christian’s arrival and the team being put in place to lead this area of growth for us. Ramos, along with Sullivan, will now work together to develop the overall strategy for our North Region.”

While at PGIM Real Estate, Ramos was responsible for PGIM’s Mid-Atlantic industrial portfolio, spanning 9.1 million square feet of operating and development assets and 2.1 million square feet of future buildable land. He also worked closely with the acquisitions team on new transactions. 

Ramos earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Scranton and an MBA with a concentration in Real Estate from Rutgers University. Ramos is also a CFA Institute Charterholder member.

About CBRE Investment Management
CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $149.1 billion in assets under management* as of March 31, 2025, operating in 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive. 

CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information, please visit www.cbreim.com.

*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management 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 Investment Management’s presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.