Laura Polster

Sr Transaction Manager

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201 East Fifth Street
Suite 2200
Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Laura joined CBRE from Cushman & Wakefield where she has served clients in the retail, industrial, medical and lending sectors for the past 6 years. Her extensive commercial real estate experience includes leading projects from site selection through lease execution as well as the entitlements process - both on the corporate and franchise level. She most recently held the role of Transaction Manager for Boeing and previously served as the Transaction Manager for Dogtopia, an industry-leading dog daycare and boarding facility. In this role, Laura managed transactions for multi- and single-unit franchisees, account reporting and constant client communication with executives, management and development contacts. Laura was also responsible for account revenue tracking and reporting.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree from Webster University, Webster Groves, MO

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

Specialty Leasing Designation from the International Council of Shopping Centers
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - Missouri

Achievements

Completed more than $42M in transaction consideration for a single client.
Negotiated more than 2M square feet of space for clients and achieved $10M+ in savings.

Awards

Client Advocacy Award, 2021

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.