Nick Karafotias

Sr Transaction Manager

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201 East Fifth Street
Suite 2200
Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Nick serves as the Senior Transaction Manager for the Global Workplace Solutions Portfolio Leasing Services team at CBRE, a "hub" center of excellence based in Cincinnati. This team is known for its exceptional delivery of transaction management programs to Fortune 500 clients.

In his role Nick provides comprehensive portfolio and transaction support services, including transaction management, client portfolio strategy, portfolio database management, all tailored to a variety of client accounts managed by the team.

Prior to his current position, Nick contributed his expertise to major retail accounts for CBRE, JLL, and Sears Holdings. His professional experience includes portfolio restructuring, negotiation, facility and materials management, lease administration, and process improvement consulting, where his contributions greatly benefitted the clients he served.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northern Illinois University

Professional Affiliations

Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Illinois

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.