Nick Kellis

Sr Transaction Manager

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201 East Fifth Street
Suite 2200
Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Nick joined CBRE from Cushman & Wakefield where he served clients in the retail sector for nearly 5 years. Nick has been with CBRE for over a year now and his extensive commercial real estate experience includes leading projects from the very beginning stages (site selection and due diligence) through lease execution as well as the entitlements process – both on the corporate and franchise level. Nick most recently held the role of Transaction Manager for Citizens Bank and previously served as a Transaction Specialist for Dogtopia, an industry-leading dog daycare and boarding facility. In these roles, Nick managed transactions in multiple regions throughout the country to perform renewals, new locations, consolidations, and the purchase/sales of buildings for Citizens Bank. Nick also managed transactions for multi- and single-unit franchisees at Dogtopia and helped with account reporting and constant client communication with executives, management, and development contacts. Nick currently works as a Transaction Manager on the GWS A&T Accounts Team with an industrial client across the nation on managing their entire portfolio (renewals, relocations, buyouts, etc.) while providing account reporting and client communication directly to executives on the client side. Nick was also responsible for revenue tracking and reporting in all roles.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO

Accreditations

Licensed Real Estate Salesperson – Missouri

Achievements

Completed more than $28M in transaction consideration for a single client. Negotiated more than 113k square feet of space for a single client with total savings equating over $11.6M.

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.