Market-Leading Industrial Team Joins CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. announced today that Derek Bor n h o r s t and Adam Bornhorst have joined its Industrial & Logistics group in Fort Myers as senior vice president and vice president, respectively. The market-leading team will focus on the leasing and sale of industrial facilities in Southwest Florida on behalf of occupiers, owners and investors.

The team joins the company from Lee & Associates, where Derek Bornhorst served as president and principal of its Southwest Florida business and Adam Bornhorst served as senior vice president. In the past three years, they have completed approximately 205 lease and sale transactions encompassing 3,500,000sf and totaling $287.7 million in consideration.

Derek Bornhorst rejoins CBRE with more than 20 years of industry experience. He was a founding member and principal of Lee & Associates’ industrial division in Fort Myers and Naples, where he served for 11 years. While there, he represented several national occupier expansions in the market and handled investment property sales for institutional investors. Prior to that, he served with Grubb & Ellis and began his career in the industry with CBRE. He holds CCIM and SIOR designations.

Adam Bornhorst joins CBRE with more than 12 years of industry experience. Most recently, he spent four years with Lee & Associates in Fort Myers, where he focused on industrial real estate leasing and sales. Prior to that, he worked with Lee & Associates, JLL and NAI in Columbus, Ohio.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. The company has more than 140,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. To learn more, please visit CBRE.com.