Ben Gilliam

Ben Gilliam serves as Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT’s Managing Principal and National Market Leader, overseeing Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Global Corporate Services for its parent company, Anywhere Real Estate, Inc., formerly Realogy Holdings Corporation (NYSE:HOUS).
Anywhere Real Estate, Inc. is the leading and most integrated provider of real estate services, and its brands include Sotheby’s International Realty, Coldwell Banker, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Cartus, Corcoran, TRG Title, and 40 distinct company and brand names throughout the US. Mr. Gilliam is recognized as one of the premier deal makers in the Office and Global Corporate Services within the company nationally. Prior to serving in this role, in 2013, he partnered with Waterfall Asset Management, a New York hedge fund, to become the Managing Principal of Coldwell Banker Commercial. His long-time business partner, Jon Treter, joined him in opening the office in Denver. In 2015, CoBiz Magazine recognized their company as the “Best Commercial Real Estate firm”.  
Mr. Gilliam has earned numerous awards in his 30-year career by providing critical real estate advisory services to local, regional, and global corporate clients, as well as multi-market Fortune 500 clients. A highly experienced strategist, his vast expertise and in-depth market knowledge have resulted in some of the most significant commercial real estate transactions in the USA and within the Coldwell Banker Commercial system. These include a 221,000 square foot corporate headquarters in Ft. Worth, TX for Xpressdocs and a 35,000 square foot regional headquarters for Sotheby’s in Houston, TX They also include the sales and acquisition on behalf of McGraw-Hill for a 241,218 square feet HQ building and 55 acres of land, the assemblage of the 121 property 12 block CBD redevelopment of Lowell Center in Colorado Springs and the sale of the 132,000 sf Trilegiant HQ in Cheyenne, WY. Mr. Gilliam also represented the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Travelport, a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group. He is proud of his work with non-profit organizations, assisting them in owning their own property, including an 88,000 square foot facility for Project Angel Heart and a 115,000 square foot building for the Denver Scholarship Foundation. He has been recognized annually for 19 consecutive years with the Presidential Circle of Distinction and DMCAR “Heavy Hitters” award from 2002 to 2018. While at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank from 2006-2013, the Denver Business Journal recognized him as one of the “Top 20 Power Brokers”. 
He has been involved in more than $8.6 billion of commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, development, and leasing transactions. He has successfully negotiated leases for nearly 2,800 transactions totaling more than $5 billion in value. Furthermore, as a prior CEO/Managing Partner for a self-funded company that grew to include capital investors and a board of directors, he fully comprehends the issues critical to business operations and profitability. 
Before joining Coldwell Banker Commercial, from 2006-2013 Mr. Gilliam served as Managing Director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank leading a Global Corporate Services and Tenant Representation team. From 2001-2006 he initially led Coldwell Banker Commercial Denver to become one of the top 10 performing global offices within the entire network and when he left the firm in 2006, he departed as President of Denver operations at a time when the firm had over 150 employees. During that time, he was also appointed to the Global Advisory Board for Coldwell Banker Commercial HQ in Madison, NJ from 2004-2006. He co-founded the initial CBC Global Corporate Services team along with Fred Schmidt, a prior Coldwell Banker Commercial President and COO.
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