Brian Dawson to Head C&W’s Maryland Office

BETHESDA, MD-Cushman & Wakefield continues to deepen its DC-area bench with new appointments, the most recent being Brian Dawson, who has been tapped to lead the company’s business operations in suburban Maryland. His new title is senior managing director and managing broker in the local office.

A 25-year industry veteran, Dawson joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2007 as a senior director and partner in the firm’s Institutional Investment Sales group. In his new role, he leads leasing and tenant representation activities for the suburban Maryland area. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Dawson was a principal at Spaulding & Slye Colliers--a firm from which C&W recruited former executive William Magner to head its DC office at the beginning of the year.

Magner took over a spot vacated by James M. Underhill, who was named CEO of the Americas in November 2010. Underhill, who is also based in the DC office, is leading the firm’s operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, reporting directly to Glenn Rufrano, the firm’s president and CEO. 

Dawson was not able to return a call to GlobeSt.com in time for publication. He is taking over the local office as investment sales and now development sputter back to life in this part of Maryland. In an example of the latter, a JV of StonebridgeCarras and Walton Street Capital affiliates just acquired the 1.6-acre former Trillium site for $29.2 million. Originally, it had been planned as a residential condominium development but the venture expects to create a new plan for mixed-use development, including residential and retail components.