LOS ANGELES—Robert Dubbins, an industrial-zoned land expert and a 36-year veteran of CBRE, has joined Lee & Associates West Los Angeles as a principal. Dubbins will continue to focus on industrial-zoned land deals, which includes office and retail conversions as well as development, on the Westside.
“I was getting a little too caught up in the larger institutional-type deals and it got a little too corporate for me,” Dubbins tells GlobeSt.com about his reason for leaving CBRE after such a long stretch. “A lot of assignments are repeat business with these big companies, and there are a lot of people that get involved. I wanted to go back to the smaller more entrepreneurial-type deals. I like working with decision makers and smaller companies, where it is less bureaucratic. Lee is a smaller group of guys working on the smaller-to-mid-sized deals, and even though the buildings are smaller, the economics of the deal is large.”
Although he is familiar with other L.A. markets, Dubbins will continue to work in the same Westside territory he had at CBRE. “I am a Westside broker,” he says. “My key expertise is industrial-zoned land, and that includes converting industrial buildings into creative office or retail conversions, or land for development, like multifamily, mixed-use, mini-storage or medical. You get a lot of creative and interesting uses with these properties.”
At CBRE, Dubbins was frequently names a top industrial producer in the firm's Beverly Hills/Century City office. He has worked on some major transactions, including the 80-acre Playa Vista land sale, and has negotiated leases involving Costco Marina, Amazon Fresh, Jetro Restaurant Supplies, HD Supply and Riteaid. He has a special expertise in live/work condo projects, and has recently worked on several creative office industrial conversions.
Dubbins will continue to build off of his esteemed reputation. “There are a lot of entrepreneurial guys here,” he says. “I would like to try to work with them and invest in their deals, and to find some opportunities to acquire some of these buildings.”
LOS ANGELES—Robert Dubbins, an industrial-zoned land expert and a 36-year veteran of CBRE, has joined Lee & Associates West Los Angeles as a principal. Dubbins will continue to focus on industrial-zoned land deals, which includes office and retail conversions as well as development, on the Westside.
“I was getting a little too caught up in the larger institutional-type deals and it got a little too corporate for me,” Dubbins tells GlobeSt.com about his reason for leaving CBRE after such a long stretch. “A lot of assignments are repeat business with these big companies, and there are a lot of people that get involved. I wanted to go back to the smaller more entrepreneurial-type deals. I like working with decision makers and smaller companies, where it is less bureaucratic. Lee is a smaller group of guys working on the smaller-to-mid-sized deals, and even though the buildings are smaller, the economics of the deal is large.”
Although he is familiar with other L.A. markets, Dubbins will continue to work in the same Westside territory he had at CBRE. “I am a Westside broker,” he says. “My key expertise is industrial-zoned land, and that includes converting industrial buildings into creative office or retail conversions, or land for development, like multifamily, mixed-use, mini-storage or medical. You get a lot of creative and interesting uses with these properties.”
At CBRE, Dubbins was frequently names a top industrial producer in the firm's Beverly Hills/Century City office. He has worked on some major transactions, including the 80-acre Playa Vista land sale, and has negotiated leases involving Costco Marina, Amazon Fresh, Jetro Restaurant Supplies,
Dubbins will continue to build off of his esteemed reputation. “There are a lot of entrepreneurial guys here,” he says. “I would like to try to work with them and invest in their deals, and to find some opportunities to acquire some of these buildings.”
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