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Kristina Metzger Promoted to Lead CBRE’S New Data Centers Group for Capital Markets

CBRE promoted Kristina Metzger to SVP, and will lead CBRE Capital Markets’ newly-created data centers specialty practice. The appointment is part of CBRE Capital Markets’ continued investment in alternative property types, to provide integrated services across three primary lines of business, investment sales, finance, and investment banking.

Metzger brings extensive knowledge and experience in data center real estate, having represented clients in transactions totaling more than $3 billion. Based in San Diego, she will be responsible for building a practice in a growing sector that is complementary to CBRE’s Data Center Solutions (DCS), and CBRE Capital Advisors, the investment banking business of CBRE in the Americas.

CBRE’s Chris Ludeman says, “Kristina is a nationally-recognized data center expert with deep client relationships, and is well-qualified to drive our capital markets in this space to the next level.”

Since 2009, Metzger has been a part of CBRE’s DCS group.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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