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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Dealmakers of the Year
- Arcus Harbor Closes Multiple Multifamily and Retail Financing Transactions
- Ariel Affordable Housing Team Closes $3.65 Billion in NYC Deals
- Berkadia’s Ernest Katai Fuels Triple-Digit Production Growth
- Colliers’ Will Mathews Closes $2.5 Billion in Sales Over the Past Year
- Connor Kerns with Matthews Boosts Multifamily Momentum Throughout the Southeast
- Eric Chen with CBRE Closes $6.5 Billion in Multifamily Sales and Financing
- Greysteel Mid-Atlantic Team Drives Multifamily Activity Across D.C. Region
- HKS Real Estate Advisors Surpasses $30 Billion in Transactions Since 2011
- Jamie May Leads JBM to $20 Billion+ in Multifamily Sales
- Lument’s Vic Clark Originates Over $13 Billion in Real Estate Loans
- Mark Goodman Oversees a $5-Billion Multifamily Brokerage and Market-Intelligence Platform
- Michael Reyes, with Opportunity Home, Spearheads Affordable Housing Transformations in San Antonio
- Newmark’s Joseph Smolen and Geoff Boler Advise on Over $135 Billion in Multifamily Deals
- Noah Birk and Aaron Sklar with Kiser Group Oversee $1 Billion-Plus Chicago Multifamily Brokerage
- Otto Ozen with the Mogharebi Group Oversees $3.5 Billion in California Multifamily Sales
- Cushman ＆ Wakefield’s Pat Knowlton Delivers Results Across Colorado’s Multifamily Market
- THG Multifamily Advisors Founders Generate $12 Billion in Deals
- Walker ＆ Dunlop’s Mo Beler and Jonathan Paine Advise on $40 Billion in Transactions
- GREA Partners Brown and Wellar Close $9 Billion in Multifamily Deals
- Drew Fletcher Brings Owner, Operator and Capital Markets Expertise to Greystone
- Simon/Anderson Multifamily Team Covers Washington State at Kidder Mathews
Eric Chen with CBRE Closes $6.5 Billion in Multifamily Sales and Financing
Eric Chen, executive vice president of investment properties at CBRE, has spent more than 22 years working in multifamily investment sales, condominium conversions and apartment development land throughout Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire.
Since 2003, Chen and his team, working with CBRE Capital Markets’ Ryan Wilkinson, have completed more than 733 transactions representing over $6.5 billion in sales and financing.
The team commands market shares of 30% to 40% in numerous cities across the Los Angeles and Inland Empire markets. Chen works with a diverse client base that includes high-net-worth individuals, syndications, family trusts, private equity firms, hedge funds and international investors, particularly from Asia. He also advises clients on 1031 tax-deferred exchanges.
Before joining CBRE, Chen was a director with Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi-Housing Group, where he was the firm’s top national investment-sales producer and mentored new agents.
Chen has been named CBRE’s Top Multifamily Producer in California and received CoStar’s Power Broker Award as a top sales broker in the Inland Empire. Other recognitions include Producer of the Year Award for the Inland Empire and Los Angeles County, a Multicultural Leadership Award from the California Diversity Council and multiple Marcus & Millichap national achievement honors.
Chen holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from California State University, Fullerton, and is a member of ULI, AREAA and the National Multi-Housing Council.
These are some of the reasons why Eric Chen was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Dealmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.
