Andrew D Ratner

Andy Ratner leads both the downtown Los Angeles office of CBRE and the Occupier Advisory & Transaction Services discipline in southern California. Andy is a highly-respected market leader having received the 2018 Extraordinary Times Award and the 2015 and 2017 Presidents Performance Award acknowledging outstanding leadership and financial performance.

Andy has 35 years of commercial real estate experience and during his career has completed some of the most significant and complex real estate consulting, leasing, structured finance, development advisory and investment sales assignments on record, with total value in excess of $20 billion.

He began his career as a management consultant with Peat Marwick & Mitchell in Los Angeles (now KPMG) where he specialized in real estate consulting, financial institutions and bankruptcy. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Ratner was with Cushman Realty Corporation/Cushman & Wakefield for 25 years most recently serving as its Executive Managing Director in charge of the Global Occupier Consulting Group and prior to that its West Coast Regional Brokerage Leader.

Mr. Ratner is Past Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement of Southern California, Inc. where he was given the inaugural Frank P. Pekny Award for exemplary leadership as a volunteer, mentor, executive committee member, ambassador, and board member. He is currently a member of CoreNet Global and the Central City Association. He was previously involved with the Urban Land Institute (UDMUC Silver Council), the California Real Estate Commissioners task force on License Reciprocity; the USC Lusk Center; the Advisory Board for the Jackie Robinson Foundation; and the UCLA Business Economics Council. 

Professional Affiliations / Accreditations

Board of Junior Achievement of Southern California, Board of Directors and Past Chairman

CoreNet Global

Urban Land Institute (UDMUC Silver Council)

California Real Estate Commissioners task force on License Reciprocity

Jackie Robinson Foundation, Advisory Board

UCLA Business Economics Council

Economic Development for the Los Angeles Central City Association, Chariman

Frank P. Pekny Award for exemplary leadership as a volunteer, mentor, executive committee member, ambassador, and board member for Junior Achievement

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts, Economics

USC Marshall School of Business, MBA, Corporate Finance

Significant Assignments

LA Football Club - Los Angeles, CA - Site selection consulting for new MLS stadium

Korean Air - Los Angeles, CA - 1M SF Wilshire Grand development strategy

AT&T -  Dallas, TX - 200,000 SF world HQ occupancy strategy

Princess Cruises - Valencia, CA - 300,00 SF world HQ/call center build-to-suit

Union Bank - Los Angeles, CA - 300,000 SF southern California HQ occupancy strategy

Bausch & Lomb - Rochester, NY - 350,000 SF world HQ build-to-suit