Matthew Van Buren

Matt Van Buren is President of CBRE's Northeast Division, with oversight of all lines of business operating within the area. The Northeast Division comprises more than 4,300 employees across the region, including key cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York Tri-State, which is CBRE's largest market by revenue in the U.S.

From 2006 through 2015, Matt held leadership positions of increasing responsibility in New York Tri-State, most recently President and previously, Executive Managing Director of CBRE's Midtown New York operation, with responsibility for Brokerage Services. From 1991 through 2006, he built and managed sales organizations in senior leadership positions at Wolters Kluwer, the Washington Post Company and Thomson Reuters.

Matt is a member of CBRE's Americas Executive Committee, Americas Operations Management Board, Eastern Division Executive Committee and Americas Strategy Group. 

His leadership is further exemplified by active participation in several organizations that are significant to our industry. Matt is an active member of the Executive Committee and

the Commercial Brokerage Board of Directors of the Real Estate Board of New

York (REBNY) and serves on the Executive Committee of the New York Section of the Urban

Land Institute, as well as the Executive Committee Association for a Better New

York and the Executive Advisory Board of Baruch College's Zicklin School of

Business. Additionally, Mr. Van Buren is a member of the Chairman's Club of the

New York Building Congress and a member of the Board of Directors of the

Downtown Alliance. 

Matt balances his professional leadership with his strong commitment to serve the local community. He is actively involved in numerous charitable organizations in the greater New York area, including the YMCA, the Police Athletic League, the New York City Police Foundation and the Greater New York Boy Scouts of America.