CBRE taps new global research chief; BH Properties adds executive to expand California investments; CenterPoint targets Central US growth with new hire

CBRE named Henry Chin as global head of research to lead a team of nearly 600 professionals on the real estate service provider’s research team. The Dallas-based company said Chin succeeds Richard Barkham, who will retire from CBRE at the end of June. Chin has been with CBRE for more than 10 years, serving most recently as global chief operating officer for CBRE Research and head of investor thought leadership.

Chin joined CBRE in 2014 as head of research for the Asia Pacific region. His role was later expanded to include leadership duties for areas including Europe and the Middle East. Before CBRE, Chin held senior research and investment strategy positions at PGIM and Deutsche Bank Group. He started his career as lead Asian real estate analyst for DTZ in London. 

Real estate investment firm BH Properties hired Taylor Reid as senior asset manager, based in its San Diego office. The Los Angeles-based company said Reid will focus on lease negotiations, property repositioning and related strategies to increase the value of investments across BH Properties’ California portfolio of retail, office, industrial and mixed-use properties. Reid most recently was associate director of asset management and development at Pacifica Cos., where she worked on transactions that included leases, sales and ground-up construction.

She previously served as asset manager for the Port of San Diego, where she oversaw a portfolio of more than 80 properties, including hotels, restaurants, retail buildings, parks, marinas and infrastructure. BH Properties has six regional offices and owns and operates about 11 million square feet of properties across 16 states. 

CenterPoint Properties appointed Jeff Thornton as executive vice president of leading its Central region team, the Oakbrook, Illinois-based development and investment firm said. Thornton, who's based in Dallas, joined CenterPoint from Ryan Cos., where he served as president of that firm’s South Central region. Thornton’s 25 years of industry experience includes more than 20 at Duke Realty, where he handled development, leasing, acquisitions and asset management. As a regional senior vice president at Duke, he oversaw a 30-million-square-foot portfolio that spanned the Dallas, Houston and St. Louis regions.

CenterPoint’s Central region contains 83 properties totaling nearly 24 million square feet of warehouse space in markets including Chicago, Houston, Dallas and Austin, Texas. The company has seven regional offices and holds a national portfolio with more than 300 buildings leased to nearly 400 tenants.

Edge Realty Partners added David Jarand to its brokerage team in Phoenix, where he serves as a senior vice president. He joined the firm from Avison Young. Jarand has more than 30 years of industry experience in tenant and landlord representation and new development project leasing. Prior to serving as a principal at Avison Young, where he expanded the firm’s Phoenix retail presence, he served in leadership roles at Strategic Retail Group, Grubb & Ellis and Silk & Stewart Development Group.

Dallas-based Edge Realty said it also hired Kevin Jarand and Anthony Ruiz as senior associates in its Phoenix office. Kevin Jarand was formerly with Avison Young and Ruiz moved to Edge Realty from SVN Desert Commercial Advisors.

PEG Cos. appointed Kyle Early as managing director of portfolio management as the Provo, Utah-based investment and development firm expands its U.S. and Canadian holdings. The company said Early will lead residential investments geared toward institutional and private wealth clients. He joined PEG from Greystar Investment Management, where he served as managing director in charge of divisions such as loan originations and investments.

He held earlier executive positions at Vanbarton Group and CIM Group. Led by founder and co-CEO Cameron Gunter, PEG Cos. was founded in 2003 and has a portfolio of about $2 billion in assets under management that contains multifamily, hospitality and build-to-rent properties.