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Mary Hines and Jennifer Vergara join CBRE as Vice Chairs
Palo Alto – Oct. 7, 2024 – CBRE announced it has hired Mary Hines and Jennifer Vergara as Vice Chairs to its Life Sciences Practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. The duo specializes in tenant and landlord representation in the Bay Area life sciences sector and are prominent figures in the commercial real estate industry locally and nationally.
Hines and Vergara join CBRE from Newmark. The pair were top producers at Newmark.
They bring more than 45 years of combined experience and have completed more than 12 million sq. ft. of life sciences transactions. They represent a variety of venture-backed startups, large pharmaceutical companies, publicly traded REITs and institutional landlords in the life science and biotech industries. Notable clients include Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Gilead Sciences, Pliant Therapeutics, Denali Therapeutics, Arcus Biosciences and The Column Group, among others.
“Mary and Jennifer joining CBRE as Vice Chairs, the highest rank for producers within the company, speaks to their exceptional successes and significant contributions to the industry,” said Joe Wallace, President of CBRE’s Advisory & Transaction Services in Northern California. “They are among the top-performing brokerage teams in the region and are a valuable addition to CBRE’s powerhouse team of life sciences advisors.”
Hines also received several industry awards including Bisnow’s Bay Area Power Women of the Year, Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence Honoree and a multiyear recipient of CoStar Power Broker award. She is also fluent in Mandarin.
Vergara was named to San Francisco Business Times’ 40 Under 40 in 2020 and San Francisco Business Times’ Women of Influence in 2017 and multiyear recipient of the CoStar Power Broker award. She is fluent in Spanish
Hines and Vergara were recognized by San Francisco Business Times as 2023 “Deal of the Year” honorees for their work on the Pliant Therapeutics headquarters lease in South San Francisco. They also received the publication’s 2019 “Deal of the Year” award for their efforts on BioMed Realty’s lease at 5300 Chiron Way in Emeryville, Calif.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with the team of Hines and Vergara for nearly 20 years and can say without reservation they are best-in-class at building enduring relationships with clients based on a combination of trust and excellence,” said Matt Gardner, CBRE Americas Life Sciences Leader. “Their deep expertise in the industry will add greatly to CBRE’s global life sciences practice.”
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
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irine.spivak@cbre.com
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