Professional Experience
Associated Office
Chris Herrmann is a Senior Vice President in Dallas, Texas, and is a member of CBRE’s Data Center Solutions group. Mr. Herrmann has specialized in the exclusive representation of office and data center clients for the past 30 years. Mr. Herrmann’s experience includes the closing of more than 1,000 transactions totaling 18 million square feet, including over 300 mw of data center transactions. His team is uniquely qualified to address all aspects of data center real estate, including tenant representation of colocation and telecommunications companies, land site analysis and acquisition/disposition, and the acquisition/disposition of data center facilities. His experience includes not only representing clients located in Dallas/Fort Worth, but also in account management of transactions on a global basis.
Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Herrmann was a Principal with Trammell Crow Company (TCC) in Dallas, where he was instrumental in developing tenant representation and data center site selection best practices which ultimately led to CBRE’s Data Center Solutions group. During the past 30 years, Mr. Herrmann has been responsible for many of the most significant data center/critical facility expansions in the country.
- University of North Texas, Master of Business Administration
- Austin College, Bachelor of Business Administration
- CBRE Data Center Solutions, North Texas Member
- Austin College “A” Association and Athletic Hall of Honor Inductee
- Played collegiate and semi-professional basketball
- AT&T
Various
Data Center nationally - Bank of America
Office
566,600 SF - Bank of America
Data Center
350,000 SF - Baylor Scott & White
Office
225,000 SF - Comerica
Office
197,000 SF - Tenet Healthcare
Office
165,000 SF - Vinson & Elkins
Office
159,000 SF - Equinix
- IBM (Softlayer)
- Various
Site Selection and Data Center
- Intel
Data Center; multiple office transactions globally
144,000 SF - EY
Office
142,000 SF - JMPC
Various
Site Selection and Data Center - Lumen
Various
Data Center - Skybox
- Vendor Resource Management
Office
85,000 SF - Verizon
Office & Data Center
71,000 SF - Express Scripts
Data Center
40,000 SF - KDC
- Data Center: Deposition of Power Shell
- Atos
- Boston Consulting
- Comerica
- CoreXchange
- Equinix
- Express Scripts
- HP
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- NTT (GI)
- PepsiCo
- Symphony Teleca Services
- Skybox - Houston
- Tangoe
- Tenet Healthcare
- Travelers Insurance
- Vendor Resource Management
- Verio
- Verizon
- Vinson & Elikins
- Winstead
Overview
CBRE’s Dallas-based Data Center Solutions (the “Team”) blends its relevant transaction experience with CBRE’s best-in-class international real estate platform. On behalf of its clients, the Team uses its deep understanding of both traditional real estate and its knowledge of the technical aspects of data center construction and finance to obtain optimal transaction economics. The Team’s proprietary Data Center Dashboard provides clients with unparalleled market insight and best practices. As the team's best-practice library and Dashboard are constantly evolving, their innovative approach to deal process and financial analysis has become an industry standard. The Team has completed transactions in more than 60 U.S. markets and has closed a spectrum of critical facility assignments that range from 50kW to multiple MW. This Dallas-based Team has the right experience, platform and process to solve any of your data center needs.
Featured Clients
- Atos
- Baylor
- Samsung
- Pepsico
- LPL Financial
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Sprint
- Lowe's
- Comerica
- Level 3 Communications
- Equinix
- Verizon
- Windstream
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