Brooks Pedder, SIOR, joined CBRE in February 2024 as Vice Chairman in the firm’s Walnut Creek office. He brings high-caliber leadership, experience, knowledge and credibility to this team.

Brooks specializes in the sales and leasing of industrial and office properties within Contra Costa, Solano and Napa counties (North Bay Area). His scope of client services includes landlord representation, tenant representation, and investment sales. During his near 39-year career, Brooks has leased or sold in excess of 90 million square feet of building inventory and has sold in excess of 4,000 acres of industrial land.

Brooks began his real estate career in 1985 with Norris, Beggs & Simpson specializing in industrial and office property in Solano, Contra Costa and Napa Counties. He joined the Galbreath Company’s East Bay/North Bay Region in 1994 where he consistently ranked within the top three in California in total production. He most recently worked at Colliers International, where he was a top performing broker since 1997 and served as Executive Managing Director and Board Member.

Professional Experience

Brooks joined CBRE in 2024 as Vice Chairman, specializing in leasing industrial and logistics properties within Contra Costa, Solano, and Napa counties, representing landlords, tenants, owner/users, and institutional investors.

Brooks has leased or sold over 100 million square feet of building space and sold more than 4,000 acres of industrial land or business parks across Northern California. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Pedder was Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield, where he was top producer for the past four years and a Top Ten Industrial Producer Nationally.

Brooks began his real estate career in 1985 with Norris, Beggs & Simpson specializing in industrial and office property in Solano, Contra Costa, and Napa Counties. He joined the Galbreath Company’s East Bay/North Bay Region in 1994 where he consistently ranked within the top three in California in total production. He also served as Executive Managing Director and Board Member at Colliers International, where he was a top-performing broker from 1997-2014. He most recently was Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield from 2014-2024.

Clients Represented

Owner

‒ Ridgeline Property Group

‒ Northpoint Development

‒ Link Industrial Properties

‒ Trammell Crow Company

‒ Clarion Partners

‒ PCCP

‒ The Blackstone Group LP

‒ Garaventa Properties

‒ Morgan Stanley & Co.

‒ Affinius Capital

‒ IndCor

‒ New York Life Investment Management

‒ Divco West

‒ Orchard Partners LLC

‒ Bechtel

‒ Lincoln Property Company

‒ DWS

‒ Equity Office Properties

‒ Tulloch Construction

‒ Panattoni Development

‒ Buzz Oates Enterprises

‒ Spieker Partners

‒ Kemper Insurance

‒ GLP Properties

‒ Birtcher Anderson

‒ LDK Ventures, LLC

‒ Morgan Stanley

‒ Sun Life

‒ Pamco Assurance

‒ Copley Real Estate Advisors

‒ Garrison Pacific

‒ KLP Properties

‒ Westrust, Ricardo Capretta

Awards

Society of Industrial and Office Realtor (SIOR) Awards Norther California Chapter (most recent)

‒ 2016

Top Land Sale

Top Flex/R&D Lease

- 2017

Top Industrial Sale

Top Industrial Lease

‒ 2018

Top Office Sale Large Market

‒ 2020

Top Industrial Sale Large Market Top Land Sale Large Market

- 2022 Top Industrial Sale Large Market

‒ 2023

Top Industrial Lease Large Market

Top Industrial Land Sale Large Market

Education

Bachelor of Science in Political Science, University of California Berkeley