Cliff Bell

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Cliff Bell is a Director with the Portfolio Strategy practice of Americas Consulting. He has experience in real estate strategy and consulting for regional, national, and global private sector clients in various industries including financial services, utilities, healthcare, and retail.

Cliff is currently helping clients achieve real estate, workforce, and operational efficiencies through portfolio strategy and optimization, HQ strategy, dashboard solutions, location/market analysis, and M&A transfer management. He is experienced in corporate real estate transformation, portfolio optimization analysis, workplace utilization, benchmarking, and market analysis.

Prior to joining the Americas Consulting practice, Cliff was a dedicated strategist for a regional retail bank in the CBRE Global Workplace Solutions division. There he helped to create efficiencies for the client in a variety of disciplines including facilities management, project management, and transaction management and helped to redefine the benchmarking program for the Global Workplace Solutions team. Before CBRE, Cliff first joined the commercial real estate industry as a licensed salesperson in the Atlanta office, retail, and industrial market as a tenant representative for a boutique brokerage office.

Cliff brings a varied background of experience and stays at the forefront of industry trends to bring value and creative solutions to his clients.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2016 CBRE GWS Innovation Award
  • 2019 – 2020 CBRE EMPOWER Program
  • 2x CBRE RISE Award Recipient for GWS Regions Bank Account
  • 2018 CBRE Employee Photographer of the Year

Publications

  • The Shifting Landscape of Headquarters: Change Among the Fortune 500 Published March 12, 2024

Professional Affiliations/Accreditations

  • Licensed Georgia Real Estate Salesperson (Active)
  • Tableau Desktop Accreditation (Inactive)
  • Executive Council, Real Estate Board
  • Brock School of Business
  • Samford University

Education

  • Samford University, Bachelor's degree in marketing, Fine Arts minor, summa cum laude

Clients

  • Asplundh
  • Cadence Bank
  • Comerica Bank
  • Emory Healthcare
  • General Electric
  • Hydro One
  • Keesler Federal Credit Union
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Montefiore
  • NCR ATLEOS
  • Papa John's
  • Puget Sound Energy
  • Regions Bank
  • Siemens
  • UnitedHealthcare Group
  • YWCA

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