Trammell Crow Company appoints Gregg Gilbert to lead TCC Iberia

Trammell Crow Company (TCC), a leading commercial real estate developer, has appointed Gregg Gilbert to lead the firm’s operations across Iberia. Gregg will oversee TCC’s strategy, acquisitions and development activity across Spain and Portugal, with a focus on growing its existing logistics pipeline and expanding into other commercial and residential projects. He will report to David Neuman, President, TCC Europe.

Gilbert has 23 years of experience in the real estate industry and joins TCC from PineBridge Benson Elliot (PBBE), a pan-European real estate private equity fund manager, where he spent 14 years as Managing Director and Head of Iberia, responsible for originating, analysing and managing investments in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the U.K. Prior to PBBE, Gregg worked for global private equity fund manager Colony Capital.

TCC currently has four active logistics projects in Spain, comprising c. 55 hectares of land to be developed into a variety of warehouse types, offering 360,000 sq m of GLA to a range of tenants. Across Europe, the firm has €765m in logistics, and €2.4bn in residential and office development in process and in its pipeline. In the U.S., TCC has more than $30 billion in process and pipeline across various product types.

David Neuman, President, Europe, at Trammell Crow Company, said: “Gregg brings deep sector knowledge and leadership experience that will be critical as we expand across the Iberian Peninsula. His appointment, along with other strategic hires across our European platform, enhances our ability to deliver high-quality, sustainable developments that create long-term value for our partners.”

Gregg Gilbert, Head of Iberia at Trammell Crow Company, commented: “I’m excited to join TCC at such a pivotal moment. Spain and Portugal are attracting significant interest from occupiers and investors alike, due to their favourable economic outlook and attractive supply-demand fundamentals. We will be able to leverage TCC’s extensive pipeline and experience in building large scale logistics projects, as well as office, data centres and residential, as we expand our team and footprint throughout Spain and Portugal.”