Colorado Real Estate Journal -
Eric Tupler, who has closed more than $6 billion of debt and equity real estate transactions during his career as a commercial real estate investment banker, has left CBRE Capital Markets to launch the Denver office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler. Tupler said he was not unhappy at CBRE and enjoyed and treasured the 15 years he spent there, underwriting and originating loans, and advising clients. “The change was not as a result of anything I was doing and where I was at,” Tupler said. “It really just kind of happened. HFF approached me about launching its new office in Denver and the opportunity for a new challenge really energized and refreshed me. That was what really drove the change.” Tupler was CBRE’s top Denver sales professional and the leader of the Denver Capital Markets group prior to his departure. Some of Tupler’s accolades: • He was the company's No. 1 national producer in debt and equity finance in 2004. • He was awarded the Manager Innovation Award for Capital Markets in 2007. • He was a six-time Coldwell Colbert Circle Award recipient, which recognizes the top 3 percent of commissioned CB Richard Ellis salespeople worldwide. • He was a top 200 sales professional eight times. Tupler brought his team, Josh Simon and Brock Cannon, with him. He also is being joined by Mark Fallon of the HFF Chicago office. Cannon will work as part of HFFs national loan sale advisory group alongside Fallon. Cannon began his career in Houston, working in the CBRE CapitalMarkets headquarters and his experience includes debt and equity originations, loan servicing and loan sales. Cannon has closed more than $3 billion in transactions during his career. Simon specializes in debt and equity placement of all property types and also has closed more than $3 billion in transactions during his career. Simon also has extensive experience in the placement, underwriting, and structuring of multihousing financing and is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado. “My goal is to grow the broad capital market service within Denver by adding a multifamily sales specialists and a commercial sales specialist,” Tupler said. Jody Thornton, a member of HFF’s Executive Committee, is overseeing the Denver office expansion from HFF’s Dallas office. “Although HFF has consummated a number of high-profile debt and investment sales assignments in the Denver metropolitan statistical area, HFF has waited for the best people to open an office and expand into the Denver market,” Thornton said in a release. “We are excited about the opportunity to better serve our existing and future clients in the Rocky Mountain region with the team of Tupler, Cannon, Simon and Fallon as well as the numerous opportunities they will create with their presence in Denver.” One thing HFF does not yet have in Denver is office space. “We are in the process of locating an office downtown,” Tupler said. “Initially, we will need about 3,500 square feet. Really, it will be temporary space that will allow us to grow until we have maybe an 18- to 20-person office.” Tupler received his Master of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from the University of Maryland.