Manny Fitzgerald

Manny Fitzgerald

Executive Vice President, CBRE

Washington, DC 20036

Phone (202) 585-5540

Experienced commercial real estate executive specializing in nonprofit sector, leading high-profile transactions and strategic partnerships.
Specialties
Landlord Rep (Office), Tenant Rep (Office)
Property Types
Office
Markets
Washington, DC
Bio
An Executive Vice President with CBRE, Inc., Manny Fitzgerald has more than 30+ years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Manny is experienced in both landlord and tenant representation and is considered an expert in nonprofit real estate matters. His development experience evolved from spending almost 12 years with DRI, one of the most prolific nonprofit headquarters developers in the Washington, DC area. Manny founded and leads CBRE’s National Nonprofit Practice Group. This group of real estate professionals specializes in providing superior real estate services to the nonprofit sector, which is comprised of associations, foundations, professional societies, unions and charitable organizations. Mr. Fitzgerald has also worked with many for-profit organizations. Manny has participated in many high-profile transactions in his career. For example, he has been involved in the sale/acquisition of approximately 60 nonprofit headquarters buildings including: United Negro College Fund (50,000 SF); National Restaurant Association (sale of 170,000 development site and acquisition of 60,000 SF office condo); National Trust for Historic Preservation (75,000 SF) and National Association of Broadcasters (120,000 SF). He also represented The John Akridge Companies in the sale of 1307 New York Avenue, NW, a 106,000-square-foot, Class A office building, to a consortium of nonprofit organizations and the acquisition of a 300,000-square-foot development site at 900 H Street, NW, which was eventually developed and sold to The Smithsonian Institution. Additionally, Manny was involved in the sale of the Old Masonic Temple building at 901 F Street, NW and a subsequent owner representation assignment that secured The Gallup Organization as an anchor tenant. This transaction won the Washington Business Journal’s Deal of the Year award. Manny also secured and services national exclusive real estate contracts with several national nonprofit organizations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, The Catholic University of America
Awards
CBRE George T. Quinn Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient - presented to the individual that exemplifies the qualities, which are consistent with the overall objective of the firm. Honest, hardworking, fair, loyal, trustworthy, proud, moral, and cons
Multiple Regional Top Producer Awards
Multiple Top 10% Awards for North America
Ranked #3 overall leasing broker for the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area
Multiple Top Ten Virginia Leasing Awards
Top Ten Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors’ Sales Award