CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBG) announces Norbert Buelsing, CPM, CSM has joined the CBRE Investment team as Senior Vice President, effective March 15, 2012.

Most recently, Buelsing was the President of A&B Properties, Inc., the real estate operating subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc (NYSE:ALEX). His responsibilities included acquisition and disposition of income properties for the firm’s eight million square foot income portfolio, as well as oversight of construction and sales of commercial developments and resort projects in Hawaii and on the U.S. mainland.

“Our goal is to provide clients with the highest level of service from talented professionals with both local insight and global reach,” said Kim Lord, Senior Managing Director for CBRE in Hawaii. “Norb brings a strong track record of success in understanding a wide range of commercial real estate services and our investor clients will benefit from that.

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Prior to A&B Properties, Buelsing was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Chaney, Brooks & Company during which time it became both the largest real estate firm in Hawaii and one of the five largest property management firms in the United States.

Buelsing received a Bachelor degree from the University of Cincinnati, where he also did postgraduate work in real estate.

He is a board member of several community organizations including the Manoa Valley Theatre, Historic Hawaii Foundation and the Diocesan Real Estate Committee and is treasurer of the Waialae Ridgeline Estates Association.

About CBRE Group, Inc.CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2011 revenue).  The Company has approximately 34,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. Please visit our Web site at www.cbre.com