CBRE Group has brought Blake Johnson on board at CBRE Capital Markets as Executive Vice President. Johnson will join the firm’s Institutional Properties team and will be responsible for office investment sales, with a concentrated focus on Chicago’s central business district office transactions. Johnson arrives at CBRE after six years as Principal and President at The John Buck Company, before which he worked for Eastdil’s Chicago office for 12 years. Johnson is a graduate of Rice University and received his master’s degree from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business.