CBRE has announced the hiring of Melina Cordero as Head of Retail Research, the Americas. Based in Washington, D.C., she will be responsible for research and analysis of the retail and shopping center industries. Prior to joining CBRE, Cordero was Director of Analytics at Path Intelligence at Euromonitor International in London and worked in urban planning and business policy research at the UK Parliament. Cordero holds a B.A. in French Studies from Yale and dual Master of Science degrees in Urban Planning and International Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Sciences-Po Paris.
“We are very pleased to add Melina to our research team, which tracks many commercial real estate asset classes and industries across several continents,” said Spencer Levy, CBRE’s Americas Head of Research. “Her deep international experience will enrich our team’s docket of in-depth reports on retailing trends, which covered luxury retail last year and will examine other trends important to both retailers and owners/investors in the retail space under Melina’s leadership in the Americas.”
