CBRE/New England appoints Cavanagh, Crean and Sims to partner - effective Jan.

According to CB Richard Ellis/New England (CBRE) three senior team members will become partners effective January. Patrick Cavanagh, Bill Crean and Shay Sims, have a wealth of experience in the Greater Boston real estate market. Cavanagh has been a member of the CBRE team for 13 years and currently holds a senior VP position. Currently a member of the Capital Markets Team, he specializes in the disposition and acquisition of real estate assets on behalf of private owners, investors, and corporate clients on a regional and national basis. Crean has been with CBRE since 1997 and serves as senior VP of brokerage services. In his current role, he focuses on landlord and tenant representation in the downtown Boston markets. In 2005, Crean received the Mass. Sales Award from CBRE. Sims has worked at CBRE since 2005 as VP and portfolio manager in the Asset Services Group. Recently, Sims was appointed as chair of the Sensible Sustainability Group to promote and align the N.E. offices with the CBRE national platform of becoming carbon neutral by 2010.