Jose Lobon.
José Lobón
Vice chairman at CBRE’s National Partners
CBRE describes José Lobón as one of the “top producers” in the country, let alone in South Florida, and it’s easy to understand why. Since joining the real estate services giant 13 years ago, Lobón has been involved in over $18 billion in real estate sale and finance deals, including trades involving both single properties and major portfolios.
One such recent sale was the 25-building, 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio, spread across Miami-Dade and Broward counties, that Longpoint Partners purchased from Seagis Property Group in December for $260 million. It was the largest industrial sale in the entire state last year — and the second-largest commercial real estate property trade, period, in Florida in 2023, per CBRE. Lobón, along with other members of CBRE’s National Partners Industrial and Logistics Capital Markets team, represented Seagis in the deal. At the time of the trade, Lobón called South Florida “one of the strongest industrial markets in the country,” in a statement.
Other major transactions that Lobón has brokered in recent months include the August sale of Florida Gateway Logistics Park, a 300,000-square-foot industrial complex in West Jacksonville, for $32.8 million, as well as a separate, 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio sale in Jacksonville in December for an undisclosed price.
Lobón — who could not be reached for an interview — earned his bachelor’s in the history of art and architecture from Vermont’s Middlebury College in 2003 and then an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010. Since joining CBRE the following year, he’s represented big-name clients such as Blackstone, PGIM, Prologis and Bridge Development.
