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Cushman & Wakefield grabs CBRE hotels boss

Rob-Seabrook-THUMBCushman & Wakefield has appointed top hotel investment agent Rob Seabrook to lead transactional activity in its EMEA hotels & hospitality team.

Seabrook has almost 30 years’ investment experience and has specialised in hotel investment for the past 17, advising on single assets as well as large portfolios. He will join the firm in Q1 2018 and will play a key role working alongside former colleague Jon Hubbard, head of hospitality, EMEA.

For the past three years Seabrook has led CBRE’s UK hotel investment team, advising on deals including the sale of the Jupiter Portfolio for £160m, the Regency Hotel at 100 Queensgate, SW7,for £110m and the Fitzpatrick hotel portfolio in Dublin for €150m.

Prior to that he spent 20 years at JLL, rising to managing director – UK & Northern Europe transactions, before joining Savills as head of hotel agency between 2010 and 2014.

Hubbard said: “Rob is one of the most experienced and respected hotel investment agents in Europe and has worked extensively with the leading hotel investors globally. Cushman & Wakefield is a driving force in other sectors of the property market and this is a key appointment as we scale up our hospitality practice across EMEA.”

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