Chris Atkinson, a 21-year veteran in commercial real estate, was named President of Brokerage at Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full service regional real estate companies on the West Coast.
Atkinson’s arrival comes at a time when the 89-year-old Los Angeles-based firm is in the process of advancing new company-wide initiatives including the recent post of Chris Cooper as CEO and an upcoming move from its current West Los Angeles office to a new location in Century City.
“Chris brings tremendous passion to his work in the brokerage arena,†said Cooper. ‘He’s got an instinctive ability to build cohesive and meaningful integrated service opportunities that will allow every aspect of Charles Dunn to expand, grow and thrive. There’s no question that Chris will be a key ingredient to this exciting process, and we’re pleased to have him on board.â€
Atkinson, who will oversee all of Charles Dunn’s nine brokerage offices in California and Arizona, join Cooper and Patrick Conn, President of Property Management, to help lead the strategic initiatives and growth of Charles Dunn Company.
“I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to help lead the Charles Dunn Company as it makes this very exciting transformation,†said Atkinson. “There is a tremendous amount of talent and energy in this company and I’m looking forward to working with our brokerage professionals as well as all of our other service lines, to ensure that we provide a best in class integrated service solution platform to our clients.
Atkinson’s experience spans 21 years including: Principal/Founder of Atkinson Partners LLC; President/Founder of Omni Petroleum Management, LLC; Vice President, The Bates Co.; Co-founder and VP of The Bates Development Co.; VP of Trammell Crow Company; Founder/President at Pacific Realty Advisors; and Senior Associate at CBRE.
