Ben Friedland is an executive vice president at CBRE, a commercial real estate firm. He specializes in tenant and landlord representation. Many of his clients are hedge funds. He is the current landlord representative for the 2 million-square-foot General Motors Building at 767 Fifth Avenue. Prior to joining CBRE, he was with Insignia/ESG, which merged with CBRE in 2003.

In 2009, Friedland brokered $130 a square foot deal for half of the General Motors Building's top floor on behalf of Brazilian bank Banco Itau. Friedland was also on the CBRE team that signed online store Etsy a 172,000-square-foot lease at 117 Adams Street in Brooklyn in 2014. The year before he had helped move Mediaocean LLC into nearly 90,000-square-feet at 620 Avenue of the Americas. Friedlands also brokered a number of deals at 7 Times Square, including Times Square Capitals takeover of the 42nd floor in 2013.

Friedland is a recreational basketball player and member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY).

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