Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announces new president

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced a major leadership change Friday.

Eric Robison, a commercial real estate broker who leads Thalhimer’s capital markets team, has been promoted to president, effective June 1. He will succeed current president Lee Warfield in the role. However, Warfield will continue as Thalhimer’s CEO, chairman of the board of directors and ESOP Co-Trustee.

“I have had the privilege of serving as Thalhimer’s president for 14 years and confidently believe it’s time to give others more responsibility to lead our company into the future,” Warfield said in a statement. “Eric’s promotion to this role has been years in the making and reflects our firm’s commitment to thoughtful succession planning and future growth. Thalhimer is a remarkable company, and I am proud to be a part of it and work alongside so many talented people.”

Warfield said he valued Robison’s work ethic, strategic thinking and leadership abilities, adding he’s “more than confident” Robison will excel in the role.

Robison has been with the firm since 2004 and will remain a member of Thalhimer’s executive leadership team and the firm’s board of directors. He has held various leadership roles in the community, including as a board member of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Real Estate Circle of Excellence, an advisory board member for the Virginia Tech Program in Real Estate and he is a past president of the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to become president of Thalhimer,” Robison said in a statement. “This firm has been my professional home for over two decades, and I’m honored to serve the over 500 employee-owners of our outstanding company in this new role.”

Founded in 1913, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has offices across the state and has nearly 100 broker professionals and employs about 530 associates. In 2024, Thalhimer completed over 1,800 transactions with a transactional volume of more than $1.96 billion.