Robert Cavaiola
Senior Managing Director @ Savills | Workplace Strategy and Global Real Estate Optimization for Creative. Media/Ent. Finance/Banking. Tech/AI. Fashion Industries
- Role
- Senior Managing Director at Savills North America
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Cavaiola
OVERVIEW.26 years of commercial real estate experience at Savills working with global occupiers to optimize their real estate and implement workplace strategies.SPECIALTIES.Strategic planning, multi-market evaluation, office space assessment, lease/purchase/restructure/ disposition negotiations, interior design/construction, financial modeling, project management, and M&A (pre and post-merger) due diligence.Frequently quoted in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Los Angeles Times, Commercial Observer, and various trade magazines such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Screen, Shoot, and Advertising Age.Reasons why companies hire Bobby:1) Expansion, relocation, contraction, sublease, reconfigure, or rapidly roll out/scale office space(s) in Los Angeles, New York, and regional offices around North America and Europe.2) Short-term, creative, flexible space solutions. Tailored towards fast-growing brands, emerging growth, or newly formed ventures.3) Renew & restructure existing office leases and negotiate against the Landlord. 4) M&A. Pre and post-merger real estate due diligence.5) Construction Management Expertise. Understanding costs, build-outs, curating proper teams and timelines associated with both simple and complex real estate projects6) Workplace Strategy. Understanding how space impacts company culture, health/safety/wellness, and occupancy costs both now and into the future. INTRODUCTIONS.Bobby is active in both the creative (talent/media/advertising/tech) and financial/ private equity/banking ecosystems. He goes out of his way to make high-level introductions via friends, networking, and common business associates in the spirit of helping the community succeed.EDUCATION.Bobby received his BA (Business and Spanish) from UCLA in 1998; and studied International Business at the University of Sevilla in Spain.PHILANTHROPY/ COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP.Member of Heal the Bay. Surfrider Foundation. Playing for Change and St Paul\'s Catholic Church; and has been a volunteer youth basketball and volleyball coach at Cheviot Hills Rec Center since 2019.OUTSIDE OF OFFICE.Bobby is passionate about his family (father of twin girls and John, the golden retriever) and loves coaching his twin girls. He is active in the sports community (basketball, tennis, volleyball, water polo), obsessed with playing pickleball, fantasy sports (football and baseball), real estate investing, spending way too much time cold plunging, and grilling up the best tri-tip and skirt steak in town.
Experience
Senior Managing Director
Jan 1998 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
ABOUT SAVILLS, INC.Savills is a London-based real estate advisory firm with more than employees globally. Within the United States, Savills is committed to a tenant-only platform with 27 offices and 800 professionals nationwide. Savills is dedicated as an organization to providing the resources, tools, and professionals who can help our clients make strategic and well-educated real estate decisions related to their business.
Education
Universidad de Sevilla
Spanish and International Business
UCLA
BS
1993 — 1997
Skills
- Relocation
- Investment Properties
- Leases
- Mergers
- Real Estate
- Tenant Representation
- Corporate Real Estate
- Buyer Representation
- Commercial Real Estate
- Renewals
- Financial Modeling
- Office Space
- Dispositions
- Site Selection
- Sellers
- Tenant
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