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Brian Tapp

Brian Tapp

First Vice President, CBRE

Knoxville, TN 37919

Phone (865) 498-6500 x2

Specializes in industrial sales and leasing, land assemblage for development, retail sales and leasing, and tenant representation.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Landlord Rep (Industrial), Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep (Industrial)
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Flex
Markets
Knoxville
Bio
Brian Tapp is a First Vice President at CBRE in Knoxville, Tennessee. Brian is a Knoxville native with over 16 years of experience in commercial real estate and joined CBRE in 2022 as a member of the newly-formed Knoxville office. His expertise spans industrial sales and leasing, land assemblage for development, retail sales and leasing, tenant representation and corporate real estate services and bank "other real estate owned" (OREO) dispositions. He has been involved in 108 transactions totaling $144 million since 2016. Brian is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designee, a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and involved in various local non-profits and organizations, including acting as a board member for the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce in the Government Relations and Transportation and Infrastructure committees. He is currently a Director and Commercial Chapter Chair for the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors. Brian has also served as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Great Smoky Mountain Council for Boy Scouts of America, Nucleus Knoxville and United Way.
Education
University of Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science University of Tennessee, Minor, Business Administration
Affiliations
  • CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • SIOR - Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Awards
2019 - Leadership Knoxville
2015 - 40 Under Forty - Greater Knoxville Business Journal