The New York-based Global Net Lease Partners is an expanded version of Corporate Partners, CBREI's former sale-leaseback unit. As managing director, Olson is charged with identifying and closing deals in the US, the UK and Europe.

Olsen tells GlobeSt.com that the new group's focus will be similar to that of its predecessor, but that its international component is new. "What is different is that we'll be [focusing] 50% on the US, 35% on the UK and 15% on Continental Europe. The reason is, quite frankly, it gives us a competitive advantage." He notes that while the unit currently is "using some of the resources inside the company," the business plans calls for six new hires.

Most of the net lease and sale-leaseback deal flow, Olsen says, "is coming out of companies restructuring or as part of a transition involving a leveraged buyout." And while "the deal flow has certainly slowed down, it remains an attractive market."