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Chelby Sanders

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Managing Principal at Cresa
📍 Dallas, Texas, United States

Chelby Sanders is a Managing Principal at Cresa, specializing in occupier-focused commercial real estate. With a background in accounting from the University of Texas at Tyler, she has negotiated over 40 million square feet in transactions for clients like American Airlines and Hilton. People who have worked with her describe her as focused, intelligent, and energetic.

Outside of real estate, Chelby is deeply involved in her community, serving on the board of Fair Park First and having previously chaired the Go Red for Women initiative for the American Heart Association. She is also a co-owner of a fully operational cattle ranch, fueling her passion for the outdoors.

Unique fact: Beyond her corporate real estate career, she is an entrepreneur who founded a limestone aggregate business and is also an active cattle rancher in West Texas.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Managing Principal
Job Level
Senior
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Priorities

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Tenant Representation
Her career, from Staubach to Cresa, is defined by an unwavering commitment to representing the tenant's best interests in complex commercial real estate deals.
Large-Scale Relocations
She has a proven track record of managing massive, high-profile corporate headquarter relocations and campus consolidations for major companies like Hilton and American Airlines.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Managing Principal
Cresa
2-2022
Board Member
Fair Park First
12-2020
Founder
Titanium Commerical
2015 - 2016
Chair GoRed for Women 2016
American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
4-2012 - 9-2023
Executive Vice President
CBRE
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Chelby Sanders joins Cresa. Featured in REJournals
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D Magazine Personnel Moves: Cresa appoints managing principal; and more.. Featured in Cresa News
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Education
1990 - 1992
B.S.
University of Texas at Tyler
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