Karina Kreja

Director, Workplace Consultancy and Change Management, CBRE

Karina is specializing in analysis and consultancy for commercial real estate sectors. She is a graduated architect and a licensed Valuer (Polish licence no 5543) and for a number of years led an independent interior design practice. Karina obtained Msc. degree from the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw Technical University and studied at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and Ecole d'Architecture de Bretagne in Rennes (France). Between 2001 and 2004, in the framework of Warsaw’s Faculty of Architecture research pro-gramme, she led post-occupancy research in shopping centres and office buildings’ common areas. She was setting up new and innovative tools of urban space research in the context of commercial spaces. Working in Jones Lang LaSalle between 2004 and 2009, among others she was responsible for office market research and then she played a leading role in establishing Warsaw Office Market zones. For over 3 years she worked in London’s office of JLL where she was responsible for research development in peripheral and emerging locations. She has been with CBRE for over 8 years and since 2013 is responsible for Workplace Consultancy and Change Management services as one of the leaders in Advisory&Transaction.