Key Takeaways
- • Bobby Mills, Managing Director in the St. Louis office of Global Real Estate Advisors (GREA), has been directly involved in over $2 billion of multifamily transactions totaling more than 25,000 units over more than 10 years, according to REJournals.
- • Mills leads GREA's Midwest expansion and specializes in the sale, financing, and equity placement of multifamily real estate for private capital and institutional owners and developers.
- • Mills was recognized as a CoStar Power Broker in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
- • Before joining GREA, Mills was Senior Director of Investment Sales in Berkadia's St. Louis office, where his team sold more apartments in St. Louis than all competitors combined.
- • Mills partners with colleagues in Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis within GREA's integrated Midwest Team.
Summary
REJournals profiled Bobby Mills, Managing Director in the St. Louis office of Global Real Estate Advisors (GREA), as part of its Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame series. The profile cites more than a decade of experience and more than $2 billion of multifamily transactions totaling over 25,000 units in which Mills has been directly involved.
Mills leads GREA's Midwest expansion and focuses on the sale, financing, and equity placement of multifamily assets on behalf of private capital and institutional property owners and developers. He has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker in each year from 2021 through 2025 and is frequently invited to speak at multifamily conferences and panels. In his role, he works with colleagues across GREA's fully integrated Midwest Team in Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis to deliver multi-market advisory services.
Prior to joining GREA, Mills served as Senior Director of Investment Sales in Berkadia's St. Louis office. The profile states that the St. Louis Investment Sales team he was part of sold more apartments in St. Louis than all of its competitors combined.
The article attributes much of Mills' success to relationship-building. He describes commercial real estate as "ultimately a people and information business." As an example, the profile recounts that a conversation with a TaskRabbit worker hired during a home move led to an introduction to the worker's sister-in-law, who owned approximately 2,500 multifamily units across Missouri and Illinois. That connection led to multiple property sales and new listings for Mills.
Mills holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance and an MBA from the University of Dayton. He initially planned a career in public accounting before an internship with a local private equity real estate firm steered him toward commercial real estate.
Mills leads GREA's Midwest expansion and focuses on the sale, financing, and equity placement of multifamily assets on behalf of private capital and institutional property owners and developers. He has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker in each year from 2021 through 2025 and is frequently invited to speak at multifamily conferences and panels. In his role, he works with colleagues across GREA's fully integrated Midwest Team in Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis to deliver multi-market advisory services.
Prior to joining GREA, Mills served as Senior Director of Investment Sales in Berkadia's St. Louis office. The profile states that the St. Louis Investment Sales team he was part of sold more apartments in St. Louis than all of its competitors combined.
The article attributes much of Mills' success to relationship-building. He describes commercial real estate as "ultimately a people and information business." As an example, the profile recounts that a conversation with a TaskRabbit worker hired during a home move led to an introduction to the worker's sister-in-law, who owned approximately 2,500 multifamily units across Missouri and Illinois. That connection led to multiple property sales and new listings for Mills.
Mills holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance and an MBA from the University of Dayton. He initially planned a career in public accounting before an internship with a local private equity real estate firm steered him toward commercial real estate.
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