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Cushman & Wakefield strengthens the Residential Investment team with 2 key appointments

Martin Polifke • 23/09/2025

Cushman & Wakefield's Residential Investment division continues to grow: on 1 October 2025, Sherwin Shahbiek will take over the position of Head of Residential Investment North Rhine-Westphalia. In this role, he will be responsible for business throughout the state, with a focus on Düsseldorf and Cologne. Also on 1 October, Kimberly Hohmann will join the Residential Investment team in Frankfurt as a consultant under the leadership of Carl Simon Rothenbusch.


Sherwin Shahbiek joins Cushman & Wakefield from JLL, where he has spent the last two years as an associate in the Residential Investment division, serving national and international clients. Other stages in his nearly ten-year career include positions at the consulting firms Deloitte and PwC. Shabiek holds a Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Management and Economics from the Ruhr University in Bochum and also has two US master's degrees.   

Kimberly Hohmann joins from agradblue, part of Westbridge, where she worked as an Associate Sustainability Consultant. Prior to that, she worked for Swiss Life Asset Managers and Deloitte, among others. Hohmann holds a Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) degree from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.   
Jan-Bastian Knod, Head of Residential Investment Germany at Cushman & Wakefield: "With Sherwin Shahbiek, we are gaining an experienced investment expert with a deep understanding of the market and a strong network. Together with Kimberly Hohmann in Frankfurt and the two new additions in Munich, Giw Mohadjer and Mirjam Loleit, we are consistently continuing our growth course in the residential investment sector, including at the regional level."

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