About

George has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate. He began his career at Sherwin Williams before joining Ostendorf-Morris in 1997 as an Industrial Database Manager and later a Sales Associate. Since joining Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate in 2003, George has advanced from Senior Sales Associate to Principal in 2021. 

As a consistent top producer, George has achieved recognition as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) in 2005 and a Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designation in 2009, credentials that reflect expertise and a strong transactional history. He was also inducted into the Midwest Real Estate News Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2018. 

During his tenure, George has focused on industrial, land, and investment advisory across Northeast Ohio. He represents owners, investors, developers, and occupiers on acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and renewals, land sales and assemblages, build-to-suit assignments, and strategic real estate consulting. Over his career, George has completed more than 1,000 transactions across 13 states, and the Barna Caplan Team has completed nearly 800 transactions totaling $1.15 billion in consideration since 2020.   

Clients

• Acchroma 
• Air Liquide America Corp.  
• Akron Cleveland Association of Realtors  
• Automated Packaging  
• Avery Dennison  
• Building Laborers Local 310 Health & Welfare Fund 
• Cleveland Steel Container  
• Dayglow  
• Dalfen Industrial 
• DGI Trucking, Inc. 
• DiGeronimo Companies 
• Donovan Marine  
• Eaton Corporation  
• Fat Head’s Brewery and Saloon  
• Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 
• Harsax Management Company  
• HGR Industrial Surplus 
• IBEW Local 38 Health & Welfare Fund 
• Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP)  
• InSteel Wire Products 
• Molding Dynamics  
• Momentive Technologies 
• MP Biomedicals, LLC 
• Panzica Construction Co. 
• Plymouth Industrial REIT 
• Premier Development Partners 
• Safran Power USA, LLC 
• Scannell Properties 
• Stanley Black & Decker 
• Weston, Inc. 

Affiliations

• Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM); Ohio Chapter of CCIM  
  • Former Board of Directors and President 
• Cleveland Area Board of Realtors (CABOR)  
  
  • Former Board of Directors and President 
• Kamm’s Corners Development Corporation  
  
  • Former Board of Directors and President 
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) 
• City of Fairview Park 
  • Planning and Design Commission 
  • Community Reinvestment Area Housing Council 
• Team NEO 
  • RightSites Council 

Awards & Recognition

• NAIOP ‘Industrial Broker of the Year’ 
• NAIOP ‘Industrial Investment Transaction of the Year’ 
• NAIOP ‘Industrial Transaction of the Year’ 
• NAIOP ‘Industrial Development Project of the Year’ 
• NAIOP ‘Office Development of the Year’ 
• NAIOP ‘Office Transaction of the Year’ 
• CoStar ‘Power Broker’  
• CABOR ‘Commercial Realtor of the Year’ 
• Duke Realty Co-recipient of ‘Construction Project of the Year’ 

Education

• Cleveland State University, B.B.A. in Finance