Experience

Rick Nash is a Principal at Avison Young’s Atlanta operations. Prior to joining Avison Young in 2014 , Mr. Nash spent 23 years at CBRE and 6 years at DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield. He has managed in excess of 3,000 corporate real estate transactions valued at over 3 billion dollars. In 1988, Mr. Nash led the effort to establish and develop the first true Corporate Services Account program in Atlanta. He designed and established the service delivery models for numerous Fortune 1000 corporations, including AT&T (and all subsequent divestitures) and Frito-Lay, both for whom he managed multi-market transactions for 20 years. 

Credentials

Affiliations

• Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
• Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• Member, Georgia & National Association of Realtors (Licensed in 5 states)

Education

• B.S., Agriculture Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• M.S., Finance, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Client List

Significant multi-market client list

• Alcatel-Lucent
• AT&T
• Avaya
• Cingular Wireless
• Cox Enterprises
• HD Supply
• IBM
• Michelin North America
• NCR
• PepsiCo

Significant major transactions

• Alcatel Lucent:  75,000 SF Class A Office, Austin, TX
• Alcatel Lucent: 121,000 SF Class A Office/Electronics Lab, Columbus, OH
• AT&T Wireless: 245,000 SF Class A Office, Plano, TX
• AT&T: 118,000 SF BTS-Office, Austin, TX
• AT&T: 120,000 SF Office, Houston, TX
• AT&T: 192,000 SF Call Center, Atlanta, GA
• AT&T: 221,000 SF Ops Center, Atlanta, GA
• AT&T: 82,000 SF Class A Office, St Louis, MO
• Avaya: 94,000 SF BTS-Office, Richardson, TX
• Boston Consulting Group: 98,000 SF Class A Office, Atlanta, GA
• CHEP:   53,000 SF Class A Office, Atlanta, GA
• Chrysler Group: 20,000 SF Training Center, Atlanta, GA
• COX Communications: 160,000 SF Class A Office, Metairie, LA
• COX Communications: 55,000 SF Call Center, Oklahoma City, OK
• DaVita Dialysis: 17 Treatment Centers, Atlanta Area
• Electrolux Home Products: 599,000 SF Distribution Center, Atlanta, GA
• Ernst & Young: 124,000 SF Class A Office, Cleveland OH
• Ernst & Young: 13,000 SF Class A Office, Louisville, KY
• Frito-Lay: 120,000 SF Office, Dallas, TX
• Frito-Lay: 23 Distribution Centers, United States
• Frito-Lay: 8 Plant Expansions, United States
• Humana Healthcare: 9 Treatment Centers, Atlanta Area
• IBM: 152,000 SF BTS Call Center, Atlanta, GA
• LGS Innovations: 47,000 SF Office/Electronics Laboratory, Greensboro, NC
• Lucent Technologies: 120,000 SF BTS-Office, Raleigh, NC
• Lucent Technologies: 48,000 SF Office, Dallas, TX
• Lucent Technologies: 586,000 SF BTS-Warehouse, Charlotte, NC
• Lucent Technologies: 86,000 SF Office, Austin, TX
• Lucent Technologies: 98,000 SF BTS-Office, Dallas, TX
• Medline: 593,000 SF Distribution Center, Atlanta, GA
• Michelin North America: 228,000 SF Warehouse, Tuscaloosa, AL
• NCR: 152,000 SF Call Center-Sale/Leaseback, Columbia, SC
• NCR: 36,000 SF Ops Center/R&D, Orlando, FL
• PepsiCo: 911,000 SF BTS Warehouse, Atlanta, GA
• Zurich Farmers Insurance: 112,000 SF Class A Office, Atlanta, GA