Randy Baird is Vice Chairman and regional leader of CBRE National Partners, a group of market leading professionals in five key logistics hubs across the U.S. Mr. Baird is an accomplished senior commercial real estate professional with more than 28 years of experience working in 60 different markets across the U.S. and Mexico.
Prior to CBRE, Mr. Baird served in an industrial advisory leadership position at Cushman & Wakefield. His previous experience also includes leadership positions with HFF and Baird Fitzgerald Partners.
Randy is a member of CBRE National Partners, a collaborative national partnership formed in 2010 that focuses exclusively on industrial and logistics capital markets. Located in twelve key markets, the 95 investment sales and support professionals connect local market expertise to a national capital markets perspective. Enhanced by a fully integrated debt platform, National Partners provides strategic advisory guidance to maximize proceeds and enhance the surety of execution for national, regional and local clients. In 2023, the team successfully completed transactions totaling 118.6 million sq. ft. with an aggregate value of $12.8 billion. For more information, please visit www.cbre.com/np.
Education
- University of North Texas – Bachelor of Business Administration, Real Estate
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
- NAIOP, Member, North Texas Chapter
- 7 Time Colbert Coldwell Award Recipient
- Ozone Ministries Board Member
Significant Transactions
- KKR
National High Growth Logistics Portfolio
Sale
14,412,468 SF
- USAA
U.S Regional Logistics Portfolio
Sale
4,080,253 SF
- Stonelake Capital Partners
Stonelake Urban Logistics Portfolio (2020)
Sale
3,089,799 SF
- Oxford Properties Group
Oxford National Portfolio
Sale
2,886,173 SF
- Centerpoint Properties
Houston 610 Loop Portfolio
Sale
1,176,664 SF
- PS Business Parks
Royal Tech Portfolio
Sale
702,239 SF
2023 Clients Represented
- Affinius Capital
- BentallGreenOak
- CanTex Capital
- Centerpoint Properties
- Clarion
- Clay Development
- Constellation Real Estate
- Crow Holdings Capital
- FINSA
- Founders Investment Properties
- Holt Lunsford Commercial
- Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
- KKR
- Link Logistics
- Mark Hughes
- Provident Realty Advisors
- Stockbridge Capital Group
- Stos Partners
- TA Realty
- TexVest Holdings
- Urban Logistics Realty
- Wetland Partner