Cara Nolan

With more than 15 years of experience in industrial leasing and sales, Cara specializes in industrial properties, including manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Portland Metro area. Cara also represents buyers and sellers of both industrial properties, as well as infill development sites with transactions totaling over $800 million in consideration in just the last five years.

Cara has completed over 13 million square feet of transactions, including over 500,000 square feet for Danner LaCrosse throughout the US, including their Portland headquarters, 260,000 SF for Central Garden and Pet, 147,000 SF for Owens Corning and 130,000 square feet for Cardinal Health. In addition to tenant representation, Cara also represents Landlords of existing and planned facilities for lease totaling approximately 3,700,000 SF. She is actively involved in the community, and is a member of several business organizations, including the Commercial Association of Brokers (where she is past president) and ULI (where she is a committee member for the mentorship program within WLI). Cara also served as the first Portland market delegate for the CBRE Women’s Network and stays active as a National Committee Member of the Advisory and Transaction Services Group within the Women's Network.

Education

• Graduate Certificate, Real Estate Development – Portland State University
• Bachelor of Science, Economics – University of Oregon

Professional Affiliations/Accreditations

• 2017 DJC Women of Vision Award Honoree
• Portland Business Journal Forty Under 40, 2017
• #1 Producer, CBRE Portland Industrial Brokerage Group, 2018
• #2 Producer, CBRE Portland Industrial Brokerage Group, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
• Top Four Producer CBRE 2016, 2017, 2020
• Top Ten Producer CBRE 2015
• Board Member and Past President, Commercial Association of Brokers (CAB)
• NAIOP Committee Excellence Award
• CBRE Women’s Network
• Licensed Broker in Oregon and Washington

Clients

Testimonials

“I had the pleasure of working with Cara while overseeing the Portland market for ProLogis this summer. Cara was an excellent communicator, keeping me informed as to market activity and updating me regularly on prospective tenants. She was extremely professional and understood the intricacies of the deal and what it took to get it over the goal line. I would welcome the opportunity to work with Cara again.”–Jill Blechschmidt, ProLogis

“There is no substitute for market knowledge and hard work. Cara Nolan brought tangible results before the ink was dry on the listing agreement and light speed completion the overall assignment.”–Brad Fowler, Fowler Andrews, LLC