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Kirk Nelson

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5100 Town Center Circle Tower II
Suite 520
Boca Raton, FL 33486

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Kirk Nelson is an Executive Vice President specializing in the sale and leasing of office, industrial and land properties for developers, investors and tenants located in the Palm Beach, Broward and Treasure Coast Counties of South Florida.

Since joining CBRE in 2005, Kirk has been involved in over $1 billion million worth of transactions in the South Florida market.

Before relocating to South Florida, Kirk served as a Sales Manager for Hanes Branded Apparel in Winston – Salem, NC. During his tenure with Hanes, he gained extensive experience with retailers that included Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and Kmart.

Education

  • Wake Forest University, Bachelor of Science, Mathematical/Business

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

  • Licensed Real Estate Salesperson –State of Florida
  • NAIOP, Member

Significant Transactions

  • 1 Midway Road
    Sale
    90.66 acres
  • Interstate Crossroads
    Lease
    1,013,833 SF
  • Turnpike Logistics
    Lease
    101,022 SF
  • 7805 SW Ellipse Way
    Sale
    91,720 SF
  • 1315 N Jog Road
    Lease
    71,723 SF
  • 420 South Congress Avenue
    Lease
    60,435 SF
  • 1220 SW 35th Avenue
    Lease
    55,594 SF
  • 2381 N Federal Highway
    Lease
    53,098 SF
  • Turnpike Crossing 5
    Lease
    53,250 SF
  • 1900 Corporate Drive
    Lease
    52,505 SF
  • 1335 W. 53rd Street
    Sale
    45,085 SF
  • 1177 Blue Heron
    Lease
    44,961 SF
  • 1155 Broken Sound Pkwy
    Lease
    42,563 SF
  • 6051 Southern Blvd
    Lease
    38,741 SF
  • 701 Boutwell Road
    Lease
    31,500 SF
  • 3601 Boutwell Road
    Lease
    28,000 SF
  • 7940 & 7968 SW Jack James Drive
    Sale
    26,701 SF
  • 4700 Exchange Court
    Lease
    23,630 SF
  • Boca Raton Innovation Campus
    Lease
    22,222 SF

Clients Represented

  • Adler Partners
  • Alterra
  • Butters Development
  • Citi Financial
  • Dalfen Industrial
  • Duke Realty
  • FDIC
  • FLF Holdings
  • Green Development
  • Invesco Real Estate
  • LederGroup
  • Liberty Property Trust
  • Outour
  • Panattoni
  • Pike Electric
  • Prologis
  • Sansone Group
  • Silverman Group

Team Overview

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Provide insight and expertise into their client’s real estate needs throughout the South Florida region.

Jeff Kelly, Robert Smith and Kirk Nelson's goal is to provide insight and expertise into their client’s real estate needs throughout the South Florida region. They, along with their team of production, marketing, and research staff, take a great deal of pride in what they do and strongly believe that absolute honesty, integrity, and a great deal of hard work is the backbone of their continued success.

Our team aligns client business strategies with customized real estate solutions under local market conditions. Supported by up-to-date knowledge of local, regional, and national industrial and office markets, they match the financial, operational and qualitative needs of clients with appropriate real estate opportunities. Uniting the specialization and expertise of their team with the accountability and depth of resources of the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm, Jeff and Robert offer a full-range of integrated services:

  • Tenant and landlord representation
  • Current situation and business plan analysis
  • Access to national market data for competitive studies
  • Leases versus buy analysis
  • Real estate valuation
  • Local, national, and international transaction management
  • Acquisition and dispositions
  • Portfolio management

With almost 50 of years combined experience as the North and South County brokerage market leaders with CBRE, Inc., Jeff ,Robert, and Kirk have completed over 2,300 sale and lease transactions totaling over $2.5 billion in total consideration. They consistently achieve production levels high enough to be recognized nationally within CBRE.

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  • Robert C. Smith

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  • Jeffrey Kelly

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    • Phone +1 561 393 1621
    • Mobile +1 561 866 9313
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