Robert C. Smith
Executive Vice President
Professional Experience
Associated Office
Education
- University of Florida, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1994
- University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, continuing real estate education
- Series 7 Securities License
Pro Affiliations / Accreditations
- Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - State of Florida since 1988
- Member, National Associate of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP)
- Member, Society of Industiral and Office Relators (SIOR)
- Member, Palm Beach County Business Development Board
Achievements
- 2000 – 2021 reached the “Top 25” for CBRE in the state of Florida for all industry types
- 2004 was the youngest broker at the time at CBRE to earn the title of Senior Vice President
Awards
- 1997 “Rookie of the Year” award for the South Florida offices
- 2000 – 2020 reached the “Top 10” for CBRE in South Florida for all industry types
- 2002 – 2006, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2019 #1 Industrial Broker for the Year for the state of Florida for CBRE
- 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 – 2021, awarded one of the Top 225 producers within CBRE for all industry types throughout the United States
- Graduate of 2005 Emerging Leaders Program
- 2008 – State of Florida McCarthy Award
Significant Transactions
Sale
- KRE AIP LLC
Sale
2,442,085 SF
$332,190,128 - CP Group
Sale
1,708,807 SF
$320,200,000 - Cabot Industrial Value Fund
Sale
1,658,299 SF
$352,863,463 - BRE Alpha Industrial Property Owner, LLC
Sale
45,085 SF
$331,300,000 - JDN Enterprises, LLC
Sale
XX SF
$168,525,000
- Riviera Dolphin, LLC
Sale
74,057 SF
$127,500,000 - GSG Investments South Florida, LLC
Sale
783,608 SF
$76,816,314 - SPUSV5 500 Brand LP
Sale
256,151 SF
$71,248,500 - Angelika Bovi & Daniel Shepherd
Sale
915,887 SF
$50,070,000 - California State Teachers’ Retirement
Sale
261,676 SF
$47,100,000
- Broadrange Logistics LLC
Lease
1,013,833 SF - FedEx Ground Package System Inc.
Lease
245,000 SF - Amazon.com Services LLC
Lease
219,000 SF - SIW Solutions, LLC
Lease
161,725 SF - Chep USA
Lease
133,075 SF - Interline Brands, Inc.
Lease
130,000 SF
- Canon Solutions America, Inc.
Lease
126,779 SF - Eastern Metal Supply
Lease
124,479 SF - Bluebreen Corporation
Lease
120,838 SF - Beltmann Group Incorporated
Lease
113,718 SF - Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc.
Lease
104,640 SF - Cook & Boardman, LLC
Lease
101,022 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
Available Properties
Search PropertiesProvide 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.