Ryan Thornton is an Executive Vice President in the Investment Properties Group in Dallas, focusing primarily on the sale of institutional industrial investment properties on a regional and national level. The team specializes in industrial institutional investment property sales across the nation. The team’s transactions have included national portfolio sales, programmatic joint ventures, and one-off local dispositions.
Prior to joining CBRE, Ryan worked at Thackeray Partners, where he was responsible for the acquisition, operations and disposition of a portfolio of industrial, office and multi-housing projects. At Trammell Crow Company and The Rosewood Corporation, Ryan gained exposure to investment sales as both an analyst and active participant in the disposition of individual and portfolios of properties.
Ryan is part of CBRE National Partners, the firm’s nationally connected industrial and logistics capital markets network. Established in 2010, National Partners brings together 97 professionals across 14 strategic U.S. markets, delivering unmatched insight through the combination of deep local expertise and a national capital markets perspective. They are supported by CBRE’s fully integrated debt and structured finance, leasing, and investment banking platforms, enabling clients to achieve optimal value and certainty of execution on every assignment. Since inception, National Partners has closed more than 3.6 billion square feet of transactions valued at $265 billion, averaging more than $25 billion in sales annually. They hold the #1 U.S. Industrial & Logistics Investment Sales Advisor ranking with a 38% market share, according to Real Estate Alert. Additionally, they close one deal every business day and feed live transaction data into their proprietary Trading Desk, giving clients unparalleled visibility into market trends. Learn more at www.cbre.com/np.
Education
- Baylor University - Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance & Economics
Professional Affiliations/Accreditations
- Texas Real Estate Council
Board Member
- 2008 D-Magazine “Future
CEOs”
- TREC – Associate Leadership
Council
- Touchdown Club Member –
RISE School of Dallas
Community Involvement
- Salesmanship Club of Dallas
- Camp John Marc – Board Member
Significant Transactions
-
USAA
U.S Regional Logistics Portfolio
Sale
4,080,253 SF
- Trammell Crow Company
Trammell Crow at Passport Park
Sale
2,050,474 SF
- Tuesday Morning Corporation
Tuesday Morning Industrial Portfolio
Sale
1,272,352 SF
- Hillwood
Alliance Northpoint 3
Sale
1,214,526 SF
- Trammell Crow Company
Cedardale Distribution Center
Sale
776,629 SF
- Alliance Industrial Company
75 Regency Parkway
Sale
283,300 SF
