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 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 94 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 119 million sq. ft. with an aggregate value of $12.8 billion. For more information, please visit
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
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
