Mark Robertson

Senior Vice President

License ID 136183

NAI Robert Lynn
4851 LBJ Freeway, 10th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75244
United States

+1 214 256 7112
12144505112

Specialties

Capital Markets, including Institutional Office, Retail & Industrial Sales/Financing, Rated Corporate NNN Sales (& Leaseback), Corporate CRE Advisory, and development financing

Scope of Experience

Mark Robertson is Senior Vice President of the NAI Robert Lynn Capital Markets Group. Based in Dallas, Mark is charged with institutional real estate accounts for the Group, in particular bringing debt and equity to clients, and sales of institutional quality properties. Mark is particularly experienced in servicing the U.S. institutional and international real estate communities, as well the advising of major corporate clients in their strategic use decisions, the organization of corporate structures for real estate holding companies, and consulting in connection with registration of private placements and securitizations. NAI RL Capital Markets works with institutions and private investors seeking to acquire, dispose of or finance/refinance their real estate holdings and portfolio strategy. NAI has completed more than $10B in investment sales annually in properties ranging from portfolios of lender-owned real estate and non-performing loans, to major institutional office properties, single-tenant net leases, corporate headquarters, hotels, industrial parks, and apartment & senior living properties.

Background & Experience

Mark was one of the founding members of Cushman & Wakefield’s Financial Services Group in the 1980’s. In the early 1990’s, he co-founded Cushman & Wakefield de Mexico, was the founding Managing Director and established a major presence for the firm with corporate America and international real estate finance in Mexico City, as well as founding three additional offices in the country. Frequently returning to the US, he soon joined, as a founding member, the Insignia/ESG Capital Advisors Group to continue his US institutional real estate career, and as well, he co-founded Insignia de Mexico.

Following the 9/11 tragedy, Robertson completed at Insignia a major portfolio disposition for Mack-Cali REIT and then founded his own investment and development firm, PRG Realty Group. Many properties and over a decade later, Mark has re-joined his previous Insignia family at NAI Global to resume serving institutional and corporate America globally. He has concluded many of the largest real estate transactions in the region during his career and has been a leading figure in advising financial institutions, banks, and lender-owned assets and portfolios. At NAI RL Capital Markets, Robertson continues to be instrumental in creating capital for international portfolios and major new developments in the US.

Robertson is a Texas native and graduate of Baylor University and its Jaworski School of Law. He has lived in Dallas and worked in the national real estate arena there throughout his real estate career.

Education

In addition to numerous seminars in real estate and law, both as attendee and speaker, his educational foundation was at Baylor University. Finance and marketing were focuses in the business school, while the law degree preferences were toward real estate, trusts and estates, and commercial transactions.

Professional Associations & Designations

Mark’s numerous affiliations and memberships have included Membership in the Urban Land Institute, International Affiliate SIOR, the Real Estate Council, and the State Bar of Texas. He has also served on the boards of Holy Trinity Catholic School, Greenway Parks HOA and memberships in charitable, non-profit and other professional organizations.

Transaction History

Occidental Tower, Dallas, TX

Allianz Financial Center, Dallas, TX

Cigna Tower, Irving TX

Four Seasons Hotel, Mexico City

Summerset Assisted Living, Rancho Cordova CA

Mack-Cali Dallas Portfolio

Main Tower, Dallas, TX

Prevarian AL/MC projects, JAX Beach & Naples

Western Bank Tower, Albuquerque

Johnson & Johnson Industrial, Tijuana

Mobil Exploration Tower, Dallas, TX

Providence Towers, Dallas, TX

Fountain Place, Dallas, TX

Trinity 161 Industrial development

MacArthur Plaza, Irving TX

Sheraton Hotel Portfolio, Mexico

Cross Creek Apartments, Dallas

Stoneleigh & Melrose Hotels, Dallas, TX

Republic Towers, Dallas, TX

Grupo Accion multi-office financing, Mexico City

One Telecom (AT&T Center), Richardson TX

Forest Green Offices

Northrup Grumman, Gilbert, AZ

Strategic Clients

Allstate Insurance

Bank of America

Behringer Harvard Fund

Chubb Insurance

Equitable/Lend Lease Real Estate

Exxon Real Estate Trust

Frito-Lay Corporation

GE Capital Real Estate

Heller Real Estate

Lehman Real Estate

ICA Hotel Group

Insignia Development Group

JPMorgan Chase

John Hancock Life

Mack-Cali REIT

Mobil Oil

Mony Real Estate

Morgan Stanley

MetLIfe Real Estate

New York Life

Prevarian Senior Living

Prudential Real Estate

Paribas Bank Paris

SOHO Realty Partners

Societe General US

Strategic Hotel Corporation

Summerset Senior Living