David Baird
Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Baltimore, MD 21202
Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield
Phone (410) 685-9240
Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Flex, Specialty, Health Care
Markets
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond VA
Languages
English
Bio
David W. Baird is Managing Director and the former Market Leader of Cushman & Wakefield’s Baltimore, Maryland office, and now leads the Strategic Advisory Services (SAS) practice group in Baltimore. In this role, he is responsible for providing consulting, advisory and transaction services for clients seeking to transform and optimize their real estate assets. He joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2007 from Trammell Crow Company, where he was Director of Brokerage for the Baltimore, Maryland and Richmond, Virginia offices.
Mr. Baird has 35 years of commercial real estate experience in Maryland, national, and international markets, representing tenants, landlords, investors, developers, healthcare systems and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Baird has advised clients on some of the most significant transactions in the market and has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker, Baltimore Business Journal Top 25 Broker on numerous occasions, and has received two Governor’s Citations for Business Development. He is recognized as a market leader in land and investment sales and complex development transactions.
BA Tufts University - Cum Laude
University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews,
Scotland
Post graduate courses in accounting and business management. Commercial Real Estate Investment courses (CCIM track). SIOR Designation. Licensed Maryland Real Estate Broker
Past President - Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors
Former Board Member & V.P. - Maryland Association of Realtors
Founding Member and Past President - MD. Distribution Council
Former Course Instructor, Johns Hopkins University School of Continued Education - Real Estate Division
Author, Governor’s Port Land Use Study
Advisor, Governor’s Committee on Logistics, Transportation and the Economy
Founding Board Member, Safe Risk Management Systems
Numerous articles and presentations on Real Estate Investment and Market Dynamics
Education
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