Van Power, SIOR
President, Managing Partner Site Selection, Corporate Services
Van Power, SIOR, is a highly accomplished professional with extensive experience in commercial real estate and corporate services. Besides being selected as a member of NAI Global’s “Elite” Corporate Services Team, he is President/Managing Partner of NAI Robert Lynn’s Site Selection/Corporate Services, and Head of NAI Global’s International Site Selection Services Division. Van is a key figure in the industry.
With a focus on corporate service strategic solutions, Van and his team specialize in crafting top-notch options for Data Centers, HQs, Land, Industrial Properties, Call Centers, Offices, Build to Suits and BPOs. He represents tenants, buyers and sellers for their national/international site selection, leases, subleases, renegotiations, labor analytics, financial analytics, acquisitions, and dispositions. Van’s expertise extends, but is not limited to, locating and evaluating labor, demographics, power, and negotiating state, county, municipal, and country incentives.
Throughout his career, Van and his team have successfully completed over 25,000,000 square feet of commercial real estate assignments across the globe, spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America, South America, and Europe. His achievements have garnered him many accolades, including being named among The Dallas Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate "Heavy Hitters", and as a "Power Broker”. Van continues to be named a Top Performer by NAI Global and a Top Performer and a Top Producer at NAI Robert Lynn.
Van Power’s educational background includes a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Mississippi, where he graduated with honors, was a collegiate athlete and attended Law School. During his time at Ole Miss, he was named to the Who’s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities and selected as an Outstanding Young Man in America.
Prior to his time at NAI Global, and NAI Robert Lynn, Van Co-Founded and served as President of Arledge/Power Commercial Real Estate Group from 1993 to 2007. Under his leadership, Arledge/Power achieved remarkable growth and received numerous honors like the "DFW Pacesetters Award" and "Dallas 100 Award," from the Dallas Business Journal, recognizing the #1 Fastest Growing Company of any kind in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.
Before his commercial real estate career, Van Power served as the International Executive Vice President of the NCA. During his tenure, he negotiated facilities for over 400 local, national, and international real estate requirements, overseeing operations in 48 states and 12 countries and supervising over 500 employees.
Van Power’s professional affiliations and designations include membership in the prestigious Society of Office and Industrial Realtors (SIOR), NTCAR Board of Directors, Delta Wildlife Association, Life Loyal Sig of Sigma Chi Alumni, University of Mississippi Alumni, the Dallas Ecological Society, the Dallas Safari Club, and Safari Club International.
He is an active member of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, with his family, wife, Barby, and son, Colt, a Graduate from University of Notre Dame, a Collegiate Lacrosse Athlete, who is also a commercial real estate broker and holds designations as an SIOR, CCIM, and MBA.
Van Power significant client transactions:
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In summary, Van Power’s years of experience, transactional expertise, tenacity, success and strategic vision have made him a highly respected leader in the national commercial real estate industry, and his contributions to NAI Global and NAI Robert Lynn, continues to serve by being instrumental in shaping the success for various corporations worldwide.