Van Power, SIOR
President, Managing Partner Site Selection, Corporate Services
Specialties
Negotiating, Site Selection, Corporate Services
Scope of Service Experience
Van Power is President, Managing Partner of NAI Global’s Site Selection Services Worldwide, and is President, Managing Partner of NAI Robert Lynn’s Corporate Services Division in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. Recently, he was named as one of NAI Global’s Corporate Services Council Elite Group. He specializes in representing corporate tenants in site selection, labor analytics, acquisition and disposition of corporate call centers/service centers, industrial and office properties worldwide. During his career, Power and his team have completed site selection assignments on over 9 million square feet of call center, Corporate Headquarter space.
Van combines comprehensive office, industrial labor, incentive and build-to-suit market knowledge with integrity, resourcefulness, tenacity, and 33 years of negotiation experience to represent the best interests of his corporate and business clients. He was honored as one of The Dallas Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate “HEAVY HITTERS” every year from 1991-2004. NAI Global named Van to the NAI Global Elite, a group comprised of the organization’s top performers and top producers. Power qualified as a Top Performer at the Elite level, based on production in 2009 and qualified as Silver Elite in 2010 and 2011. He was also designated a “Power Broker” in March of 2011, February 2012, February 2015, March 2017 and March 2018. His transaction experience includes representation of tenants, both large and small, in assignments ranging from negotiating headquarters, office, industrial, office-flex, call centers and build-to-suit leases to major corporate relocations. He has unique expertise in finding and evaluating labor, demographic evaluation, site selection and negotiation of municipal, county, state and/or provincial incentives.
Background & Experience
Prior to his real estate career, Van was Co-Founder and President of Arledge/Power Real Estate Group, where, for 14 years he represented corporate clients throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Caribbean, Latin America, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Arledge/Power was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as winner of its “2001 PACESETTERS AWARD,” given to the #1 Fastest Growing Company in the Dallas Metroplex for 2000-2001. Arledge/Power was also honored as a recipient of the 2001 “Dallas 100” Award, recognizing the fastest growing companies in Dallas.
Prior to his real estate career, Power was the International Executive Director of the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) and accrued 14 years of executive management experience in national and international facility planning. Among his accomplishments, Power negotiated facilities for more than 400 local, national and international sporting events. As Executive Director, he was responsible for over 500 employees operating in 48 states and 12 countries including 350 locations worldwide.
Education
Van Power was an honor graduate, and has a B.A. in Political Science and English,from the University of Mississippi and attended law school at Ole Miss. While attending Ole Miss., Power, while a collegiate athlete, was named to the Who’s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities. In 1983, he was selected as an Outstanding Young Man in America.
Professional Associations & Designations
Mr. Power’s honors and professional affiliations include selection to the prestigious Society of Office and Industrial Realtors (SIOR) and was named to its Education Committee; Dallas’ Real Estate Managers Forum; NTCAR Board of Directors (2005, 2006, & 2007); Executive in the Delta Wildlife Association; Sigma Chi Alumni Association; University of Mississippi Alumni Association; the Dallas Safari Club; Safari Club International; The Dallas Ecological Society; recipient of the Golden Eagle Award from the National Rifle Association (NRA); member of the Dallas Gun Club; a Territorial Marshall for the State of Oklahoma; and a Captain of Industry for the State of Mississippi. He and his wife Barby have a son, Colt, who attended and played lacrosse for the “fighting Irish” of Notre Dame. They are also members of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
Transaction History
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