David Cook
Vice Chair • United States
Local Office:
1330 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
United States
Office: +1 (713) 963-2888 x302888
David Cook
Vice Chair • United States
David Cook is a Vice Chairman with Cushman & Wakefield. He brings more than 50 years of real estate experience to solving a broad range of his clients’ requirements. Mr. Cook specializes in the sale and leasing of commercial, industrial and investment real estate, and has been the Account Director for nine major corporations, assisting them with transaction management for their national or global portfolios.
In 1990, Mr. Cook joined Cushman & Wakefield where he rapidly became one of the company’s top brokers. He has completed more than 4,760 assignments valued in excess of $4.8 billion. Assignments Mr. Cook is involved in include: site acquisitions and dispositions, investment sales, industrial leasing, high-profile land sales, 1031 exchanges, and conventional and sealed bid sales. Since beginning his career in 1967, he has had extensive experience in the marketing and sale of land, including more than 1,550 transactions totaling over 205,000 acres valued at $3.1 billion.
- Repeat recipient of C&W’s National Service Excellence Award.
- Consecutively one of the top-producing brokers for C&W’s Houston office since 1990.
- Repeat honoree of the company’s Top Global Industrial/Land Broker of the Year for 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2007 2013 and 2015
- Two time recipient of the Industrial Broker of the Year award from the Houston Chapter of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association (1993, 1999), and inducted into the NAIOP Hall of Fame (2013)
- Former Commercial Real Estate Professional of the Year and Realtor of the Year by Houston Association of Realtors (HAR)
- Designated Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) by the prestigious real estate society, the Counselors of Real Estate.
- Active in the local, state, and national levels of various realtor organizations, serving in many leadership capacities, including President of the Houston Association of Realtors.
- Formerly appointed by the Governor of Texas for a six-year term on the Texas Real Estate Commission and was named its Chairman in 1988.
- Member and former Vice President of the Houston chapter of CoreNet, as well as being a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) since 1976 and serving as President of its Houston Gulf Coast Chapter and on its National Executive Committee.
- Served on several boards, including the ESCAPE Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse and the Market Square Historic District, and as past President of the Exchange Club of the Magic Circle.
- Member of the Greater Houston Partnership, having been involved with the formation of the Houston Economic Development Council and serving as a member of the steering committee and as Chairman of both the marketing committee and the Houston Marketing Network
- Served since 2005 on the Land Redevelopment Committee for the City of Houston
Disposition
- AIG - ±20 Acres
- Crescent CBD Land Sales - 20.7 Acres
- Former Allen Park Inn - ±7.4 Acres
- Block 128 - ±62,500 Sq. Ft.
- 1605 Post Oak Blvd. - ±1.905
- Richmond & Buffalo Spwy. - ±3.97 Acres
- Baker Hughes - 104 Acres- Westheimer/West Belt
- Fluor - 189 Acres - U.S. 59/S.H. 6
- Hewlett Packard - 168.5 Acres - S.H. 249/Louetta
- Hewlett Packard - 462.2 Acres - S.H. 249/Louetta
- Six Flags - 104 Acres - South Loop 610/Kirby
- BMC - 1.5M SF & 22.1 Acres - West Belt/CityWest Blvd.
Acquisition
- Opicoil - Southeast Quadrant - Houston CBD
- YMCA - 27,599 square feet on 1.33 acres - 3615 and 3621 Willia Street
- BP - 16.3 acres - Texas City, Texas
- Lionstone - 6.8 acres - 100 Waugh
- NL Industries - +/- 60 acres - Northbelt
- Silver Eagle Distributors HQ Relocation - 12.19 acres - Loop 610 @ I-10
- Girl Scouts of America - 50,112 square feet on 1.86 acres - 3110 Southwest Freeway
- HCCS - 463,000 square feet - 3100 Main Street
- Federal Reserve Bank - Block 365 - Houston CBD
- Federal Reserve Bank - 13 acres - 1801 Allen Parkway
Combined our Team has more than 140 years of acquisition and disposition marketing land experience throughout Houston and exceeding client expectations through innovative strategies that maximized value.
Team members: Jeff G. Peden, Executive Managing Director; Scott E. Miller, Director
My Listings
For Sale • Other
The Sterling Mansion
4515 Yoakum Boulevard
Houston, TX 77006
United States
Sale Price: Negotiable
For Sale • Land
1/7 Interest in 6,148 SF Land in CBD For Sale
1311 Dallas Street - Block 275
Houston, TX 77010
United States
Sale Price: Negotiable
For Sale • Land
Call For Offers - 10.697 Acres Land
800 Burnett Street
Houston, TX 77009
United States
Sale Price: Negotiable
For Sale • Land
10,625 SF
Block 495 S.S.B.B.
Houston, TX 77003
United States
Sale Price: $1,300,000 USD
For Sale • Land
27,400 SF Land for Sale
Block 28 S.S.B.B.
Houston, TX 77002
United States
Sale Price: $5,480,000 USD
For Sale • Other
2.62 Acres For Sale
3500 Sage Road
Houston, TX 77098
United States
Sale Price: Negotiable