Mr. Brugge is part of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group, representing institutional quality industrial and office investment properties in Florida. In the past fifteen years with Cushman & Wakefield he has completed sales transactions totaling over $13.6 billion, representing nearly 136.2 million square feet of office and industrial properties. Rick is partnered with Mike Davis and Rick Colon and as a team they direct C&W’s institutional investment transactions throughout the state of Florida. In 2021, they completed over $2.6 billion in transactions totaling nearly 16.3 million sf. In 2014, Rick and his partners completed the largest office transaction in over eight years in Tampa Bay, Florida by selling Tampa City Center, which contained 750,000 square feet of space for $128 million.

Previous to his career in commercial real estate, Rick spent 11 years with Procter & Gamble. During his tenure with P&G, Rick had experiences working with major retailers including Publix, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Albertsons, and Winn Dixie. Most recently, Rick was the leader a coffee business for P&G that distributed Millstone and Brothers Gourmet Coffees to over 900 retail outlets in the state of Florida.