Darren Butler
Managing Director
NAI Brannen Goddard
6 Concourse Parkway, Suite 1900
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
United States
+1 404 812 4021
14047355799
Specialties
Industrial
Scope of Experience
Darren Butler is a Managing Director at NAI Brannen Goddard and specializes in assisting industrial users and owners with their real estate strategy and implementation. He represents owners and users in leasing and sales transactions throughout the United States. Darren has expertise in all aspects of corporate real estate, including corporate consolidations, lease negotiation/restructuring, strategic planning, build-to-suit oversight, site selection consulting, logistical consulting, labor analysis, incentive consulting and disposition/leasing services.
Background & Experience
Darren has completed over 2,600 transactions totaling over $2.75 billion in volume. Over the last 18 years, Darren has been recognized as one of the country’s top industrial brokers. He has completed lease and sale transactions with national landlords such as Barings, Black Creek Group, Blackstone, Cabot, CenterPoint Properties, Clarion, Colony Capital, Crow Holdings, DCT Industrial Trust, Duke Realty, First Industrial Realty Trust, Hillwood, HSA Commercial Real Estate, Hartz Mountain Industries, Heller Industrial, Highwoods Properties, IDI Logistics, Industrial Income Trust, Industrial Property Trust, Liberty Property Trust, McDonald Development Company, Majestic Realty, MetLife Real Estate Investors, Nuveen, Prologis, The Rockefeller Group, Seefried, Stag Industrial, TIAA-CREF, Trammell Crow Company, USAA Real Estate Company and Weiss Realty.
Education
Ohio University Athens, Ohio
Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing & Business
Ohio UNIVERSITY Business School
Executive Advisory Board
NIL Funding, LLC
Board of Directors
Professional Associations & Designations
Atlanta Commercial Board Million Dollar Club
Top Ten Industrial Producer, 2010–2022
Phoenix Award Recipient, 10+ Years in the Million Dollar Club
NAI Global
Top Producing Team Worldwide, 2015–2023
Top Ten Producer Worldwide, 2014–2023
Top Producer Worldwide, 2018–2023
CoStar Power Broker Award, 2007–2023
Atlanta’s Real Estate 40 Under 40
Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, Life Member
Georgia Association of Realtors, Member
NAIOP, Member
State of Georgia, Licensed Real Estate Agent
Strategic Clients
Adtech Solutions, LLC
Anixter
Archbrook Laguna
Armor Packaging
Atlanta Peach Movers
Avon
Beaver Paper & Packaging
Brighton Best International
Cabot Corporation
Climatic Corporation
Dealer Tire, LLC
Deere & Company
Empire Today, LLC
Encompass Supply Chain Solutions
Exhibitus Inc.
Expotechnik America, Ltd.
Flanders Filters
GA Trading Post
Geodis Wilson
Halco Lighting Technologies
Hettich America, L.P.
Jaipur Rugs
John Deere & Company
Mainfreight USA
Manufactured Assemblies Corp.
MARTA
Maurice Sporting Goods
McCollister’s Transportation
Metso Automation USA, Inc.
The Millennium Mat Company
National Systems, Inc.
North American Stainless
Novelis
PBD, Inc.
Piedmont Plastics
Pinnacle Data Systems
Progressive Casualty Insurance
Sachs North America
Seachem Laboratories
Sigma Supply
Suddath Van Lines
Ta Chen International, Inc.
Towne Air Freight, LLC
TROX USA, Inc.
Turnils North America, LLC
US Corrugated, Inc.
The Wolf Organization, Inc.