Suite 150
Akron, OH 44333
Professional Experience
Tom Flynn is a Senior Vice President of Retail Services for CBRE. With over 25 years of commercial real estate experience, Tom’s vast real estate knowledge has positioned him as a respected leader in the industry. His primary emphasis is representing big-box retail tenants where Tom provides extensive trade area analysis, site selection, contract negotiations, and manages the entitlement process for his clients. Tom also represents landowners with the disposition of land sites. His primary geographic scope includes the Midwest.
Tom’s commercial real estate career began with CBRE in 1994 when he joined the research department in Cleveland. In 1997 he moved into retail brokerage focusing on tenant representation and site acquisition. Mr. Flynn left CBRE and founded Redstone Real Estate Advisors (Redstone) in 2002. Redstone quickly became the foremost big-box tenant representation and land experts in the eastern Midwest. Tom returned to CBRE in 2008 after CBRE acquired Redstone. Since then, Tom oversees the Northeast Ohio retail team in terms of business development and insight.
Professional Affiliations / Accreditations
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International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Member - Bath Township, Board of Zoning Appeals
Achievements
- 2019 Recipient of the CBRE Retail Strategic Advisor Award
- CBRE Cleveland Office Top 10 Producer in 2020, 2019
- CBRE Cleveland Office Top 5 Producer in 2016, 2015
- CBRE National Retail Rookie of the Year, 1998
- CBRE Cleveland Office Rookie of the Year, 1998
- CBRE Retail Advisory Council, 2008-2011
Education
- University of Akron, Bachelor of Arts; Finance
- University of Arizona's Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing, 2016
Clients
(Partial List)
- Agree Realty
- Boot Barn
- BJ's Restaurants
- Caliber Collision
- Chick-fil-A
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Discount Tire
- IKEA
- Liberty Development
- Menards
- Sarchione Auto Group