Executive Vice President, Broker, Capital Markets Group

Managing Director

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Nathan P. Smith, Senior Vice President, has been actively engaged with Cushman & Wakefield (formerly Royal LePage Commercial Inc.) in Ottawa for the past thirty years. Over this period of time Nathan has transacted commercial real estate valued in excess of $4.5 Billion Dollars. Nathan’s concentration has been exclusively focused on high-end commercial investment product, be it office, retail plazas, development land, apartment or industrial buildings located within the National Capital Region. Having successfully completed five segments of the intensive Commercial/Investment Real Estate Program (CCIM), Nathan has proven ability in all aspects of commercial/investment real estate from site selection to advanced taxation and financial analysis.

PROFESSIONAL RECGONITION

Nathan is the company’s youngest recipient of Cushman & Wakefield’s prestigious Award of Excellence for consistent high sales performance. Nathan has ranked in the top ten nationally 11 times since 2000 and 22 times over his career in the top 15, including 1st in 2007. Each year since 2013 Nathan has ranked 1st in the National Capital Markets Affiliate Ranking. Nathan has been a member of the President’s Round Table (top production award) since 1984, and recently was awarded the Service Excellence award for Capital Markets in the Americas.

In 2004, Nathan was inducted into the Cushman & Wakefield Hall of Fame, in the sales producer category. Nathan at the time was only the fifth member of the sales team (in Canada), to be inducted. Induction is limited to those few top performers with demonstrated excellence over an extended period of time.

Over the past 13 years Nathan has been a panellist, moderator, presenter and the 2013 Ottawa Real Estate Forum Chairman, as well as a panellist at the Toronto Real Estate Forum. Nathan is a sought after presenter based on his expertise in Ottawa’s commercial real estate market. The forum is annually attended by 600 of Canada’s leading owners, investors, and developers of commercial real estate across the country. 

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Nathan’s community work includes positions on the boards of The Bruyère Foundation, and the Ottawa Jewish Community School (Hillel). He has also done work for United Way, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, Ottawa Humane Society, along with numerous fundraising efforts for other local charities and events. Nathan is the chair of the Cushman & Wakefield Charity Classic which he has raised over $1,300,000.00 for local charities.