Conrad
Bernard joined Boyd Commercial in 1996 after a 16-year career
with CB Richard Ellis. A specialist in industrial/commercial
real estate brokerage, Conrad is involved in selling and leasing
distribution, manufacturing and service center facilities, build-to-suit
and design/construct projects, site acquisitions, investment property
sales and tenant representation.
During
the past few years Conrad has had a profound effect on the Houston
industrial scene, selling a 20-acre Northwest Business Park site
that now houses a 240,000 square foot office warehouse for United
Stationers Supply Company, and leasing to 100 percent occupancy
a 1.3 million square foot manufacturing, office and warehouse
facility to 10 different companies who moved in 1,500 employees.
A 230,000 square foot office building, the former headquarters
of Hughes Tool Company, was sold to the State of Texas and is
now occupied by the General Services Administration, along with
several other state agencies. Additionally, Conrad has recently
completed several significant transactions for Baker Hughes.
These transactions include the relocation of Baker Hughes Incorporated’s
world headquarters, the sale of a 1,100,000 square foot multi-tenant
industrial complex, the sale of a 105 acre re-development site
which contained over 1,000,000 square feet of office manufacturing
and warehouse facilities and a multi-property sale/leaseback transaction
for them comprising of more than 1,000,000 square feet.
Conrad was also involved in the sale of the 4.5 million square
foot, $138 million Sealy Properties portfolio and the sale of
National Realty Group’s 1.6 million square foot, $53 million portfolio
of office warehouse/service center buildings to First Industrial
REIT.
Conrad’s
industry involvement includes memberships with the Houston Association
of Realtors (HAR), the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR), the
National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Houston Realty
Breakfast Club. He has been recognized as the 2004 President
of the Houston Gulf Coast Chapter of the Society of Industrial
and Office Realtors (SIOR), the 2006-2007 Chairman of the Membership
Standards Committee for SIOR National, was the 2000 co-winner
of the William C. Jennings Lone Star Award presented by TAR for
the Outstanding Commercial Transaction of the Year and was the
1999 co-winner of the SIOR award for the largest dollar volume
investment transactions.
Conrad achieved
his professional designation of SIOR in 1999, is currently involved
as a volunteer at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo-Breeders,
Greeters Committee, and is also a life member. He received
a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980.
