J. Holmes Davis, IV

Senior Vice President & Partner | Email

Holmes Davis is responsible for industrial sales and leasing and corporate relationships in the Southwestern United States. Mr. Davis has recently been ranked #1 by the Dallas Business Journals list of top industrial brokers. His average transaction volume over the course of the last eight years has been in excess of 3,000,000 sq. ft. sold or leased. In 2007, his transaction volume hit $102,000,000 with a total of over 5,000,000 sq. ft. sold or leased. These results made him one of the top industrial brokers in the United States as featured in Commercial Property News. He also recently has been involved in the site selection process for various Fortune 500 companies throughout the US and internationally, including Wal-Mart, Scholastic Books, Sally Beauty, Trinity Industries, Land O’ Frost, Bissell and H. E. Butt Grocery.

Recent highlights over the last few years are as follows:
Corsicana, TX – 1,453,615 sq. ft. (Seller: K-Mart / Buyer: Equity Industrial for The Home Depot)
Booneville, AR – 1,205,000 sq. ft. (Seller: Today’s Plastics / Buyer: Rockline Industries)
McCrory, AR – 770,925 sq. ft. (Seller: American Greetings / Buyer: Calpaco Paper)
Houston, TX – 669,101 sq. ft. (Seller: Unilev / Buyer: Sysco Corporation)
Jonesboro, AR – 631,304 sq. ft. (Seller: Haworth, Inc. / Buyer: Nice-Pak Products)
Irving, TX – 624,473 sq. ft. (Seller: Hitachi Maxim / Buyer: Atmel)
Irving, TX – 624,473 sq. ft. (Seller: Atmel / Buyer: Maxim Integrated Products)
Waxahachie, TX – 589,185 sq. ft. (Seller: GAF Materials. / Buyer: Dart Container)
Denton, TX – 553,000 sq. ft. (Seller: Texas Instruments / Buyer: University of North Texas)
Maumelle, AR – 497,000 sq. ft. (Seller: Hanover Direct / Buyer: Scholastic Books)
Maumelle, AR – 497,000 sq. ft. (Seller: Scholastic Books / Mohr Capital)
San Antonio, TX – 468,994 sq. ft. (Seller: Sony / Buyer: Corporate Office Properties Trust for the National Security Agency)
Plano, TX – 420,045 sq. ft. (Seller: Westmount Realty / Buyer: Countrywide Financial Corp)
Dallas, TX – 403,200 sq. ft. (Tenant: Wal-Mart / Subleased to National Tire & Battery)
Athens, TX – 395,970 sq. ft. (Seller: Wachovia / Buyer: First Industrial for Square D)
Siloam Springs, AR – 382,000 sq. ft (2 buildings) (Seller: Syroco / Buyer: Simmons Foods)
Fort Worth, TX – 367,000 sq. ft. (Tenant: General Mills / Leased to Teleflex Medical)
Little Rock, AR – 358,300 sq ft (Seller: Wheatland Tube / Buyer: Welspun)
North Richland Hills, TX – 350,000 sq. ft. (2 buildings.) (Seller: Kimberly-Clark / Buyer: Industrial Realty Group)
Mesquite, TX – 260,000 sq ft (Landlord: Prologis / Tenant: Bissell)
Russellville, AR – 238,500 sq ft (Landlord: Garrison VA 500 Ind / Buyer: Rockline Ind)
Jonesboro, TX – 188,771 sq ft (Seller: Nordex / Buyer: Trinity Industries)
Pittsburg, TX – 175,000 sq ft (Seller: JBS / Buyer: Region 8)
Austin, TX – 123,674 sq. ft. (Seller: Tokyo Electron / Buyer: Austin Energy)

Mr. Davis is currently representing major companies such as Tyson Foods, Carrier/United Technologies, Nucor, MEMC and Tyco International in the marketing and disposition of their facilities in the Southwestern United States.

Mr. Davis graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in communications. He is a member of the Southern Economic Development Council, Arkansas Economic Developers, the Texas Economic Development Council and the Dallas-area Industrial Development Association, and CoreNet Global.