Trammell Crow Company
1983 – 1992 (9 years)
Responsible for the leasing and marketing of the 4,500,000 square foot Tulsa, Oklahoma office building and warehouse portfolio. Responsibilities included exclusive leasing of the overall portfolio, bottom line accountability for the investment performance of the overall portfolio, and annual valuation and recommendation of asset strategy.
Management and leasing clients included Merrill Lynch, Cigna, Allstate, Equitable, and CalPERS. Properties exclusively leased included BOK Tower (1,300,000 sf), Williams Towers I and II (750,000 sf), The Forum (60,000 sf), The Tulsa Union Depot (42,000 sf), Triad I (139,528 sf) and Triad II (155,000 sf), MeridianTower (205,891 sf), Two Memorial (134,184 sf) and Three Memorial Place (42,340 sf), Towne Center (179,827 sf), 4500 Exchange Center (157,813 sf), Exchange Center (140,006 sf), Corporate Place (115,952 sf), Fox Plaza (80,930 sf), and 21 Centre Park (39,842 sf).
Specific Accomplishments
- Consistently the top producer in Tulsa and often a top performer in the entire nation.
- Sold Triad II office building to American Airlines for $14,200,000.00
- Very involved in the $467,238,016.00 Williams Realty Corporation acquisition in 1987.
- On development team of Triad II office building (152,000 square feet), Freeport Trade Center (178,000 square feet), and Katy/Crow (120,055 square feet).
- Completed MIT Real Estate Program in 1987.
Property Company of America
1992 – 1997 (5 years)
Director of Leasing for the real estate division of PCA, involving over 3,000,000 square feet of office and retail properties. Responsibilities included the exclusive leasing and brokerage activities as well as Tenant relations. Was directly responsible for the acquisition of over 2,500,000 square feet of management and leasing contracts.
Specific Accomplishments
- Responsible for overseeing leasing effort that included over 1,500,000 square feet of leases signed during the five-year period. Management and leasing clients included Merrill Lynch, Cigna, and Paine Webber. Properties exclusively leased included CityPlex Towers (1,715,400 sf), Mid-Continent Tower (321,500 sf), Southern Hills Tower (151,879 sf), One Summit Plaza (124,464 sf), Kensington/IBC Tower (62,998 sf), Southland Tower (115,376 sf), 21 Lewis Plaza (57,218 sf) and Yorktown Plaza (50,988 sf).
- Designed, implemented and successfully completed a management and marketing program that resulted in the renovation and successful turnaround of CityPlex Towers (1,715,400 square feet) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A total of over 1,300,000 of new square footage was leased in less than four years.
The Guild Company, President & Owner
Newmark Robinson Park SVP
1997 – Present (28 years) | Joined Newmark 2021
The Guild Company is a commercial real estate, leasing, management and brokerage company formed in 1997. The main focus of the company is exclusive tenant and office building representation. In 2021, Rick Guild joined Newmark Robinson Park, bringing his extensive expertise and client relationships to one of the nation's leading commercial real estate firms.
Specific Accomplishments
- Sold Warren Place Office Complex (970,175 sf) for $101,170,000 in May of 2022 – the largest commercial real estate transaction in the history of Tulsa. Took over the exclusive leasing of Warren Place immediately following the sale.
- Selected to exclusively lease the 345,000 sf Cimarex/Coterra Energy Building at 202 South Cheyenne in Downtown Tulsa.
- Development team member and exclusive leasing agent for the newly developed 101,061 sf Vast Bank Office Building in Downtown Tulsa. The office space was 100% leased nine months before construction was complete, at all-time record rental rates for office space in Tulsa.
- CoStar Power Broker Award for the Tulsa Office Market for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 (one of only two brokers selected, and the only broker selected all five years). Also awarded four of the top five largest leases completed in Q4.
- NAIOP Largest Office Building Sale and/or Lease Award for 2021, 2022, and 2023.
- SIOR Top 50 Transaction of 2020 national award (2021).
- 2020 NAIOP Office Lease of the Year Award and 2019 NAIOP Office Lease of the Year Award (April 2021).
- Historic 2019 Triple Award Winner: NAIOP Office Lease of the Year, NAIOP Retail Lease of the Year, and NAIOP Office Building Development of the Year. No other individual or company has ever received these three awards in the same year.
- CoStar Top Office Company Leasing Award (one of only five companies selected).
- Completed $35 million sale of the Unit Corporation Office Building (2021). Also represented Unit Corporation in completing an 87,632 sf lease to remain in the building.
- Major Recent Tenant Representations:
- US Attorneys Office (56,469 sf lease, 2024)
- GableGotwals law firm (42,511 sf lease at Vast Bank Building)
- Airgas (73,130 sf lease)
- Targa Pipeline (52,146 sf lease at 110 West 7th)
- BOK Mortgage (43,349 sf lease)
- Trust Company of Oklahoma (34,380 sf, 2025)
- Merrill Lynch/Bank of America (31,781 sf lease, 2024)
- Major Recent Building Sales Completed:
- One and Two Warren Place ($151M, 2022)
- Yorktown Plaza ($4.25M, 2025)
- Yorktown Place ($4.5M, 2025)
- VGT Building ($9.1M, 2023)
- US Cellular Union Pines ($8.7M, 2023)
- Selser-Schaefer Architects Building ($5M, 2022)
- Indian Healthcare Resource Center ($2.5M, 2020)
- SWPA Building ($7.1M, 2019)
- Detroit Lofts ($4.6M, 2019)
- Vandever Lofts ($4.5M, 2020)
- 2022 Tulsa World Magazine Tulsan of the Year
- Chosen to do the exclusive leasing for the 2,300,000 sf, eighteen building, Kanbar Properties downtown office building portfolio in July of 2006. The properties included First Place Tower (624,000 sf), Bank of America Building (288,000 sf), Park Centre (190,000 sf) and the Petroleum Club Building (141,000 sf). Kanbar took the leasing in-house in January of 2008.
- Did the exclusive leasing of First Place Tower, a 624,000 square foot downtown office building, from February of 1998 to January of 2008. The building averaged over 90% leased throughout this 10-year period.
- Did the exclusive leasing of Mapco Plaza (140,825 sf), Autumn Oaks (117,590 sf), Utica Plaza (48,588 sf), and Bridgeport III (48,399 sf) for various owners.
- Did the exclusive leasing and management for One Memorial Place (90,720 sf) office building from December of 1998 until August of 2010. The building averaged over 95% leased throughout this 12-year period.
- Exclusively represented SemGroup regarding their 95,185 square foot office lease.
- Exclusively represented Conner & Winters regarding their 56,676 square foot downtown lease.
- Exclusively represented McAfee & Taft Law Firm regarding their 32,298 square foot downtown lease.
- Exclusively represented The Zarrow Foundation regarding their 11,955 square foot downtown lease.
Career Highlights
- Over 42 years of commercial real estate expertise
- Completed over $1.5 billion in personal leasing and sales
- Completed more than 2,000 transactions totaling over One Billion ($1,500,000,000) dollars
- Exclusively leased every major office building in Tulsa, including BOK Tower (1.4M sf), Williams Towers I & II (770,000 sf), CityPlex Towers (2.2M sf), First Place Tower (624,000 sf), Warren Place (970,175 sf), 110 West 7th (521,845 sf), One Place Tower (325,510 sf) and many others
Industry Specific Skills and Attributes
- National Board Member of NAIOP and SIOR designation (highest professional designation in commercial real estate)
- Frequent speaker as an expert regarding the Tulsa office market at regional real estate conferences, including the 2024 NAIOP Tulsa Trends Event at Southern Hills, 2025 Interface Event in OKC, and the 2024 GTAR Commercial Update event
- Have established the premiere Tenant database tracking system in Tulsa that has over 3,000 tenant profiles and lease expirations
- Fully knowledgeable in all areas of commercial real estate
- Fully knowledgeable in all facets of office, industrial and retail leasing
- Creative problem solving skills highly developed
- Proficient with computer hardware and software
- Licensed Oklahoma Real Estate Broker #082989
Professional and Civic Activities
- President of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP Oklahoma) in 1991, 1992, 2017, and 2018, the only four-time president.
- Elected as a National NAIOP Board Member in 2017 and 2021 for three-year terms
- Current Member of Southern Hills Country Club (Site of the 2021 Senior PGA, 2022 PGA, plus 7 previous Major Championships)
- Member of the Board of Directors of NAIOP Oklahoma from 1985-2001 and 2016 to 2022
- Tulsa Boys Home Governing Board Member since 1990
- Made honorary Lifetime Board Member of Tulsa Boys Home in 2011 (one of only ten awarded in the Tulsa Boys Home 100-year history)
- Member of the Nicholas Club since 1988 supporting the Children's Medical Center and Tulsa Boys Home
- Member of the Girl Scouts of Oklahoma Board for many years
- Co-founded Fight Night with Ray Siegfried, which raised over $1.5 million for various charities in the Tulsa area. Co-Chairman of the event from 1993-1997
- SIOR Office Specialist – considered the highest Professional Designation in Commercial Real Estate
- Downtown Tulsa Unlimited Board from 1987 to 1992
- Tulsa International Mayfest Governing Board from 1988 to 1992
- Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council Board Member in 1990
- Member of Founding Tulsa Children's Museum Board
- Member of Tulsa Little League Board of Directors for many years
- Member of ORU Golden Eagle Club Board. President in 1998
- Board member of the proposed Eddie Sutton Youth Sports Arena
- Member of Golf Club of Oklahoma from 1992-2006
- Current Summit Club Member for many years
- Graduated from Oklahoma State University's Business College in 1980
- Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Elected Rush Chairman for two years, Social Chairman two years. Currently Tulsa Alumni Social Chairman
- Completed the MIT Real Estate Program in Cambridge, Mass. while with Trammell Crow Company
- 2022 Tulsa World Magazine Tulsan of the Year
