Dick Fleming is a Principal with Avison Young. As an office building specialist who has represented landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers in over 15 million square feet of real estate transactions, Dick’s success has been based on creative strategy development, negotiating skills, and repositioning. Dick is also a founding member of the Healthcare Practice Group.

Dick began his career in real estate with Cushman & Wakefield in 1974. After a successful decade in Atlanta, Dick opened an office for Cushman & Wakefield in Nashville before starting Fleming & Associates in 1987. The firm was chosen by BellSouth in 1990 for the acquisition of a headquarters site. He negotiated the purchase of the land for the current AT&T “Batman” building. That transaction led to his heading the Nashville office for Atlanta’s Carter & Associates. Dick served as real estate advisor to Baptist Hospital during the early to mid-90’s where he identified, acquired and leased numerous properties throughout Middle Tennessee. Dick also served as advisor to Renal Care Group in the acquisition and disposition of dialysis clinics throughout the United States. Over a three-year period, he dealt with the nine regional operating officers, construction coordinators, architects, and physicians in over thirty markets. After a 13-year tour as Nashville Manager for Carter & Associates, Dick rejoined Cushman & Wakefield as a Principal at Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone.

Affiliations et certifications

• NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties) Past President
• Rotary International
• Matthew 25 (not-for-profit) Board of Directors
• Licensed Real Estate Broker - Tennessee
• 2016 Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame - Midwest Real Estate News
• 2016 Power Leaders of Commercial Real Estate, Nashville Business Journal
• 2013 Commercial Real Estate Heavy Hitters, Nashville Business Journal
• 2012 CRE Top 50, Nashville Post
• 2011 CRE MVP, Nashville Business Journal
• 2010 CoStar Power Broker
• 2010 CRE Top 50, Nashville Post
• 2009 Top Commercial Real Estate Sales Person, The City Paper
• Norwich University, B.S. Economics
• Commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army
  • platoon leader in Vietnam