About

Aric Starck is Executive Vice Chairman of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group and leads the most active brokerage team in San Diego County, a top nationally ranking team. With 25 years of commercial real estate experience, Aric is recognized as one of the most respected and top brokers in the area, having been involved in many of San Diego’s highest-profile and largest investment sales. His robust performance ranks him as a multi-year C&W Top Producer. He is also regularly featured in many news publications for both his notable transactional performances as well as for delivering local market expertise.

Aric serves on the NAIOP Board of Directors, is a member of the University of San Diego (USD) Real Estate Alumni Association, and Urban Land Institute. He is also a donor/sponsor to the Boys and Girls Club of San Diego. Aric has also established close working relationships with the San Diego North County cities of Carlsbad, Vista and San Marcos in helping to promote and expand local businesses there. Drawing from his extensive professional experience and expertise, he also works with these cities as well as businesses to help guide some of their real estate objectives and solutions.

Clients

• Alexandria Real Estate Equities
• Alvarez & Marsal Capital Real Estate
• Angelo Gordon/TPG
• Ares
• Badiee Development
• Barings Real Estate
• BentallGreenOak
• Bixby Land Company
• BKM Capital Partners
• Blackstone
• BLT Enterprises
• Buchanan Street Partners
• Carlyle Group
• Clarion Partners
• Create Capital
• Cruzan
• DENSO Wireless Systems America
• First Industrial Realty Trust
• Gemological Institute of America
• Graymark Capital
• H.G. Fenton
• Hewson Properties
• Hill Companies
• Hill Properties
• Hines
• Investcorp
• Jadian Capital
• KKR
• Lincoln Property Company
• Link Logistics
• Neogenomics
• Pfizer
• Phase 3
• Regent Properties
• RMR Group
• RPG
• Steelwave
• Stockbridge Capital Group
• Stockdale Capital Partners
• Stos Partners
• Tritower Financial Group
• Vuori
• Westcore
• The Wonderful Company
• W.P. Carey

Assignments

• Pfizer, Torrey Pines Portfolio Sale - 632K SF, $255M
• RPG, Southern California Industrial Portfolio Sale - 1.3M SF, $207M
• Link Logistics/Blackstone, North San Diego Industrial Portfolio Sale - 614K SF, $206M
• Barings Real Estate, North County Corporate Center Sale - 494K SF, $148M
• Regent Properties Portfolio Sale - 346K SF, $131M
• RPG, Merck Lease - 316K SF
• Hines, UPS Lease - 228K SF
• BLT Enterprises, Amazon Lease - 222K SF
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Vuori Lease - 181K SF
• Link Logistics, Amazon Lease - 176K SF
• Bentall Green Oak, Natural Alternatives International - 162K SF
• Ares Industrial Management, Wesco - 124K SF
• BLT Enterprises, FedEx Lease - 110K SF

Affiliations

• NAIOP, Board Member, Board of Directors
• University of San Diego Alumni Association

Awards & Recognition

• 2025 Top Broker Award, Connect CRE
• 2024 Number 1 Top Producer, San Diego
• 2024 Top 10 Industrial Leasing Producer
• 2024 Top 10 Overall Southwest Region
• 2024 Top 100 Producer, Americas
• 2023 Top 10 Producer, San Diego
• 2022 Top 5 Producer, San Diego
• 2022 Top 20 Producer, Americas
• 2021 Top 5 Producer, San Diego
• 2021 Top 100 Producer, Americas
• 2020 Top 5 Producer, San Diego
• 2019 Top 5 Producer, San Diego
• 2019 Top 10 Industrial, Americas
• 2019 Top 100 Producer, Americas
• 2018 Broker of the Year, San Diego Business Journal
• 2018 Number 1 Top Producer, San Diego
• 2018 Top 10 Industrial, Americas
• 2018 Top 100 Producer, Americas
• 2017 Top 5 Producer, San Diego
• 2017 Top 100 Producer, Americas
• 2017 Office Deal of the Year Award, San Diego Business Journal 
• 2016 Top Producer, Americas 
• 2016-2025 CoStar Power Broker Award