About

Larry D. Richey is Executive Vice Chairman for Cushman & Wakefield’s Florida offices. In that position, he has executive oversight for the company’s offices in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Ft. Lauderdale. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield 41 years ago, Mr. Richey was a Certified Public Accountant with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand in Atlanta. He is also an attorney and a member of the Georgia Bar. The Florida offices of C&W consistently rank at the top of the competitive commercial real estate services industry in their respective markets. The company also manages and leases a seventy million square foot office, industrial, and retail portfolio in the state.

Affiliations

• National Association of Industrial & Office Parks
• Florida State University’s College of Business and Real Estate Executive Board
• University of Florida Real Estate Advisory Board
• CEO Council of Tampa Bay, Inc.
• Real Estate Investment Council
• Tampa Bay Economic Development Commission Executive Committee
• Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Society (Founding President)
• Board of The Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk

Community Involvement

• Tampa Bay Partnership Leadership Council
• Tampa Bay Partnership Transportation Task Force - Board of Directors
• Tampa Hillsborough EDC - Current Board Member, Past Chairman
• Orlando Economic Development Commission - Past Board Member
• Downtown Orlando Partnership - Past Board Member
• Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Society - Founding President, 1993
• Tampa Downtown Partnership Board - Past Chairman
• Florida Gulf Coast Commercial Association of Realtors (“FGCAR”) - President of the Board, 2008

Awards & Recognition

• Past Chairman of the Tampa Downtown Partnership
• Past Chairman of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation
• Past President of the Florida Gulf Coast Commercial Association of Realtors (“FGCAR”)
• Tampa NAIOP Hall of Fame Award
• Central Florida Commercial Board Wilbur Strickland Lifetime Achievement Award
• FGCAR Henry Blanton Lifetime Achievement Award
• Recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Tampa Bay Business by Tampa Bay Business Journal
• Florida Trend Top 500 Florida Business Lea

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Florida State University
• Juris Doctorate, Georgia State University