About Me
Dave Simonsen serves as an Executive Managing Director with Newmark Mountain West in the company’s Reno, Nevada office. Mr. Simonsen brings more than 37 years of experience as a commercial real estate broker. He began his career in 1987 with CB Richard Ellis in Walnut Creek, California. Transferring to the company’s Reno office in 1990, Mr. Simonsen became a leasing and sales specialist in the industrial properties group. He worked with CB Richard Ellis from 1987 to 1999, Colliers International from 1999 to 2005, NAI Alliance from 2005 to 2015 and Kidder Mathews from 2015 to July 2018 where he served as broker of record for the office, senior vice president of the industrial group and partner. In 2018, Dave opened the Newmark Mountain West office in Reno. He has a varied background assisting clients with building and site acquisitions, disposition, lease negotiation, tenant relocations, institutional landlord representation, land sales, build-to-suits and development assignments.
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Representing Owners
• Carlsen Investments
• Global Logistic Properties
• Hawco Development
• IndCor
• Lake Washington Partners
• Northwestern Mutual Life
• Panattoni
• Pfizer Pharma
• Prologis
• University of Nevada Reno
• Washington Capital
Representing Tenants/Buyers
• American Red Cross
• Ardagh Metal Packaging
• AT&T
• Barnes & Noble Books
• Boar’s Head Meats
• City of Reno
• Diversified Distribution Systems
• Ebara Corporation
• Exel Logistics
• Fulcrum Biofuels
• Henry Schein Pharma
• IBM
• Lincoln Electric
• Numark
• Online Tech Stores
• Otis Elevator
• RanPak Corporation
• Sanofi
• Sherwin Williams Paints
• SK Foods
• Standard Motor Product
• Store Opening Solutions
• Townsend Corporation
• UPS
• US Granite
• Velux America
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Northern Nevada Summit Award recipient of the following categories:
- Overall Reno Area Broker of the Year (all disciplines), 2016
- Reno Area Industrial Broker of the Year, 2016
- Largest Lease Transaction, 2016
- Overall Reno Broker of the Year (all disciplines), 2014
- Reno Area Industrial Broker of the Year, 2014
- Largest Sale Transaction, 2014
- Largest Sale Transaction, 2013
- Largest Lease Transaction, 2012
- Largest Lease Transaction, 2011
- Largest Sale Transaction, 2010
- Reno Area Industrial Broker of the Year, 2006
- Industrial Broker of the Year, 2005
- Repeat winner of CoStar & Commercial Property “Power Broker Award” for the Northern Nevada region
- Multiple year top broker Kidder Mathews office
- Multiple year top broker NAI Reno office
- Multiple year recipient of Collier’s 80/20 and 90/10 clubs
- Multiple year recipient of CBRE’s century club
Professional Affiliations & Designations
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
- Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN)
- Western Industrial Nevada (WIN)
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Former Director of Reno Marketing Professionals
- Contributor to the Reno Chapter of the Junior Achievement Program
- Past Board Member of the PGA’s Reno Tahoe Open
Mr. Simonsen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkley.
Nevada License: 144033






