Professional Experience
Rusty Kennedy is the Managing Director and Leader of Stream’s Phoenix Industrial division. Rusty is responsible for leading the strategic direction of Stream’s industrial business in the Phoenix market, including overseeing operations, business development, recruiting, and the execution of industrial transactions, including project leasing, tenant representation, acquisitions, dispositions, and development services.
Before joining Stream, Rusty served as an Executive Vice President at CBRE in Phoenix where he has specialized in industrial landlord and tenant representation across the Phoenix market for over 15 years. His ability to engineer and implement integrated real estate solutions to solve the unique needs of real estate owners, businesses, and corporations has established him as one of Arizona’s most respected industrial brokers.
Rusty served as the Chairman of NAIOP’s Arizona Chapter in 2022, was a Member of the Super Bowl LVII Host Committee in 2023, is a Board Member of the AZ Sports & Tourism Authority and is a Member of the Phoenix Thunderbirds.
A native of Phoenix, Rusty entered commercial real estate after two years competing as a professional golfer on the Gateway and Canadian Tours. Rusty and his wife, Alyson, live in Phoenix with their four children.
Clients Represented
- 5 Star Development
- AEW
- Aspen Capital
- BRAMA Capital
- CALSTRS
- CBRE Investors
- Clarion Partners
- Clarius Partners
- Cohen Asset Management
- Conor Commercial
- Contour RE
- Cresset Partners
- DCT
- Duke Realty
- EastGroup Properties
- EJM Development
- First Industrial Realty Trust
- Green Street Real Estate
- i3 Interests
- Johnson Development
- Lake Washington Partners
- Lincoln Property Company
- Link Industrial
- Mack Company
- Mack Real Estate Group
- McKinney Investments
- MDH Partners
- Merit Partners
- Mountain West Properties
- Northern Equities
- NOVO Development
- Opus
- Principal Financial Group
- Prologis
- Provident
- Ryan Companies
- Seefried Partners
- Stockbridge
- Sunbelt Holdings
- Tippman
- Trammell Crow Company
- Tratt Properties
- UBS
- USAA
- WDP Partners
- Wentworth Property Company
- Westport Capital Partners
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Economics, The University of Texas
- Arizona Department of Real Estate Licensed Agent
Affiliations & Designations
- AZ Sports & Tourism Authority Board Member: 2022 – Present
- Phoenix Thunderbirds: Active Member
- NAIOP AZ Executive Committee: 2018 – Present
- NAIOP AZ Board of Directors: 2014 – Present
- Super Bowl LVII Host Committee: 2022 – 2023
- NAIOP AZ Chairman: 2022
- NAIOP AZ Vice Chairman: 2021
- CBRE Americas Producer Advisory Board Member: 2017 – 2020
- Phoenix Business Journal 40 Under 40: 2019
- NAIOP AZ “Industrial Brokers of the Year”: 2019, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011 & 2010
- NAIOP AZ “Industrial Brokers of the Year” Finalists: 2013 – 2018 & 2009
- Southwest Region Leader and Co-Founder of CBRE’s Industrial “Young Guns” Network
- AZ Disabled Sports Board of Directors: 2017
- RED Awards “Industrial Sales Team of the Year”: 2015
- NAIOP AZ “Emerging Broker of the Year”: 2014
- NAIOP AZ Developing Leaders Steering Committee Chairman: 2013
- NAIOP National “Developing Leader of the Year”: 2012
- NAIOP AZ “Developing Leader of the Year”: 2012 & 2011
Significant Assignments
Tenant
- Target 1,500,000 SF
- Nike 915,000 SF
- Ferrero 643,000 SF
- ConAir 620,000 SF
- Quaker Sales & Distribution (Pepsico) 580,000 SF
- ALDI Foods 100 Acres
- SanMar 480,000 SF
- REI 400,000 SF
- Home Depot 400,000 SF
- Fairlife 360,000 SF
- Nestle Water 395,000 SF
- QVC/Cornerstone 337,897 SF
- Staples, Contract & Commercial 296,763 SF
- Conn’s Appliances, Inc. 277,649 SF
- Daimler 260,000 SF
- American Building Supply 253,400 SF
- Silent Aire 243,000 SF
- Keuhne + Nagel, Inc. 201,666 SF
- Vitamin Shoppe 187,000 SF
- Packaging Corp of America 183,095 SF
- Ford Motor Company 165,699 SF
- Greentree Financial 162,000 SF
- Woodstuff Manufacturing, Inc. 161,875 SF
- Home Depot 135,472 SF
- Medline Industries, Inc. 135,472 SF
- Propak 120,000 SF
- Ulta 108,194 SF
- Staples Contracts & Commercial 100,723 SF
- Big-O-Tires, LLC 99,296 SF
- Ceva 97,600 SF
Sale
- First Industrial Trust 500 Acres $52,000,000
- Chewy.com 801,000 SF $67,000,000
- ConAir 620,000 SF $20,000,000
- Amazon/Home Depot 1,475,000 SF $125,000,000
- Coldwater Depot I, II & III 1,237,000 SF $60,480,800
- 4502 W Monterosa 235,000 SF $18,450,000
- NEC Hwy 85 & Cotton Ln 293 Acres $36,000,000
- Rubbermaid Factory 758,000 SF $34,500,000
- Riverside Distribution Center 503,239 SF $33,705,000
- Tempe Commerce Park III & IV 160,313 SF $27,550,000
- 2300 S 51st Ave 335,459 SF $26,800,000
- NEC Hwy 85 & Cotton Ln 293 Acres $24,000,000
- Van Buren Distribution Ctr. 359,031 SF $22,874,000
- Roth Family Trust Portfolio II 437,000 SF $22,000,000
- NWC University Dr & State Fwy 43 213,000 SF $19,100,000
- University Drive Portfolio 174,664 SF $18,325,000
- Baseline Foothills 147,454 SF $17,500,000
- Foothills Vista Tech Center 98,000 SF $16,350,000
- 2851 W Kathleen Dr 102,996 SF $16,250,000
- EJM/YSM 275 Acres $15,400,000
- Tolleson Business Center 153,927 SF $14,500,000
- 14647 S 50th St 133,600 SF $14,408,000
- Roth Family Trust Portfolio 370,405 SF $22,965,000
- 109 S 37th Ave 208,835 SF $13,783,110
- 8521 E Princess Dr 74,100 SF $13,500,000
- EJM Goodyear Industrial 230 Acres $13,250,000
- 5310 W Camelback Rd 152,523 SF $12,860,000
- 1 N 59th Ave 182,000 SF $12,450,000
- SubZero/Goodyear 440,000 SF $12,300,000