About – Ironwood Realty Partners

Who We Are

About Ironwood

Dallas Industrial Real Estate Aerial View of Skyline

Recognized as one of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Top Industrial Developers by Dallas Business Journal.

Bob Rice established Ironwood in 2015 after decades of industrial real estate experience. He founded the company with a singular vision; to offer full-service industrial real estate solutions while providing our clients with the highest level of expertise, service, and integrity.

At Ironwood Realty Partners, we offer the unique opportunity to work with a team that provides institutional expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our deep industry knowledge allows us to streamline the decision-making process and reduce lead time from start to finish. We utilize creativity and flexibility to provide unique solutions for our clients and always strive to out-think and out-hustle the competition. As a result, Ironwood has grown to become an industry leader in industrial real estate, servicing some of the largest institutions and equity firms in the country.

Our Core Values

Ironwood Realty Partners was founded with the following core values:

Integrity

We operate with the highest integrity and always do the right thing.

Respect

We value partners that share the same core values.

Service

We utilize creativity and flexibility to provide solutions for our clients.

Knowledge

We always strive to out-think and out-hustle
the competition.

Transparency

We maintain total transparency in every transaction that we make.

Our Team

Our team works to identify and understand your real estate needs in order to present the most effective short and long-term strategy for your assets all while providing our clients with the highest level of expertise, service, and integrity.

Bob Rice

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER

Bob Rice has over thirty-nine years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Indiana University, he moved to Texas immediately after graduation and hasn’t looked back since. Throughout his career, Bob has earned a reputation as a businessman and developer dedicated to service and integrity. Real Estate is a people business, and he embodies the importance of developing long-lasting relationships with an old-school, face-to-face mentality.

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Prior to founding Ironwood in 2015, Bob worked with Duke Realty, Seefried Properties and Weeks Robinson Properties where he developed over 6M SF of new industrial property. Since starting Ironwood, he has built a strategic portfolio across the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas, developing and leasing over 13M SF of spec industrial space with another 2M SF currently in his pipeline. Ironwood has consecutively been ranked as one of the Top Commerical Developers in DFW by the Dallas Business Journal for the past seven years and is currently ranked as a Top Commerical Developer in Austin after entering the Central Texas market in 2020. Bob’s involvement includes the entire development process including land acquisition, due diligence, entitlements, lease negotiations, construction, and client services.

Ironwood’s current focus is to expand its footprint in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin markets through land acquisition and development of industrial and logistics facilities in order to support the expansive economic growth in Texas.

Bob is a member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR), Texas Association of Realtors (TAR), and Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), and an avid rancher, outdoorsman, skier and live music fan.

Todd Jones

Principal

Todd is a trusted advisor for many institutions and corporations specializing in the development/leasing and sale of land, office/warehouse, high-tech, office showroom and low-rise office space in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region. Prior to joining Ironwood Realty Advisors Todd was a principal at Younger Partners Prior in their Industrial division which focused on 3rdparty leasing and management for institutional Industrial property owners. Todd owned and operated Lone Star Realty Advisors. Todd previously was responsible for Republic Property Company’s operations in the South-Central U.S. Todd oversaw all aspects of acquisitions, development and market expansion in his region.

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While with Transwestern, Todd negotiated sales and leases exceeding approximately $225 million representing approximately 4,500,000 square feet. Todd was involved in three development projects in 2007 in excess of 1,520,000 square feet. Todd spent nine years with Fults/ONCOR International where he served as a specialist in industrial and office sales and leasing and was later promoted to vice president. He completed approximately 150 transactions with Fults, totaling over $100 million in value. Todd spent three years as construction manager with Trammell Crow Company’s Baltimore division and managed the development of a 50-acre park known as Techwood, which included the construction of 420,000 square feet of shell space and 225,000 square feet of interior improvements.

Parker Rice

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT Director

Parker Rice graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2018. As an Economics major, Parker focused his efforts towards commercial real estate by receiving a Real Estate Certificate and Business Administration minor. While at UT, he was a member of The Undergraduate Real Estate Society where he participated in market tours, career panels, case competitions, and networking events. He currently holds his Texas Real Estate Salesperson License and is a member of NTCAR Young Professionals and TREC Young Guns.

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Parker has joined the Ironwood Realty Partners team to aid in the development, leasing, and underwriting process of industrial real estate in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He has experience in industrial real estate with an internship at Ironwood in 2017 and with CBRE’s Industrial Investment Sales team in 2018.

Outside of the office, Parker enjoys spending time outdoors skiing, fishing, and hunting. Prior to joining Ironwood, he worked in Telluride, CO for the resort, pursuing one of his passions for skiing as he engaged with people from all over the world.

Cindy Bradley

Senior Project Coordinator + Property Management

Cindy Bradley is a native Texan with 16 years of experience in Real Estate development and construction. She began her career in industrial real estate in 2006 with the DFW regional office of Seefried Properties in Dallas, Texas. Cindy then went on to work for the private operating business division of Crow Holdings at Old Parkland where she oversaw campus operations, and tenant relations, and worked with Crow’s real estate investment teams in executing its investor conferences, both onsite and remote.

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Before joining the Ironwood team in 2022, Cindy also worked on development and construction teams which included prototype development, investor draws, licensing, vendor management, and software implementation and training at several large public companies such as Main Event and Zoes Kitchen.

Her responsibilities with Ironwood include office communications, marketing, draws, and all development-related duties.

Harriet Martin

Accounting + Property Management

Harriet joined Ironwood Realty Partners in January 2016, and currently works in an administrative role and on special projects. Harriet brings 30 years of experience in commercial real estate in the Dallas area. Her career began in 1992 with CMD Realty Investors. Her past duties have included office, retail, and apartment property management, acquisitions, dispositions, and working directly with tenants, vendors, and property owners.

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