Rick Hamilton – Director of Acquisitions

Rick Hamilton
Director of Acquisitions

Rick Hamilton brings to AMC Investments a diversified, 35 plus year career in commercial real estate encompassing all facets of transactional activities, finance and real property management. Upon receiving his M.S. and M.B.A from the University of Southern California, he began his career in government and banking. In 1976, he launched his real estate career in commercial property brokerage at Grubb and Ellis (followed by CB Richard Ellis) as an industrial sales and leasing specialist, where he was awarded The Irvine Company’s “Outstanding Broker Award” for two consecutive years.

From brokerage, Mr. Hamilton transitioned into institutional real estate acquisitions. As a principal of T. Rowe Price Realty Advisors, Inc., and Vice President, Director of Acquisitions at Coldwell Banker Capital Management Group (now CB Richard Ellis Investors), he was responsible for acquiring properties in California, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania in the form of joint ventures, convertible mortgages and outright purchases. He originated new property opportunities, negotiated deal structures and legal documentation, and performed the physical and financial due diligence on those acquisitions. Following T.Rowe Price, Rick was the Director of Real Estate for a high net worth family estate.  In that capacity, he directed acquisitions, asset management, financing and dispositions of a large southern California real estate portfolio. His expertise in asset management was honed during these years.

In 1995, Mr. Hamilton was offered the opportunity to help establish an investment sales division at PM Realty Group and re-enter the commercial brokerage arena. This opportunity resulted in the creation of a highly successful investment brokerage team that was directly responsible for 48 office, industrial, retail and multifamily sales transactions totalling more than $2.8 billion (at both PM Realty Group and Cushman Realty/Cushman & Wakefield). In 2005, Mr. Hamilton was the recipient of the Co-Star “Office Sale of the Year” award, as well as the “Power Broker” designation.  A partial list of his clients include Aetna, AT&T, Bank of America, CB Richard Ellis Investors, CIGNA, Mass Mutual, Equitable Life, Goldman Sachs, The Irvine Company, Lincoln Property Co., TIAA-CREF, Morgan Stanley, Trammel Crow, Koll Bren, Schreiber Co., Fluor Corporation and TrizecHahn.