Thomas Cairns

Associate Real Estate Broker


NAI Platform
14 Corporate Woods Boulevard Suite 100
Albany, New York 12211
United States


+1 518 465 1400

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Scope of Experience

Cairns focuses on tenant representation and the nonprofit community as well as specialized services to the banking industry and the medical community.

Background & Experience

With more than 30 years of combined experience in real estate and the nonprofit sector, Cairns is uniquely qualified to provide broad real estate expertise with specific sensitivity to the needs of nonprofit organizations. Cairns has been a licensed real estate professional since 1970 and a licensed real estate broker since 1973. He is the former owner/broker of Moffat Hollis Better Homes & Gardens, Cairns Commercial Real Estate and First Appraisal Group, and he served as Senior Vice President of Prudential Blake-Atlantic Realtors. While owner of Cairns Commercial Real Estate and First Appraisal Group, Cairns exclusively represented Citibank for their bank expansions, appraisals and REO's. Cairns also represented the Private Banking division of Citibank in Manhattan with regards to assisting Private Bank clients with their upstate properties. Cairns was personally involved in over one thousand real estate appraisals and assignments for Citibank.

Education

Cairns received a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Mount St. Mary's College. He went on to obtain a master's degree from the State University of Albany's School for Public Affairs. Cairns also participated in the O.P.M. program at Harvard University.

Professional Associations & Designations

National Association of Realtors (NAR) Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Brokers (CIREB) Greater Capital Association of Realtors (GCAR) Capital Region Chamber of Commerce Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce Guilderland Chamber of Commerce

Transaction History

LEASE - 20-Year Ground Lease / Bank Pad site / Cicero, NY / $1,011,000 LEASE - 5-Year Lease / RV Dealership / Winter Park, FL / $1,390,000 LEASE - 20-Year Ground Lease / Bank Pad site / 40 Wolf Road, Colonie, NY / $1,850,000 LEASE - 20,000 SF Professional Office / 20-Year Lease / Non-Profit Entity / Albany, NY / $6,763,000 SALE - 110,000 SF School Building / Non-Profit Entity / Rensselaer, NY / $4,000,000 SALE - Professional Office Building / Non-Profit Entity / Guilderland, NY / $1,425,000 SALE - Funeral Home / Albany, NY / $1,100,000