Patrick M. Smith, SIOR
Patrick M. Smith, SIOR of Blue & Obrecht Realty/CORFAC International has achieved the SIOR industrial and office designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®. SIOR is a Washington, DC-based international professional organization of more than 3,200 commercial real estate professionals whom have earned the coveted SIOR designation.
To achieve the SIOR designation, Patrick completed at least five years of creditable experience in the highly specialized fields of both industrial and office real estate; met stringent education requirements; and demonstrated professional ability, competency, ethical conduct, and personal integrity.
Individuals who hold the SIOR designation are top producers in the commercial real estate field and are represented in more than 685 cities in 36 countries around the world. SIOR enforces a strict code of ethics and required designees to complete its ethics course within their first three years of membership.
Patrick joined Blue & Obrecht Realty in 2008, after a summer internship with the firm, and has spent his entire professional career in commercial real estate brokerage. Patrick has represented local landlords in the leasing and sale of well over 1M square feet of office and industrial space and has represented more than 130 companies in their search for commercial space. In the past 12 years Patrick has completed transactions with a total value in excess of $240 million.
Patrick was awarded the Baltimore Area Power Broker Award for Office Leasing by the CoStar Group in 2013; was a Living Classrooms Foundation Young Philanthropist Rising Star Honoree in 2013; sits on the Associate Leadership Council of the Living Classrooms Foundation (since 2016); participates in The Living Classrooms annual Thanksgiving Food Drive; and has been on the Board of Directors of The Manor Conservancy since 2017, and an active member of that organization since 2013.
SIOR is the leading global professional office and industrial real estate organization that certifies commercial real estate service providers with the exclusive SIOR designation, based on achievement, knowledge, accountability and ethical standards. Only the industry’s top professionals qualify for SIOR. Today, there are more than 3,200 members in 685 cities and 36 countries. For more information, visit www.sior.com.
Blue & Obrecht Realty, LLC / CORFAC International is a full-service commercial real estate firm offering landlord and tenant representation, and property acquisition and disposition. CORFAC International – Corporate Facility Advisors – is an alliance of entrepreneurial commercial real estate firms that partner to deliver quality and experienced service locally, nationally, and internationally.