Floyd Rowley

Floyd Rowley
Founding Broker

Area of Expertise

Floyd focuses on representing buyers or sellers in large / complex investment property sales in northern Nevada: apartments, land, office buildings, retail centers and industrial properties.

Professional Accomplishments

Since mid-2004, Floyd has closed a total of $307 million in 110 investment sales transactions in the Reno / Sparks region. Starting in the fall of 2008 he began focusing on distressed assets, mainly apartments. He has now closed $89 million of apartment transactions and $67 million in land sales. Since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008, he has completed 75 broker price opinions totaling $523 million, resulting in $72 million of listings, mainly apartments, since the spring of 2010. Floyd’s land listings have extended from Dayton north to Stead – and east to Elko.

Business and Educational Background

Floyd graduated from Duke University and began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, CPA’s, where he oversaw audits of real estate developers, The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, various manufacturers, WPEC TV, and two tax-exempt mutual funds in Palm Beach. Before moving to Reno in 2000, he worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for 17 years, consulting for AMB, Bechtel, Catellus, Sun Microsystems, PacTel Properties, Prometheus, Rouse, and Trammell Crow, performing strategic asset management assignments to buy, sell or finance commercial investment properties.

Floyd arrived In San Francisco in January 1983 to be the regional controller for the developer of the 750,000 square foot 333 Bush Street high-rise. Later, at Oakland City Center, he was instrumental in negotiating and closing the sale of the 486,000 square foot Clorox Building. As CFO for JMA Properties in the late 1980’s, he secured acquisition / redevelopment financing for 13 properties. His Bay Area career culminated with his appointment in 1997 as Senior Vice President for Shorenstein, where he managed all the Company’s administration, consisting of a staff of 80 and a $10.8 million annual operating budget.

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, PBS Channel 5, Reno’s public television (2016 – present)
Board Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair: Rebuilding Together Northern NV (2020 – 2024)
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority Community Outreach Committee (2018 – 2020)
Board of Directors, Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (2007 – 2012)
Board of Governors, Montreux Golf & Country Club (2005 – 2013)
Reno Philharmonic Association: Audit Committee Chair, Finance Committee member (2004 –2009)
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum, Board Member (2006 – 2011)
Handled all aspects of the purchase of Reno’s former City Hall to become the Museum’s building
Previously, Floyd completed two years on the Galena / Steamboat Citizens Advisory Board

Education and Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, Duke University 1977, emphasis in accounting
Certified Public Accountant – licensed continuously from 1979 through 2023
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM): 2007 through 2023
Nevada Real Estate Salesperson: licensed May 2003
Nevada Real Estate Broker: September 2018 licensed through October 2025

Affiliations and Memberships

American Institute of CPA’s (1978 – 2023)
Builders Association of Northern Nevada, Government Affairs Committee (2018 – 2022)
Estate Planning Council of Northern Nevada (2013 – 2019)
NAIOP, Transportation & Governmental Affairs Committees (2018 – 2020)
National Multifamily Housing Council (2014 – 2019)
Nevada CPA Society (2003 – 2020)
Nevada State Apartment Association, Board member & member of the Government Affairs Committee (2019 – 2024)
Founder, Northern Nevada Executive Council: www.NNEC.biz (2003 – 2020)
Prospectors’ Club (2013 – 2023)

Representative Clients

Allison Automotive GroupPanattoni Development Company
Bank of the WestPine Cone Circle Investments - Prim
Barrington CorporationSamantha Partners LLC – Ian Rogoff
Bayco Investment CompanySeagate Properties
Daniel Webb TrustSierra Meadows Investors, LLC
Double Diamond LLCSierra Office Solutions / Xerox
Dunham TrustTesla
ER Management - Kevin McNamaraTerry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum West Second District
Fairfield Residential TICO Construction - Alex & Marion Hose
Google / Holder ConstructionHarold Van Dyke Trust / Kyle Pitman Trust
Hamilton Zanze & CompanyPetrus Partners
Huckabay Properties, Inc.TriMont Real Estate Advisors
Jacobs EntertainmentUmpqua Bank
Kromer InvestmentsUp Campus Properties
MTK Limited, LLCWells Fargo Bank
Ocwen Loan ServicingWestface Partners LLC