Lock Richards serves as a President and Broker for Highland Commercial, Inc. specializing in the sale and leasing of office, industrial, retail, land & multi-family properties in the Sierra Foothills and Greater Sacramento regions of Northern California. As an active licensed real estate broker since 1990, he has over 25 years of invaluable knowledge and experience and has grown his firm into the region’s most respected commercial real estate company.

Prior to joining with Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, Richards’ firm was affiliated with Sperry Van Ness/SVN for 15 years, and Richards consistently earned annual recognition in the top echelon of producers nationally for the company. In his backyard of Nevada County, he has brokered the majority of all commercial land deals and has successfully closed many of the area’s highest-profile commercial property transactions. He has completed deals with such prominent companies as Tractor Supply, Dollar General, National Semiconductor, 2Wire, Tektronix and Linear Technology Corporation.

Prior to moving to Nevada County, Richards spent several years in corporate real estate in the Bay Area. At Beazer Developments West and Hanson Properties West in San Francisco, he managed several large-scale, formerly industrial properties, transitioning them into successful developments, including a half-million square foot office park in the heart of Silicon Valley (now home to Microsoft Corp.) and a Home Depot/Food for Less shopping center in Hayward, California. Richards was also responsible for the project management and disposition of a multi-million dollar portfolio of the operating company’s properties throughout the Western United States.

Richards began his career in Sacramento working in office leasing for Buzz Oates Enterprises / Sylva-Kirk & Company. He also spent several years in office leasing and sales in the East Bay Area at Norris, Beggs & Simpson. Richards graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982.