JD joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2022 as a Director for Retail Advisory Services in Austin. With over 22 years of brokerage experience, JD has a unique 360-degree tenant-based understanding of the retailer lifecycle and experience, having acted as Operating Principal in over 50 real estate lease and sale transactions on behalf of his former company. A long-time Austinite, JD is a trusted advisor who brings a wide range of market knowledge to his clients. He specializes in project leasing and execution, tenant representation, development consulting and the site selection process. Striving to create mutually beneficial deal terms for both landlord and 
tenant, JD’s skills include managing complex retail real estate transactions, establishing goals and executable plans for multiple, diverse projects with divergent but related costs and income streams, and supply chain management and distribution.