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John Littman

Executive Managing Director • United States

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1330 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
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John Littman

Executive Managing Director • United States


Profile

Role and Responsibilities
John Littman has been with Cushman & Wakefield for 26 years since 1994 and has 38 years of real estate experience advising and representing clients. He assists clients with leasing, acquisition, and disposition requirements of all types of industrial properties including land for both commercial and residential development.   He has also developed considerable experience with Port area, rail, marine, manufacturing, and warehouse properties. Mr. Littman is a member of C&W's Rail Advisory Group and C&W's Ports and Intermodal Advisory Group.

Professional Experience 

Mr. Littman is a Senior partner of the Parker/Littman brokerage team, a team which has been working together for the last 20 years.  The Parker/Littman team has consistently been one of the top producing industrial teams within C&W globally. In the last nine years sales or leases were completed with a cumulative transaction value of $984,097,858.  Approximately 45% have been land sales during the 20-year period.  In 2017, 2018, and 2019 the Parker/Littman team represented clients in 112 transactions valued at $359,901,751. These transactions include 6,655,000 square feet of both warehousing and manufacturing space, and 3,537 acres of land.  Thirty-eight transactions in this three-year period involved space requirements of 90,000 square feet or greater.  The Parker/Littman team is regarded as one of the most experienced and productive in the Gulf Coast markets.

Prior to brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield, John previously managed C&W’s Houston appraisal division for six years. Prior to that was a manager for Kenneth Leventhal & Company, supporting the real estate consulting practice, which primarily included loan support/underwriting, workout evaluation, and litigation support, and various feasibility studies. John got his start in the business in 1982 as research director for Benton Gould Properties, a 25-person boutique land brokerage company in Houston. After three years, John transitioned into brokerage for the same firm. John is a member of Beth Israel Congregation and is a member of the Shepard Society of Rice University.  John is also active in the Art & Paper Patron Group of the Museum of Fine Arts.

 

Awards & Associations

Professional Affiliations 
Member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and holds the prestigious SIOR designation
Member of the C&W’s Ports & Intermodal Advisory Group
Member of C&W’s Rail Advisory Group
Member of the Commercial Real Estate Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Member of the Society of Texas A&M Real Estate Professionals
Past member of Appraisal Institute for 27 years (MAI No. 8407) from 1990 through 2016

 

Professional Recognition

• Recognized in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 by the Houston Business Journal; as an industrial “Heavy Hitter” broker.
• Finalist for 2017 Industrial Broker of the Year award given by the Houston Chapter of NAIOP
• Awarded the Industrial Deal of the Year award by the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Developers (NAIOP) for the sale and leaseback of a 90.8 acre site on the Houston Ship Channel in 2013, and also in 2014 for the sale of the 11,007-acre Cedar Crossing Industrial Park in Baytown, Texas, and in 2017 for the 493,000 square foot build-to-suit lease in Port Crossing Commerce Center in La Porte, Texas
• Repeat recipient of Cushman & Wakefield's Service Excellence Award (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006), and has been a repeat Houston Top Ten Producer (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, and 2017)
• Recognized as one of the top 10 Industrial Brokers within Cushman & Wakefield in North America (in 2014), and Top 15 in 2013
• Earned Cushman & Wakefield’s Industrial Brokerage Deal of the Year award (2004, 2005 and 2007) for the dispositions of Greens Port Industrial Park totaling 2.8 million square feet on the Houston Ship Channel; University Business Park, a 587,000 square foot multi-tenant research and development, office, and warehouse facility; and 5100 North Sam Houston Parkway, a 377,750 square foot new and leased industrial facility, respectively 
• Finalist for the Industrial Rising Star award given by the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association (2002)
• Awarded with Cushman & Wakefield’s Outstanding New Broker of the Year Award (2001)

 

Education
• Graduate of Texas A&M University where he graduated Cum Laude with a BBA and MA specializing in finance and real estate

Mr. Littman has been married 29 years and has twin 27-year-old daughters.

Assignments

  • Haldor Topsoe
  • Kuraray America
  • Northwest Pipe Co.
  • Sulzer Pumps, Inc.
  • Intermarine USA
  • Firestone Polymers
  • Vinmar
  • MRC Global
  • Lonza America, Inc.
  • Gulf Inland Logistics Park

My Listings

Investment Property
Available
For Sale • Warehouse/Distribution
5,500 SF Warehouse For Sale

5199 North Main Street
Liberty, TX 77575
United States

Sale Price: Negotiable

Available
For Sale • Land
1.36 Acres

0 State Highway 146
Baytown, TX 77520
United States

Sale Price: Negotiable

Available
For Sale • Land
Gulf Inland Logistics Park

Grand Parkway @ US Highway 90
Dayton, TX 77535
United States

Sale Price: Negotiable

Available in Future
For Lease • Office Service
Northwest Place Industrial Park - Building A

6511 West Little York Road
Houston, TX 77040
United States

Rental Price: $9.96 USD

Available
For Sale • Other
Redevelopment Opportunity For Sale

414 Schweikhardt
Houston, TX 77019
United States

Sale Price: Negotiable

Available
For Lease • Warehouse/Distribution
1220 South Airhart

1220 South Airhart
Baytown, TX 77520
United States

Rental Price: $9.00 USD

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