John has more than 40 years of real estate experience specializing in retail tenant representation, buyer side representation and new development. Throughout his career, he has provided strategic planning focusing primarily on deal execution for a large number of well known national and regional retailers, national restaurants, and retail and multifamily developers. He’s performed site selection and transactional services for many Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Kroger, Chase Bank, Academy Sports, Barnes & Noble, Walgreens and Starbucks. John’s primary focus has been metro Atlanta and greater Orlando but he’s also completed multiple transactions in many other southeastern and southwestern cities.
John has considerable experience with all aspects of ‘ground up’ real estate development, lease negotiations and shopping center acquisitions. John has developed a whole-market based approach to any given assignment with his strong knowledge of multiple trade areas that seek to maximize market share for his clients as he leverages his many relationships to best help his clients secure key location or to uncover hidden market possibilities.
After starting his real estate career in  Dallas, TX in 1983 he was hired by Roger Staubach in 1990 to join his company focusing on tenant representation. In 1995 as the company grew John was chosen to expand the retail division as a partner in the newly formed Atlanta office. As the beginning of 2000, he decided to step out on his own and form Berkshire Realty, LLC a boutique brokerage and development firm specializing in tenant and new development related service.