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What Austin Businesses Should Know About Tenant Representation
Tenant representation gives Austin businesses a commercial real estate broker or agent who works on their side of the negotiating table. TenantBase's network of independently licensed Austin commercial real estate partner brokers is built from years of experience and thousands of matches with local searches. Tenant reps can help you understand which submarkets are moving fastest, which property types are tightening, and what to think about for your specific use and business type. Whether you're searching for office space downtown, retail space along a growth corridor, industrial and warehouse space near the interstate, or medical office space close to a hospital system, our matching platform pairs you with an Austin tenant representation broker who already knows that specific market and works with businesses like yours. This can help with a comprehensive search process, more effective negotiations, and lease terms shaped by someone who is working on your behalf to get the deal.
Tenant reps in our Partner Network include these firms and designations
Avison Young
CCIM
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Cresa
eXp Commercial
Kidder Mathews
KW Commercial
Lee & Associates
Lincoln Property Group
NAI
SIOR
Transwestern
+ Independent Firms
Avison Young
CCIM
Coldwell Banker Commercial
Cresa
eXp Commercial
Kidder Mathews
KW Commercial
Lee & Associates
Lincoln Property Group
NAI
SIOR
Transwestern
+ Independent Firms
TenantBase Partner Network
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Every partner broker is an independently licensed real estate professional who provides tenant representation services in the Austin market.
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Start Your Match10+ yrs experienceTech-driven pivot during COVID
This advisor's real estate career began in 2014, moving from residential sales into a leasing analyst role for a private equity firm focused on NNN office buildings. That foundation led to tenant representation work across flex, warehouse, and office space, with an entrepreneurial pivot into technology when the pandemic slowed leasing activity.
Specialty: Flex · Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
10+ yrs experienceMilitary & federal contracting background
This advisor brings over a decade in real estate along with a background as an entrepreneur, military officer, and federal defense contractor, giving clients an unusually well-rounded business perspective. Personal experience building a real estate portfolio further sharpens the advice given to clients navigating their own transactions.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
40+ yrs in office environments2,000+ offices set up
With roots in the office environment sector dating back to 1983, this advisor has personally set up more than 2,000 offices over a long entrepreneurial career. Co-founding a commercial interior design firm added a design lens, built around the philosophy that space planning should happen before a lease is signed, not after.
Specialty: Creative · Flex — Austin
20 yrs experienceMulti-family investment focus
Serving Austin, San Antonio, and Central Texas since 2005, this advisor takes a hands-on, consultative approach across commercial, investment, and residential real estate. Multi-family investment property and commercial sales and leasing are particular specialties.
Specialty: Coworking · Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
Former executive chef & restaurateurBusiness sale & leasing specialist
Before real estate, this advisor owned a commercial kitchen and food service business and worked as an executive chef, experience that now shapes a specialty in helping restaurant and hospitality entrepreneurs buy, sell, and lease commercial space. That operator's perspective helps clients evaluate a space the way a business owner would.
Specialty: Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
Office & warehouse specialistAustin-focused
This brokerage specializes narrowly in Austin office and warehouse properties rather than working as a jack-of-all-trades generalist. That focus is positioned as an advantage: deep, specific knowledge of two property types rather than a surface-level command of every category.
Specialty: Medical · Warehouse — Austin
5 yrs experienceOff-market deal sourcing
This advisor specializes in sourcing deals directly from sellers to builders, focused on single-family and multi-family lots as well as value-add multifamily assets. He also works directly with capital groups to source office, multifamily, retail, and industrial opportunities, and is himself an investor in short-term rental property.
Specialty: Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
10+ yrs real estate experienceFormer 5-restaurant owner
With more than two decades in Central Texas and over a decade in real estate, this advisor also owned and operated five restaurants, a background that directly informs deep retail expertise. Clients regularly turn to him for office expansions and investment portfolio guidance as well.
Specialty: Restaurant · Storefront — Austin
Since 2012 in CREMedical, industrial & financial expertise
After years as a sales professional for a national company, this advisor transitioned into commercial real estate in 2012 and went on to launch two specialized regional divisions bridging medical, industrial, and financial market knowledge. An active-listening approach keeps the focus tightly on each client's specific goals.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Medical · Storefront — Austin
Office strategy specialistPE-backed & public company clients
This tenant rep advisor focuses on aligning a company's real estate strategy with its cultural, operational, and financial goals. The client roster spans publicly traded companies, PE-backed tech firms, law firms, and venture-backed startups, all working toward savings, talent retention, and growth.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Warehouse — Austin
Industrial CRE specialistBilingual (Spanish, native)
This advisor specializes in industrial real estate across Central Texas, covering tenant representation, agency leasing, and investment sales throughout Austin, San Antonio, and Laredo. Native Spanish fluency helps bridge language barriers for a broader range of clients.
Specialty: Flex · Manufacturing · Warehouse — Austin
Founded 201820+ yrs combined team experience
This brokerage team, founded in 2018, combines more than 20 years of collective experience into what has grown into a recognized Texas commercial real estate practice. The team has helped many clients find, buy, or sell commercial space across the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth markets.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
Third-generation realtor30 yrs combined Austin & Houston experience
A third-generation realtor, this advisor brings ten years of experience in the Austin market on top of twenty years working in Houston. That combined track record covers tenants, sellers, and investors across both major Texas metros.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
Deep local relationshipsStrategic advisory approach
This advisor leads with a simple pitch: local insider expertise paired with long-standing relationships that save clients time, money, and peace of mind. The role is framed less as a transaction broker and more as a dedicated strategic advisor and advocate for the client's commercial real estate goals.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Medical · Warehouse — Austin
40+ yrs experienceExclusive tenant representation
With more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience, this advisor works exclusively as a tenant's agent, never representing landlords. Services span new leases, subleases, renewals, expansions, terminations, purchases, and build-to-suit projects.
Specialty: Flex · Manufacturing · Medical — Austin
50-year family Austin legacyRetail & investment property focus
With a family history in Austin real estate spanning 50 years, this advisor has grown up around the founding and management of multiple local retail and commercial ventures. Known for connecting people around town, the focus stays on creating win-win outcomes in a fast-moving local market.
Specialty: Creative — Austin
Hundreds of transactions5th-generation Texan
This advisor spent years at one of the world's largest commercial real estate brokerages as a tenant rep advisor, overseeing hundreds of transactions. A fifth-generation Texan with deep Austin business community ties, he approaches every client's real estate as if it were his own.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
Land development specialistTenant representation
This advisor specializes in tenant representation alongside land development for corner stores, multifamily properties, industrial sites, and master-planned communities. The focus is on turning vacant land into valuable, community-oriented assets that fit the evolving commercial landscape.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Warehouse — Austin
Diverse professional backgroundSkilled negotiator
This advisor's path into real estate runs through a decade in civil litigation support for major law firms, six years in automotive management and finance, and a decade as a self-directed markets and commodities trader. That varied background feeds a negotiating style built on resourcefulness and genuine customer service.
Specialty: General — Austin
Firm founded 2017Minority small business advocacy
Founded in 2017, this firm centers its practice on sustainability and strong values, with a particular focus on serving the Austin minority small business community. Dozens of minority-owned businesses have found retail locations, launched, and created local jobs with the firm's guidance.
Specialty: Medical — Austin
20+ yrs experienceFinancial & retirement planning background
This advisor blends more than 20 years in real estate brokerage and financial services, bringing skills in profit-and-loss analysis, credit reporting, and asset management to every transaction. Beyond real estate, the practice extends into business succession planning and employee benefits guidance for small business owners.
Specialty: Coworking · Restaurant — Austin
Former executive consultantCross-industry advisory background
Before real estate, this advisor consulted for executives across technology, energy, healthcare, and legal sectors to improve profitability and performance. That strategic background now shapes an approach to matching tenants, owners, and investors with the commercial real estate options that best fit their business goals.
Specialty: Flex · Medical · Storefront — Austin
CCIM & two Master's degrees$70M+ in closed transactions
This advisor holds two Master's degrees and the CCIM designation, with an educational foundation from a top-tier business school. A track record exceeding $70 million in closed transactions reflects strength in negotiation, data analysis, and building strong client relationships.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
7+ yrs top-producing agent$96M+ in team sales
This advisor has been a top-producing commercial agent in Austin for more than seven years, building and leading multiple high-performing teams along the way. One team he helped start closed $96 million in sales, and he later launched his own solo practice to continue that momentum.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
Since 2008 with the firmInstitutional owner representation
This Managing Director and Partner has led a major firm's industrial division since 2008, representing many of the country's top institutional real estate owners. The focus centers on customer service for existing clients alongside growth and strategic opportunities for principal accounts.
Specialty: Flex · Manufacturing · Warehouse — Austin
16 yrs as CRE investorBuy, sell & lease specialist
This advisor started out as a commercial real estate investor 16 years ago and has since built a practice helping other business owners lease, buy, and sell with the same confidence. A strong background in commercial buildings supports a commitment to getting clients the best possible deal.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
20 yrs experience$1B+ in investment experience
This advisor brings 20 years as a corporate strategist and executive, including more than a billion dollars in investment experience across large corporations and entrepreneurial ventures. Now leading a growth advisory practice, the work blends business strategy with strategic real estate services like tenant representation.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
International investor specialistRetail & office land acquisition
This advisor specializes in working with international investors on the acquisition, development, leasing, and management of retail and office land. Partnerships with foreign brokerages have built a pipeline of new business opportunities on the investment and acquisition side.
Specialty: Full-spectrum — Austin
MSA in Accounting (SMU)Development & investment expertise
This Principal Broker combines a finance background, including a Master's in Accounting from a top business school, with hands-on experience in real estate development, brokerage, and investment properties. That accounting foundation brings added rigor to deal analysis and transaction structuring.
Specialty: Flex · Manufacturing · Warehouse — Austin
Office & warehouse specialistFocused leasing strategy
This firm concentrates specifically on Austin office and warehouse properties, taking select listings rather than working every category of commercial real estate. That focus is built around specialized leasing strategies rather than general market knowledge.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
Tenant-exclusive representationFree to the tenant
This advisor represents tenants exclusively, never landlords, framing every recommendation strictly around the client's best interest. Because landlords pay the commission, the service costs the tenant nothing, and the advisor handles the searching, calling, and legwork of the site search.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Medical · Storefront — Austin
Austin-based generalistBuy, sell & lease services
This advisor helps clients buy, sell, or lease property to achieve their investment goals, using market tools to identify priorities and guide the process. The approach centers on a thorough, client-specific assessment of real estate interests before moving forward.
Specialty: Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
10+ yrs experienceFull-service transaction range
With more than a decade of experience across retail, office, and industrial transactions, this advisor has built lasting client relationships through corporate relocations, property dispositions, and acquisitions throughout Texas and beyond. Services span buyer and seller representation, landlord and tenant representation, development advisory, and investment sales.
Specialty: Manufacturing · Storefront · Warehouse — Austin
24 yrs experience500+ companies represented
This advisor specializes in representing companies leasing, subleasing, or purchasing office space in Austin, having represented more than 500 companies over 24 years. Services cover the entire relocation process, from site selection and lease negotiation to construction management and lease administration.
Specialty: Flex · Manufacturing · Medical — Austin
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Live Tenant Demand
Types of Commercial Space Austin Businesses Are Looking For Right Now
These businesses are using TenantBase to search for commercial space in the following categories. Retail / storefront leads active demand at 34.3%, flex / industrial at 33.5%, office at 20.0% — based on 230 active TenantBase tenant searches in Austin over the past 90 days.
Retail / Storefront 34.3%
Flex / Industrial 33.5%
Office 20.0%
Warehouse 8.3%
Medical 3.9%
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FAQ
Common Questions About Austin Tenant Representation
How much does office space cost in Austin, TX?
TenantBase's Q2 2026 Austin market report does not publish a specific office asking-rent figure, but it does track office vacancy easing to 27.1% (down 130 basis points), alongside 238,200 SF of positive net absorption and 756,000 SF of office space currently under construction, projected to fully deliver by Q3 2026. Office demand is concentrated in the 2nd Street District downtown and the Domain in Northwest Austin.
How much do retail, warehouse, and industrial space cost in Austin?
Retail space in Austin is averaging $26.40/SF annually as of Q2 2026 with vacancy exceptionally tight at 3.6%, per TenantBase's Q2 2026 Austin market report — 2.8 million SF of retail is under construction, 72% of it already pre-leased, including a 160,000 SF Costco and a 148,000 SF Target in Liberty Hill. Industrial and warehouse space is averaging $13.00–$16.00/SF NNN, with vacancy in a healthy 8.0%–10.0% range as the market digests recent new supply.
What type of commercial space is most in demand in Austin?
Based on 230 active TenantBase tenant searches tracked over the past 90 days, retail / storefront leads active demand in Austin at 34.3%, followed closely by flex / industrial at 33.5%, then office at 20.0%, warehouse at 8.3%, and medical at 3.9%. TenantBase's own Q2 2026 Austin market report tracks demand with a coarser, three-bucket breakdown over a different window: Retail/Storefront 48.81% (143 deals), Warehouse 36.18% (106 deals), and Office 15.36% (45 deals) — retail demand there is led by Austin proper (71 deals) with an Airport/Arboretum/Cedar Park cluster (11 deals) next.
What Austin submarkets does TenantBase cover?
TenantBase's partner brokers cover Austin submarkets including Downtown, North Austin, South Congress (SoCo), and the Domain, across office, retail, industrial, warehouse, and medical property types.
What lease terms are most common for Austin tenants?
Lease-term preferences vary by property type and business stage rather than following one fixed pattern: smaller flex, retail, and office tenants often favor shorter terms for flexibility, while warehouse and other larger-footprint tenants more often pursue 3–5 year (or longer) terms to lock in rate and justify build-out costs. An Austin partner broker can help you weigh those trade-offs for your specific search.
How much office space do I need per employee?
Plan on roughly 150–250 square feet per employee for a standard mixed layout: dense, open floor plans run 100–150 SF per person, while spacious or private-office-heavy layouts run 250–350 SF per person. A 10-person team typically needs about 1,500–2,500 SF. An Austin partner broker can help you right-size before touring so you don't pay for space you won't use.
How long does it take to find commercial space in Austin?
Timelines vary by property type and size, but most Austin tenants move from initial search to signed lease in roughly 60–120 days when working with a dedicated tenant representation partner broker.
What does a tenant representation broker do in Austin?
An Austin tenant representation broker works exclusively for a business searching for commercial space — surveying the local market, touring options, and negotiating lease terms on the tenant's behalf, rather than the landlord's. This is different from a listing agent, who represents the landlord and is focused on leasing one specific building; a tenant rep has no incentive to favor any one property.
How do I find office space in Austin?
The fastest way is to work with an Austin tenant rep who already tracks available office inventory across submarkets like the 2nd Street District downtown, North Austin, and the Domain — they can surface options that fit your size, budget, and timeline faster than searching listings alone.
Do I need a broker to lease commercial space in Austin?
You're not required to use one, but a tenant representation broker works exclusively for you — not the landlord — and typically costs you nothing, since landlords already budget for the leasing commission. TenantBase connects you with an Austin partner broker who handles tours, comparisons, and negotiation on your behalf at no cost.
Is tenant representation free for businesses?
Yes. Tenant representation typically does not have a direct cost to the business — brokers are compensated by the landlord at lease signing, so working with a TenantBase partner broker is free for the tenant.
What is TenantBase, and how does it work?
TenantBase is a technology platform built for commercial tenants. It pairs a searchable, broker-sourced database of office, retail, industrial, warehouse, and medical space with a network of independently licensed local partner brokers — you browse available Austin space by property type and submarket, get matched with a local partner broker, tour the spaces that fit, and get support through negotiation and signing, all at no cost to the tenant.
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Market data source: Rent, vacancy, and lease-term figures cited on this page are drawn from TenantBase's Q2 2026 Austin Market Report.
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