Andrew Hawkins

 

Professional expertise 

Andrew Hawkins is a Senior Managing Director in the Savills Florida region, based in Jacksonville. With over 25 years of experience, he brings a wealth of expertise in negotiations, strategic planning, leasing, and providing stellar advisory services for clients’ industrial, retail, and office needs. Clients value Andrew’s ability to bring creative solutions to their challenges while forging strong, longstanding relationships.

Prior to joining Savills, Andrew was Senior Vice President for Foundry Commercial, where he expertly guided clients through lease negotiations, exit strategies, occupancy analysis review, and investment sales. During his career, he has been involved in leasing and investment sales transactions totaling more than $1 billion. Andrew’s clients have ranged from startups to large Fortune 500 companies. His professional career has also included previous senior leadership roles at Transwestern, Grubb & Ellis Company and JLL.

Awards, achievements and activities

Andrew is highly engaged in the commercial real estate community and has been recognized for his professional success over the years. He has been named CoStar’s “Power Broker” for multiple years, and he was a two-time finalist for the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) “Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year” award. He has also contributed to various publications, including Morgan Stanley’s US Commercial Leasing Outlook, Globestreet.com, Crain’s Business Journal, and Commercial Observer publications. Andrew is also active as a member of SUNY Buffalo’s Alumni Association as career mentor & counselor, and as a youth football coach for Jax Beach Pop Warner.

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Education

  • University of Buffalo, B.A., Sociology-Community Relations

Notable experience

  • NLP Logix – 22k office lease
  • Alive Credit Union – 30k multi-site office lease & sale acquisition & disposition
  • Fastenal – 25k multi-site industrial lease acquisition
  • Omni United – 350k SF multimarket office and industrial locations
  • Sprint Corp. – 150k SF office disposition
  • FIKA – 23 new store locations largest privately owned coffee chain in NYC
  • Coach, Inc. – 90k SF office expansion
  • IBM – 100k SF of combined office disposition assignments
  • Keiser University – 135k SF
  • AVL – 75k industrial sale acquisition

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