Nathan Timmons, 28

Longtime Orlando resident Nathan Timmons knows the lay of the land in the Florida commercial real estate market, as he’s been working in the business since a young age.

Timmons grew up in a real estate family, working in his father’s retail development and management firm by sending out flyers to help fill vacancies in multiple states, and just in general preparing for a career in the industry.

Later he double-majored in finance and real estate at the University of Florida with plans to specialize in grocery retail, and now he’s selling shopping centers and other assets not far from his Orlando home turf.

“One thing I think was an advantage for me was that when I got into the industry in `21, I got to see what a red-hot market looks like — getting 10 to 15 offers for every deal you bring out within a week or two — and then being able to see what a transitioning market looks like when interest rates started rising and when velocity slows down,” Timmons said. 

In 2025, Timmons’s team closed $200 million in deals, with the average deal size being $5 million.

Some of the sales Timmons has worked on in recent months included the $37 million sale of the Tampa Bay Center anchored by an Ashley Furniture, a Floor & Decor and a Dollar Tree to an undisclosed family in South Florida near the end of 2025. In early 2026, he sold a Home Depot in Orange Park, Fla., for an undisclosed amount.

Timmons and his team try to make sure to get as many eyes on listings like these as possible.

“It’s really just seeing what we can put out there, and then seeing what the market will bear and continuing down that road,” Timmons said. “We know the buyers in our backyard, but there are buyers all over the country — Chicago, New York, California, even outside the country — that we might not have direct contact with.”