Austin Glover is a seasoned real estate professional with a focus on developing global expansion and portfolio optimization strategies for luxury retailers, direct-to-consumer brands, healthcare startups, and hospitality groups. He is a member of CBRE's Global Retail Advisory & Transactions Services practice, where he has been retained as a consultant by institutional property developers and REITs to execute both asset-specific and portfolio-level leasing and merchandising. Austin's expertise lies in real estate brokerage, brand positioning, offline expansion, and business development. He has worked with a broad range of clients, including L’Oréal, Rothy’s, Redesign Health, HealthQuarters, Glossier, RayBan, Kiehl’s, Byredo, Atelier Cologne, Daniel Wellington, Stoffa, Sunspel, Two Bit Circus, Mosaic Foods, Totokaelo, Need Supply, Belstaff, Oliver Peoples, Totême, Candid, Cynthia Rowley, Diptyque, Simon Miller, among others. Before joining CBRE, he worked as the Director of Business Development for Open Listings, a real estate technology startup, and as a Business Development Associate for Tungsten Partners/Tungsten Property. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Columbia University in the City of New York and a High School Diploma from Seton Hall Preparatory School. Austin is a former Retail Leasing & Advisory at Jamestown and has served as the Director of Business Development at SCHLEY INC. Additionally, he has worked as a Merchandising Intern at Amazon and as an Institutional Business Development Analyst at GFT Markets.