Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite recently hired retail specialist Magnolia Martin to join their expanding team of commercial agents. Martin was previously with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer; where she headed up Retail Services for the company’s Fredericksburg office. During her four years at Thalhimer Martin handled leasing and sales for the firm’s largest shopping center portfolio client, The Malone Schooler Company, and focused solely on landlord and tenant representation in the retail sector. Martin has handled transactions for multiple retailers whom have opened new stores throughout the region in recent years including; Plow & Hearth Outlet, Texas Roadhouse, Walgreens, Merchant’s Tire, Verizon Wireless (11 stores), Goodwill Industries, Doctor’s Express, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, among many others.

Martin is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), TogetHER (Fredericksburg chapter), and was honored to receive the 2010 CoStar Power Broker Award for top retail leasing broker throughout the Washington D.C. Metropolitan market.