Gosling Rd - Gosling Oaks – West Pad Sites 0.72 - 0.92 Acre Commercial Land Lots in Spring, TX 77389

Austin’s responsibilities at Newman include leading the acquisitions initiative for the company’s growing investment portfolio as well as developing long-term corporate strategy and procedures.

Austin began his real estate career in 2010 while working full time in the medical field as a business development manager.  In pursuit of alternative investments, Austin began acquiring single and multi-family assets across Houston for his own rental portfolio, which led him into a full time career in real estate.  He acquired, rehabilitated, and disposed of over 100 properties for himself and his clients across a variety of asset classes after building an extensive network over the years.  

In addition to real estate investment, Austin has experience with construction, development, land entitlement and permitting.  During his real estate career, he has directly managed construction across 150,000 square feet of value-add and new construction projects.  

Austin is a native Houstonian and holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College.  Austin is married to his wife, Rachel Shaw, and has one daughter.  During his free time, Austin enjoys spending time with his family, working out, and kite surfing.

Nate Newman leads a team of highly qualified development professionals, asset/investment managers, and real estate brokers.  Newman Commercial Real Estate is unique due to its 3 different business lines:

+ Development – Over 1,000,000 square feet under development in The Woodlands and the surrounding areas.

+ Investment – Our investment division is very active in purchasing value-add commercial projects and turning them around through hands-on operations.

+ Investment Brokerage – In 2022 alone, we brokered over $150M in investment transactions. We are the most active small, boutique investment sales firm in the Houston MSA.  

Each line of business supports the others through market intelligence, access to deal flow, and capital accumulation.  The average experience for Newman CRE team members is 20 years.

Nate began his career in commercial real estate in 2007 with Foldetta Commercial in The Woodlands, TX.  His timing coincided with The Great Recession, which taught Nate valuable lessons in humility, determination, and how to hustle.  After 5 years and 65 transactions, Nate joined Marcus & Millichap in 2013 to open The Woodlands office.  During his tenure at Marcus & Millichap, Nate was very successful representing some of the largest investors and developers in Houston.  

In 2019, Nate followed his dream of opening his own company focused on investment brokerage and development.  Nate has sold in excess of $500,000,000 of properties and he and his team have personally underwritten/valued billions of dollars worth of assets as a service to their clients.

Nate also has extensive experience as a developer.  Nate’s team of development professionals specializes in working through complicated entitlement challenges for large land tracts and developing mixed-use projects.  Nate has over 1,000,000 square feet under development in The Woodlands / Conroe / Spring / Magnolia / Tomball area.  His approach to investments is unique because he is able to leverage his transactional investment brokerage experience to generate capital, source deal opportunities, and have the knowledge base to work through challenges.

A life-long resident of The Woodlands, Nate is a graduate of Baylor University and is happily married to Marifer Newman.  Marifer and Nate have two children.  When not working, Nate enjoys spending time at his ranch, playing golf, leading mission trips with his church, sailing, reading, and traveling with his family.