WHO WE ARE

Gil Neuman | Principal & Founder

Since entering the commercial real estate industry in 2006 and beginning brokerage in 2007, Gil Neuman has earned a reputation for closing complex investment sales for owners across the spectrum, from private families and developers to lenders, special servicers, and the largest publicly traded institutions. Over that career he has closed more than $500 million in retail and commercial transactions. He is known for integrity, resourcefulness, market knowledge, and extensive relationships in the business.

Neuman began sales brokerage at the largest commercial leasing firm in the Mid-Atlantic, followed by Managing Director of Retail Investment Sales at a Washington D.C.-based investment sales firm. After hundreds of millions of dollars in retail and commercial sales throughout the Eastern Seaboard, Neuman launched specialty firm Neuman Commercial Group in 2017 at the behest of clients. Real Estate Alert has twice ranked Neuman a “Top Retail Broker” on their top nationwide investment sales broker list, while American City Business Journals has twice named Neuman a commercial real estate “Heavy Hitter.” Neuman has spoken on multiple Washington D.C. and Baltimore “State of the Market” real estate panels, is quoted regularly in the media and is a long-standing member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He holds a Master degree in Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University, a Master in Talmudic Law from Ner Israel Rabbinical College and a Bachelor in Film Production from the University of California, Los Angeles where in a previous life he wrote and produced for the Hollywood film industry.

WHAT WE DO

Neuman Commercial Group is a sophisticated commercial investment sales firm specializing in middle-market retail. We focus on the deals that fall outside the institutional model — retail centers whose location, anchor profile, tenancy mix, or other characteristics require a more specialized approach. Not every retail asset has an obvious buyer pool. Some require turning over every rock — reaching buyers that others don’t bother to call. That’s where we thrive. We bring institutional-quality marketing and underwriting to every assignment, regardless of how challenging. Whether on-market or off, we build a customized campaign for each assignment — broad investor outreach when appropriate, targeted buyer identification when discretion matters. Our underwriting is detailed enough that buyers rarely find anything to add. We treat both buyers and sellers with mature respect, utilizing diplomacy to bring disparate parties to the closing table on high-stakes, multi-faceted deals.

Most of our business comes from sellers who have commissioned us before — several have exclusively listed three, four, and five separate properties with us across market cycles and nearly two decades.

OUR WORK

Non-Core Retail — Primary Specialty

Our experience spans the full range of non-core retail — anchored and unanchored strip centers and street retail portfolios — including additional commercial assets such as enclosed regional malls, automotive properties, office assets, and retail development land parcels.

Racquet & Fitness Facilities — Emerging Specialty

We have closed multiple racquet, tennis, and fitness club transactions in the Mid-Atlantic. This asset class requires a distinct buyer pool and a different marketing approach than standard retail. We have built both.