Ben Tolson

Ben Tolson joined AQUILA Commercial in May of 2008. Ben’s focus lies within the Asset Services group at AQUILA.

Before coming to AQUILA, Ben worked in the Austin office of Moore&Associates, Inc., an owner-managed, full-service commercial real estate investment, development & management firm active in the Washington, DC and Austin, TX metropolitan markets. While at Moore&Associates, Ben concentrated on project leasing within the firm’s office portfolio.

With AQUILA, Ben primarily represents owners and developers of office properties. His experience includes short-term repositioning efforts to longer term value creation/preservation assignments.

Current and recent clients include PAC Trust, BehringerHarvard, ClayDesta, Stratus Properties, Crimson Real Estate Fund, Aspen Properties, Moore&Associates, Macfarlan Capital Partners, and Capital City Partners.

Recent transactional history at AQUILA includes:
• 28 deals in excess of 175,000 square feet in 2008
• 35 deals in excess of 250,000 square feet in 2009
• 40 deals in excess of 330,000 square feet in 2010

Notable recent deals Include:
• Field Asset Services -100,000 SF
• EDMC - 50,000 SF
• LDR Spine - 45,000 SF
• University of Phoenix - 35,000 SF
• Trident Microsystems - 35,000 SF
• Rockwell Automation - 28,000 SF
• Rudd & Wisdom - 22,000 SF

Recent Distinctions:
• Commercial Real Estate “Heavy Hitter” - Austin Business Journal, 2010
• Power Broker - CoStar, 2010

Ben is licensed to practice real estate in the State of Texas and is an active member of Austin’s Commercial Leasing Brokers Association.

Education
• BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2006