TJ is a Senior Executive and investor with more than two & a half decades of experience building, acquiring, financing, and operating businesses and commercial real estate investments. He has a proven track record leading multi-site organizations with $50 million to $500 million in annual revenue, while driving strategic growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.
TJ is experienced in full P&L leadership, mergers and acquisitions, sale-leaseback transactions, capital raising, commercial real estate investments, and portfolio management. He is adept at identifying opportunities, structuring transactions, improving operations, and executing growth strategies that increase profitability and maximize Investor returns.
TJ is known for combining financial discipline with an entrepreneurial mindset, having successfully led start-ups, turnarounds, acquisitions, and expansion initiatives across multiple industries. His leadership philosophy centers on building exceptional teams, fostering accountability, and creating scalable organizations capable of sustained growth.
Today, his focus is on advising business Owners, partnering with Investors, and sourcing and executing commercial real estate and operating company investments. He is passionate about creating value through strategic acquisitions, innovative financing, operational improvements, and long-term partnerships.
Core Expertise:
- Commercial Real Estate Investments
- Sale-Leaseback Transactions
- Net Lease Properties
- Private Equity
- Capital Raising
- Acquisitions
- Investment Strategy
- Portfolio Management
- Financial Analysis
- Business Development
- Organizational Leadership
- Operational Excellence
- Team Building
- Strategic Partnerships
- Turnaround & Growth Strategies
Board Experience:
- Preferred Sands
- Preferred Proppants LLC
- NavPort
- Prime Rock Energy Capital
- Phila Golf Association J Wood
- Platt Scholarship Trust
- MilkMate
Austin has successfully executed complex real estate transactions and development projects across nearly every major and niche asset class in domestic and international markets. His ability to navigate challenging transactions and solve complicated real estate issues has established him as a trusted advisor and problem solver for businesses, investors, and property owners.
Austin and his team are known for a persistent, detail-oriented approach, frequently taking on assignments others have deemed difficult or unsalvageable. Through comprehensive property evaluation, transaction structuring, and strategic marketing, they help clients not only accomplish their objectives, but position each transaction to achieve the most favorable outcome possible.
Throughout his career, Austin has been involved in over $2 billion in transaction volume split between principal acquisitions and third party projects. He is also the Co-Founder of Legacy Automotive Capital, a national net lease investment platform actively acquiring net lease real estate throughout the United States.
Austin’s experience spans both principal investment and development as well as third-party advisory roles, providing him with a unique perspective on transactions from both the ownership and advisory sides of the table. His experience includes industrial, automotive, office, energy, multifamily, retail, and specialty-use properties, with expertise across acquisitions and dispositions, portfolio aggregation, design and development, redevelopment, entitlements, leasing, and complex transaction structuring.
Austin holds a degree from the Villanova School of Business and is a licensed Real Estate Broker of Record in three states.
Tripp is a real estate professional focused on client service, business development, and transaction execution across a range of markets and asset classes. He has actively transacted throughout the East Coast and Midwest United States, with a particular focus on retail, industrial, and office properties.
His experience spans both principal and third-party advisory assignments, including the representation of landlords and tenants in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and other complex real estate transactions. Tripp’s creative, persistent, and relationship-driven approach has allowed him to build strong relationships with clients, owners, tenants, and other industry participants across multiple markets.
Prior to joining Hunter Durant, Tripp held roles with global real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle and Comcast Spotlight, where he gained experience in client service, business development, and market strategy.
Tripp attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a B.S. in Communications while playing Division I lacrosse for the nationally ranked Nittany Lions. His leadership was recognized through his selection as Team Captain.
Originally from Chester County, Pennsylvania, Tripp attended Malvern Preparatory School.
Jack is a talented professional with a focus on the leasing and sales of industrial, office and retail assets. Having grown up in Radnor, Pennsylvania, his familiarity with the Philadelphia MSA provides market expertise and a wide breadth of industry relationships. Prior to joining Hunter Durant, Jack gained valuable experience at SSH Real Estate firm in Newtown Square, PA. Jack’s work ethic and drive to succeed stem from his experience as a member of the nationally ranked Lakehead University Thunderwolves hockey team in Ontario, Canada, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Economics. Jack is a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Pennsylvania.
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Emily Jeinnings
Drew is a Philadelphia-based successful graphic designer and marketing entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the field, including the launch of his own firm, DM Design Solutions. Through the Hunter Durant, LLC platform, Drew assists HDREA’s Real Estate Clients with assembling first class marketing materials, unique perspectives, and vision creation for any and all existing or to be built projects. His presence has allowed HDREA to create what are now considered to be the top marketing materials in the area.