Butters Adds New Executive Vice President to Office Team
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (November 5, 2019) – Butters Realty & Management has hired industry veteran Caroline Fleischer as an Executive VP of Occupier Services. Fleischer will join the office leasing team, handling landlord and tenant representation assignments for Butters and its clients.
Fleischer has an extensive background in South Florida office brokerage. Most recently, she served as Managing Principal of Cresa South Florida, overseeing all day-to-day management functions, brokerage operations and recruitment.
Prior to that, Ms. Fleischer was a Senior Director of Cushman & Wakefield, serving as a leader on the brokerage’s tenant representation team for more than a decade. Fleischer has been a finalist for NAIOP Broker of the Year, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017, for her skillful representation of such corporate giants as Trimble/E-Builder, Grove Bank & Trust, Cross Country Healthcare, Carnival Cruise Line, the State of Florida Attorney General, Citicorp and others. Her practice specialties include real estate procurement and lease administration and advisory for governmental bodies, healthcare companies, law firms and financial service providers. Fleischer is also a 2016 recipient of the South Florida Business Journal’s Most Influential Business Women award.
With nearly a quarter century of commercial real estate experience, Fleischer is a recognized expert in office transactions and frequently asked to be a panelist, moderator, or guest speaker on topics from the new federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program, the state of the commercial real estate market, and broader trends and technology innovations impacting the market.
Fleischer sits on the board of the South Florida Association of Financial Professionals as well as serves on the special committee for the South Florida Executive Roundtable.
“Caroline’s depth of knowledge of the South Florida market and its corporate tenant base makes her uniquely positioned to deepen our brokerage bench and bring a high-level of expertise to the office leasing team,” says Malcolm Butters, president of Butters. “She will be a stellar addition to our already strong and results-oriented office team.”
Fleischer will join the team of Executive VP and Director of Office Leasing Darcie Lunsford and will work in concert with Lunsford on landlord representation of office buildings while also building the team’s occupier advisory capacity.
“There are natural synergies between our practice expertise that creates an exceptionally dynamic brokerage services platform,” says Lunsford. “Caroline’s seasoned deal-making prowess and grasp of the South Florida corporate landscape enhances Butters’ ability to robustly serve clients, grow our office portfolio and ultimately drive deals and value for our clients and assets.”
Butters is a privately held, real estate firm, engaged in the construction, development, investment, property management and leasing of industrial, office, and retail properties. The Butters organization has consistently ranked among the most active commercial contractors, developers, and real estate brokerage companies, in South Florida, over the past decade. The Butters family has been headquartered in South Florida for the past 30 years. In 2002, the firm won the “Diamond Award” from the South Florida Business Journal and has won “Developer of the Year” Award from the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties, South Florida Chapter 5 times, most recently in 2015.
