Todd Mason
Principal, MLB Commercial Real Estate
Houston, TX 77024
Phone (713) 993-7700
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail
Markets
Cleveland, Houston, Northern New Jersey, Seattle/Puget Sound, Salt Lake City
Bio
Todd Mason, a Principal at Avison Young, brings to the firm more than 30 years of real estate experience. He has an extensive background in industrial, land and investment sales as well as corporate real estate, providing both brokerage and consulting services for institutional and corporate clients. Through these accounts, Todd has handled more than $2.0 billion in transactions. Notable clients include Hines, AIG, BP Amoco, Prologis, Lionstone Group, Duddlesten Copanies and Victory Packaging, in addition to numerous individual investors.
Prior to forming Mason Partners in 2010, Todd Mason was a shareholder of McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason + Company where he served as CFO for eight years. Before then, he served as Senior Director - Industrial Services Group with Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) of Texas (1990-2002) and, prior to that, spent two years as an associate at the Horne Company.
Since joining Avison Young in January 2013, he has earned Avison Young’s Service Excellence Award every year, recognizing him as one the firm’s top brokers globally. Todd was also the top producer of the Houston office in 2013 and 2014. Among other accolades, Real Estate Forum recognized him as one of the top 20 investment brokers in the nation in 2015.
During Todd’s tenure at C&W, he won C&W’s coveted National Service Excellence award twice. In 1997, he was named Commercial Broker of the Year by the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR). He also received the Commercial Professional of the Year for 1998 from the Association of Commercial Real Estate Professionals (ACRP), the 1998 Industrial Broker of the Year from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the 1999 Industrial Co-broker of the Year from NAIOP, and won CCIM’s 2002 Real Estate Forecast competition. In 2004, METRO contracted with Todd to serve as its Vice-President of Real Estate and Joint Development, and he successfully managed the largest right-of-way acquisition plan in METRO’s history as well as structuring its first public-private partnerships for development around park-and-rides and train stations.
Credentials
Education & Affiliation
Todd Mason is a Past Chairman of the Counselors of Real Estate. In addition he has previously held such titles as President of the Exchange Club of Houston, President of the Stella Link Redevelopment Association, and Chairman of the Board for the HAR. He has also served as Chairman of the ACRP, the Downtown Historic District, and the Archdiocese Development Board. Mason has served as a board member of the Houston Architectural Foundation, Braes Bayou Little League, Boulevard Oaks Civic Association and Braeswood Place Homeowners Association, and has been manager of numerous West University Little League teams. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in petroleum geology.
