Retail Advisors

What Retail Advisors does

Retail Advisors, Inc. is a private commercial real estate brokerage firm headquartered in Yorktown, Virginia, founded in 2005 by Rob Heavner (President) and Amy Heavner (Vice President). The firm operates as a boutique transaction-intermediary in the Virginia retail and commercial property market, representing national retailers and regional clients in the buying, leasing, and development of commercial real estate assets. Active property listings span more than 20 Virginia cities — including Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Richmond, Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake, Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Petersburg, Charlottesville, and Bedford — covering retail buildings, restaurants with drive-thrus, land parcels at signalized intersections, and mixed-use commercial spaces.

The company's offering is essentially a services-led brokerage operation with no proprietary technology platform. Marketing and distribution are conducted through a content-led website (retailadvisors.us) that organizes properties by city and provides direct contact channels (phone at (757) 898-7890 and email at [email protected]) for lead capture and inquiry response. The team consists of Rob Heavner, Amy Heavner, and Jessica Dillard (Sales and Leasing Specialist), and the firm holds no patents, trademarks, certifications, partnerships, or external funding.

Retail Advisors generates revenue exclusively through brokerage commissions on commercial real estate sales and leasing transactions (transaction-fee model), with no disclosed pricing tiers, recurring revenue streams, or contracted managed services. Customer segments are national retail chains (enterprise) and regional commercial property buyers, sellers, and tenants (mid-market), both served across Virginia. The firm's stated value proposition rests on a roughly two-decade accumulated contacts network across the Commonwealth of Virginia, demonstrated experience negotiating with national retailers, and development strategy capabilities for clients expanding in the state. The firm is privately held, founder-owned, and has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external investors.

Name

Retail Advisors

Legal name

Retail Advisors, Inc.

Website

https://retailadvisors.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Retail Advisors is a private, founder-owned commercial real estate brokerage in Yorktown, Virginia, founded in 2005, that negotiates sales, leasing, and development deals for national retailers and regional clients across more than 20 Virginia cities on a transaction-fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJABAB

Retail Brokerage

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

Keywords

• Commercial real estate brokerage
• Property leasing
• Property sales
• Retail real estate
• Development strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Snoqualmie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Commissions: Retail Advisors generates revenue through brokerage commissions on commercial real estate sales and leasing transactions. The company assists clients in obtaining properties and locating new projects, earning commissions on completed transactions. The company serves national retailers and regional clients across Virginia.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Retail Advisors is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that provides property sales, leasing, development strategy, and marketing services for commercial real estate across Virginia. The firm negotiates transactions on behalf of national retailers and regional clients, leveraging an extensive contacts network to assemble projects and source properties.

Product overview

Retail Advisors is a Commercial Real Estate brokerage firm that offers a portfolio of commercial real estate listings across Virginia. The company provides access to various property types including retail buildings, restaurants with drive-thrus, land parcels, and mixed-use commercial spaces. Their properties span multiple Virginia markets including Hampton Roads, Richmond, Charlottesville, Roanoke, and surrounding areas. The company assists clients in locating commercial properties and negotiating sales/leasing deals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Property Sales Brokerage
• Commercial Property Leasing Brokerage
• Commercial Development Strategy

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield: Global full-service commercial real estate firm with a dedicated retail practice (tenant rep, agency leasing, capital markets). Competes with Retail Advisors on larger Virginia retail mandates and through institutional shopping center owner relationships.
• Colliers International: Global CRE services firm offering retail tenant representation, agency leasing, and investment sales. A broad incumbent peer competing for the same national retailer mandates Retail Advisors pursues.
• CBRE Group: World's largest commercial real estate services firm with a substantial retail brokerage and capital markets business. A broad incumbent that Retail Advisors likely competes against on larger Virginia retail leasing and sale-leaseback mandates.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global full-service CRE firm with retail brokerage and capital markets capabilities. Competes with Retail Advisors for national retailer expansion mandates in the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Marcus & Millichap: Large publicly traded CRE investment sales firm with a sizeable retail specialty group covering shopping centers, net lease, and MOB. Operates broadly across multiple asset classes but competes head-to-head with boutique retail brokers like Retail Advisors on retail mandates.

Direct peers

• The Boulder Group: Boutique investment real estate brokerage specializing exclusively in retail net lease properties across the U.S. Highly comparable to Retail Advisors' retail-only brokerage model, though nationally focused rather than regionally limited.
• Stan Johnson Company: National retail net-lease investment sales brokerage, with a four-broker model and strong tenant-rep relationships with national single-tenant retailers. Closely comparable to Retail Advisors' national-retailer-focused brokerage motion.
• SRS Real Estate Partners: Largest U.S. retail-only commercial real estate brokerage, providing tenant and landlord representation plus capital markets for retail properties. Directly comparable to Retail Advisors' retail brokerage focus, but at national scale and with a far larger broker headcount.
• Mid-America Real Estate Corporation: Midwest-based retail-specialized commercial real estate brokerage providing tenant and landlord representation, investment sales, and retail development services. Similar boutique-but-retail-only business model as Retail Advisors, with strong national-retailer relationships.
• R.J. Brunelli & Co. Long-standing New Jersey-based retail-specialized commercial real estate brokerage representing national tenants and shopping center owners. A regional peer to Retail Advisors with a similar boutique retail-only positioning and national-retailer client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/retail-advisors

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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