Leslie Mayer
Executive Managing Director • United States
License # 00862783
Local Office:
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 2200
Los Angeles, California 90067
United States
Office: +1 310 595 2223
Mobile: +1 310 600 4118
Leslie Mayer
Executive Managing Director • United States
License # 00862783
About
Leslie J. Mayer is an Executive Managing Director of Retail Services for Cushman & Wakefield headquartered in Century City/Los Angeles, California. Since joining CW in 2004, she has been a key asset in the considerable growth of the Retail Platform in Southern California, domestically and cross-borders. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Leslie operated her own national retail brokerage firm, The Mayford Group for nearly 15 years.
With more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience, Ms. Mayer provides strategic planning and real-estate services to a select group of private and institutional clients, both Landlord and Tenant on regional, national, and international levels and provides leasing, sales and consulting services for restaurants, shopping centers, retail/entertainment projects, creative office buildings, and new developments. She helps tailor and develop overall market strategies for both tenants and developers as well as the acquisition, re-purposing and disposition of assets. She advises on the incubation of new retail, entertainment and restaurant concepts and spearheading their expansion programs. She has been the exclusive National Master Broker for Skechers Shoes for over twenty-four years.
With more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience, Ms. Mayer provides strategic planning and real-estate services to a select group of private and institutional clients, both Landlord and Tenant on regional, national, and international levels and provides leasing, sales and consulting services for restaurants, shopping centers, retail/entertainment projects, creative office buildings, and new developments. She helps tailor and develop overall market strategies for both tenants and developers as well as the acquisition, re-purposing and disposition of assets. She advises on the incubation of new retail, entertainment and restaurant concepts and spearheading their expansion programs. She has been the exclusive National Master Broker for Skechers Shoes for over twenty-four years.
Awards & Recognition
- Los Angeles Business Journal - Women’s Leadership Awards, May 2025 - Nominee/Finalist
- GlobeSt -National Influencers Award in Retail Real Estate May 2025
- Women of Achievement Century City 2022
- Cushman & Wakefield Chairman’s Circle (2015-2017)
- Cushman & Wakefield Top 10 National Retail Broker (2016 and 2017)
- Cushman & Wakefield Top Retail Broker of the Year, Southern California, (2015-2017)
- Cushman & Wakefield President’s Circle Citation (2013-2014)
- Los Angeles Business Journal Winner Top Retail Transaction of the Year 2016
- Real Estate Forum Magazine Most Powerful Women of Southern California Designee 2017
- Real Estate Forum’s Women of Influence: California 2015
- Bisnow’s LA’s Top Retail Broker 2015
Clients
- Skechers USA
- Smart Parke
Restaurant Groups
Bacari/Byrdie’s; Baltaire / Coral Tree / Comoncy; Winston’s Pies;
Community Involvement
- Skechers Pier to Pier Fundraiser
- Habitat for Humanity
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, Communications Degree
Affiliations
- Board Member Habitat For Humanity Los Angeles Chapter
- Member, USC Gould School of Law Real Estate Law and Business Forum Member
- Board Member Century City Chamber of Commerce
- UCLA REAG Endowment Circle/Mentor
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)