About
Tucker Hughes is Managing Partner of Hughes Marino, a global corporate real estate advisory firm that specializes in representing corporate tenants in lease and purchase transactions.
Tucker personally advises many of the nation’s top companies on their most complex and highest value real estate projects, including having negotiated and structured dozens of lease and purchase transactions individually valued in excess of a quarter billion dollars per transaction. In aggregate, Tucker has completed over 800 unique real estate projects spanning tens of millions of square feet across the world. He is an expert in strategic planning, market assessment, site selection, financial analysis, deal structuring, negotiations, process management, and all aspects of commercial real estate.
In addition to working closely with his clients, Tucker also hosts The Corporate Real Estate Insider podcast. Episodes cover a broad range of valuable topics for companies navigating their real estate decisions, including best practices for managing a portfolio of occupied real estate, creative deal structuring, negotiating leases in nuanced situations, the state of the market, major industry trends and real estate news.
Over the past decade, Tucker has also been instrumental in shaping Hughes Marino’s corporate culture, which has been recognized as the #1 best workplace in the nation by Fortune, #2 company culture in the nation by Entrepreneur and #1 best place to work by regional business journals.
After fast-tracking four years of his education and graduating from University of San Diego magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration at the age of 19, Tucker then went on to be the youngest ever graduate of University of San Diego’s respected Master of Science in Real Estate program, which he finished at the age of 20, graduating with honors.
When Tucker is not working, he enjoys kiteboarding, mountaineering, playing equestrian polo and spending time with his family.
- Education
- — University of San Diego, M.S. in real estate
- — University of San Diego, BBA
- Professional Activities
- — California Department of Real Estate Licensed Broker
— Broker License #01899779 - — New York Department of State, Licensed Real Estate Broker
— Broker License #10311207215
- Honors and Awards
- — Broker of the Year, two-time winner — The Irvine Company
- — 2018 NextGen 10 Winner — CSQ Magazine
- — Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle
- Publications
- — Entrepreneur — Contributor
- — Business Insider — Contributor
- — Fortune — Contributor
- — All Business — Contributor
- — Business Opportunities — Contributor