Scott Freid
City Partner - Austin
The Weitzman Group/
Cencor Realty Services
sfreid@weitzmangroup.com


Professional Background
Scott Freid is City Partner and head of the Austin office of The Weitzman Group and Cencor Realty Services, a corporate alliance that forms one of the largest commercial real estate brokerage services and development and management firms in Texas.  Freid is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Austin office. He directs the brokerage team for The Weitzman Group and the acquisition/development/ management staff of Cencor Realty Services.  In recent years, Freid negotiated the purchase of a 1.4-million-square-foot retail portfolio of eight properties in the Austin area, the acquisition and subsequent sale of a 120,000-square-foot H-E-B-anchored center, a ground lease with Target at Capital Plaza, the acquisition of six shopping centers with Kimco totaling +/- 636,000 square feet, the acquisition of 39 acres adjacent to       H-E-B Plus in Round Rock, and the development of two Wal-Mart-peripheral shopping centers totaling 90,000 square feet.  Prior to taking over the Austin operations, Freid worked for Cencor in Dallas on new project development including the negotiations for a new development with Home Depot in The Colony, Texas, along with the asset management of 12 centers in Cencor’s D/FW shopping center portfolio.  He also directed The Weitzman Group’s Research Department and was responsible for its broker/intern training programs.

Organizations
Freid is involved with several professional and civic organizations, including the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Real Estate Council of Austin and the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Education
Freid received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a minor in real estate from the University of Arizona.