J.J. Leonard

J.J. Leonard joined Stream in 2015 and serves as Executive Vice President & Partner for Dallas. He is responsible for assisting in the strategic direction and operations of the Dallas Brokerage team, overseeing the growth of the DFW office portfolio from 8 million to 16 million square feet between 2015 and 2022. In his current capacity, his responsibilities include leasing strategic properties for numerous Stream clients throughout his DFW portfolio.

J.J. possesses more than 23 years of commercial real estate experience (all in Dallas), representing some of the largest institutional investors of office properties in DFW with over 8 million square feet of lease transactions closed with an aggregate value of more than $1.75 billion.

After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, J.J. served as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, specializing in aviation intelligence and strategic targeting. Prior to joining Stream, J.J. worked with Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, and CAPSTAR Commercial. A few notable properties he has leased and/or managed throughout his career include Dallas Arts Tower (f/k/a Chase Tower), The Colonnade, Pinnacle Tower, The Apex, Preston Commons, Sterling Plaza, One MacArthur Ridge, KPMG Plaza, and 3500 Maple.

• The Apex: Pursed McKesson for a lease; however, McKesson opted to purchase the 525,000 RSF complex. Was the largest office user transaction in Las Colinas in over a decade.
• One MacArthur Ridge: Leased the full 250,000 SF building to Christus Health, making this the largest Class A office lease in Las Colinas in 2012.
• The Colonnade: Took occupancy from 65% to 97% and completed over 800,000 SF of gross leasing (310,000 RSF net) during the three-year recessionary period (2009-2012)
• Preston Commons and Sterling Plaza: Repositioned assets, gaining 14% in occupancy and 15% in rate increases in 2011 and 2012
• Pinnacle Tower: Took occupancy from 15% leased to 91% leased (over 475,000 square feet leased), largely post-pandemic, while increasing rates from $25.00 +E to $30.00 NNN, adding hundreds of millions in value.

• • • • Apollo Real Estate Advisors
      • Brookwood Financial Partners
      • Capital Commercial
      • CBRE Global Investors
      • Colony Realty Partners
      • Commonfund
      • European Investors
      • Fortis Property Group
      • GLL
      • Goddard Investments
      • Griffin Partners
      • Grubb and Ellis / Triple Net Properties
      • Macquarie Real Estate
      • Masaveu
      • Lexington Property Trust
      • New York Life
      • Pegasus/Ablon
      • Prescott Realty Group
      • Real Estate Capital Partners
      • Regis Property Management
      • Wells REIT
      • Westdale

• Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy
• CoStar “Power Broker” (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Dallas Business Journal “Heavy Hitter”(2005 – 2017)
• CBRE DFW Top Leasing Professional (2010, 2012)
• Cushman & Wakefield DFW Top 10 (2014)

• Member, The Real Estate Council (TREC)
• TREC Associate Leadership Class of 2003
• Member, NTCAR
• Chairman, Non-Profit Partner Committee, Carry the Load, a non-profit Memorial Day event aimed at assisting wounded or deceased veterans and their families
• Active member of his church

• McKesson: 525,000 SF
• Christus Health: 250,000 SF
• Hilton Worldwide: 145,000 SF
• United Surgical Partners: 126,000 SF
• All State Insurance: 125,000 SF
• GE Capital: 120,000 SF
• GuideStone Financial:  117,000 SF
• Baylor Health Care: 100,000 SF
• Frontier Communications: 86,000 SF
• Zurich Insurance: 85,000 SF
• Heritage Galleries: 84,000 SF
• MHBT Insurance: 78,000 SF
• Transamerica / AEGON: 65,000 SF
• Moroch Advertising: 55,000 SF
• Wells Fargo: 52,000 SF

• CBRE DFW Top Leasing Professional (2010, 2012)
• Cushman & Wakefield DFW Top 10 (2014)
• CoStar “Power Broker” (2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• “Heavy Hitter” – Dallas Business Journal (2005 – 2017)