Austin Schenkel is a Principal at DBA and focuses on tenant representation and landlord representation.

Prior to starting DBA, Austin worked at SHOP Companies for 3 years focusing on the implementation and execution of growth strategies for a wide variety of tenants in the retail, restaurant, and medical space. Austin also worked with several local developers sourcing acquisition and development opportunities across the state of Texas.

Austin started his career in 2008 at The Weitzman Group, a full service brokerage company based in Dallas. In his role as a Vice President at Weitzman, Austin represented both local and institutional Landlords while building relationships with national, regional, and local clients for tenant representation assignments.

Austin’s current focus is assisting retailers expand throughout Texas as well as identifying purchase and development opportunities for his clients.  Some of Austin’s current clientele include Methodist Health Systems’ Family Health Centers, Blue Sushi Sake Grill, Blatt Beer & Table, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Anthem Texasian Grub, Orangetheory Fitness, Breakers Korean BBQ & Grill, Pei Wei Asian Kitchen, Ford’s Garage, KidStrong, Children’s Lighthouse, Watershed Car Wash and Cinergy Entertainment Group.

Austin attended the University of Kansas where he received his degree in Economics.  Austin is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC) and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR). In his spare time, Austin can be found on the golf course or watching anything basketball related.