Adam Cummings

Adam Cummings leads CBRE’s Mall Retailer Representation practice in North America, directing CBRE’s work on behalf of retailers in the mall and outlet-center formats. A CBRE Senior Vice President, he is based in Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Adam brings to CBRE more than 20 years of expertise in addressing the needs and strategies of mall-based retailers. That experience is invaluable now that hundreds of malls across North America are overhauling their tenant mixes to adapt to the growth of e-commerce and the optimization efforts of various mall mainstays.

Adam has a lengthy track record of negotiating leases on behalf of national, household-name clients such as AT&T Corp., Steve Madden, New York & Co. and Clarks. He joined CBRE in late 2016 after serving for four years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of his own firm, Cummings Retail Consulting in Tisbury, Mass. Prior to that, he served as Managing Partner and in other roles at the Cummings and Cummings law firm, where he participated in lease negotiations for national retailers.

Adam earned his Juris Doctor from the Vermont School of Law and his B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Vermont. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and a Licensed Broker in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.