Meet the Liberty Universal Management Team

Jack Liberty - President of Liberty Universal Management, Inc. Mr. Liberty founded and built Liberty Universal Management from the ground-up to the largest Retail Commercial Real Estate Brokerage company in the Central Florida Region. Mr. Liberty brings over 25 years experience in the real estate business and is personally responsible for the lease transactions of over 4.2 million square feet. These transactions are valued at over 1 billion dollars in rental income, creating over $10 billion in retail center values. Mr. Liberty started his career as part of a team that developed, leased, and managed Wal-Mart and Kmart centers valued at over $150 million dollars in the Central Florida region. From 1987-1990 he directed the leasing of over $75 million worth of new properties for Lewis Properties, where he personally leased over 185,000 square feet. In 30 months Mr. Liberty developed and selected sites for over 130 Movie Gallery locations, totaling over 650,000 square feet, valued at over $975 million dollars. Mr. Liberty has also been selected as a development partner on projects such as: BJ's Wholesale Club, Home Depot, Kash-N-Karry, Lowe's, Publix, and Winn Dixie.

Janet Galvin, SCLS - Partner, Brokerage & Leasing Services. Ms. Galvin has been a Licensed Real Estate Broker for over 20 years specializing in retail properties. Prior to joining Liberty, Ms. Galvin was in charge of brokerage and leasing services at Pinnacle Realty Management and was responsible for the leasing and disposition of over seven (7) million square feet of retail product. Ms. Galvin has represented institutional owners such as Legg Mason, AMB, Nationwide Life, Mass Mutual, and others, as well as private investors. On the tenant side, Ms. Galvin has negotiated both anchor and small store leases and was a recipient of the Orlando Board of Realtors Circle of Achievement Award. She exclusively represents tenants such as: Gamestop, Firehouse Subs, MovieStop, Sports Clips and Omaha Steaks. Ms. Galvin has earned professional accreditation as a Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS) and is currently a CCIM candidate, pursuing this designation before the end of the year.

David Cobb - Associate, Commercial Leasing & Development. Mr. Cobb joined the Liberty team in February 2005. He is currently the leasing representative for multiple shopping centers and provides tenant representation services to multiple clients. He is also a part of the team facilitating the sale and/or leasing of various out parcel projects Liberty Universal Management has developed. He also provides support and research services on multiple Real Estate Development projects including: Port Wentworth – I-95 Retail Development (560,000 square feet), the Dollar General Market account (site selection) and land acquisition investments in the Orlando market. Mr. Cobb also recently earned an MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of business at Rollins College.

Paul Thomas – Associate, Commercial Leasing and Development.  Mr. Thomas is a Licensed Real Estate broker with nearly 20 years of Commercial Real Estate experience.  Mr.  Thomas specializes in the buying and selling of vacant land and has worked on numerous retail development projects.  Retail tenants that Mr. Thomas has and continues to represent include Arby’s, Quizno’s, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Sav-A-Lot, and Pilot Travel Centers.  Development projects include those anchored by Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Publix, with outparcel sales to users such as CVS, 7-11, Exxon/Mobil, Taco Bell, AM South Bank and others.  Mr. Thomas’ primary responsibility with Liberty Universal Management to work with Mr. Liberty on site selection, the selling of company owned sites, land development and consulting.

Gerald Cason - Associate, Commercial Leasing & Development. Mr. Cason has been a member of the Liberty Universal Management team for more than three (3) years. During this time, he has diligently pursued and added other National Retailers such as CCS Financial, Solantic, LLC, and Dollar General to the growing Tenant Representation Agreement List. He has leased or has pending a total of 332,628 sf including tenant representation, which is an increase of more than seventy-five percent (75%) over the prior year. During this same time period, Mr. Cason has sold and contracted to sell vacant land and existing improved properties totaling $20,955,000. Mr. Cason is currently focusing on another company he started and helps Liberty on a part time basis. 

Ann Freeland - Property Manager, Ms. Freeland has more than sixteen (16) years of experience with Winn Dixie Stores. Her position was as Area Property Manager, overseeing more than two hundred (200) stores. She facilitated all improvements and repairs while efficiently remaining well within her fiscal budget. For the past eight (8) years, six (6) with Winn Dixie and two (2) with Liberty, Ms. Freeland has focused specifically on retail property management. Ms. Freeland is well respected by her peers, owners, and developers in the Central Florida region and will take the lead role in expanding this component of Liberty Universal Management

Hannah Prager – Hannah has been a part of the Liberty team since November 2006.  She earned a BSc (Hons) Politics and Economics from the University of Bath in England.  Since joining the Liberty team, Hannah has played an integral part in producing marketing materials,, website optimization, market research, and assisting the agents with strategic sales and marketing protocols.  Hannah has traveled extensively, is fluent in  French and can speak Italian on a conversational level.