Executive Managing Director - Southeast

Justin West

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Justin West is the Executive Managing Director of Sands Investment Group, where he leads sales investment teams and strategic growth initiatives across the Southeastern United States.

As Executive Managing Director, Justin oversees SIG’s offices in Fort Lauderdale, Charlotte, Nashville, and surrounding markets—focusing on talent development, team performance, and expanding SIG’s regional footprint. Known for his builder’s mindset and coach-first leadership style, Justin is dedicated to growing strong teams and delivering long-term value for SIG clients and team members.

Justin brings more than 21 years of commercial real estate experience, most recently as First Vice President and Regional Manager at a leading national brokerage firm. There, he led transformative expansion across Central and North Florida, scaling office operations tenfold and generating more than $3 billion in sales and $180 million in gross revenue. Over the course of his career, he has recruited and mentored more than 100 sales professionals, championing a culture that values both performance and people.

Earlier in his career, Justin founded and led a commercial real estate brokerage firm, and held leasing and development roles at Duke Realty Corporation (recently acquired by Prologis). He holds an MBA from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Rollins College. He remains actively engaged with the industry as a corporate board member for the National NAIOP and member of real estate advisory boards at the University of Florida, Florida State University, and University of Central Florida. He is also the immediate past president of NAIOP Central Florida. 

Outside of real estate, Justin is a devoted husband and father of three, an accomplished drummer on his church’s worship team, and a passionate fisherman (with a respectable short game on the golf course).