Principal | Chairman •
Brokerage
Professional Experience
Larry Jensen is the Chairman | Principal of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors Partners. With more than 45 years in the commercial real estate business, Mr. Jensen has been recognized as “Commercial Broker of the Year”, “Office Broker of the Year” and “Office Leasing Broker of the Year” for the Memphis region by his real estate industry peers. He was also featured in an article, “Commercial Real Estate 101” in Business Tennessee Magazine.
Mr. Jensen and his team advise and represent corporations, institutions and individuals with innovative strategies, planning, and implementation related to business and commercial real estate. His clients have included: Smith & Nephew, Hunter Fan, FedEx Corporation, Kirkland’s, FedEx Express, Baker Donelson, AutoZone, Hewlett Packard, ACH Food Companies, Stratas Foods, The Campbell Clinic, Conrad Pearson, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, First Alliance Bank, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Community Engagement
As a member of the Tennessee State Board of Education for Tennessee’s Eighth Congressional District, Mr. Jensen currently represents West Tennessee including a portion of Memphis and Shelby County. He has served on the Board of Visitors for the University of Memphis and the Board of Advisors for the University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business. He was formerly President of Memphis Tomorrow, which is an organization of CEOs of the larger Memphis-area companies and institutions and he also served as Chairman of the Memphis Regional Chamber. Mr. Jensen has participated on the Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman Circle. He also served on the Methodist Healthcare Foundation as Chairman and the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences
Chancellor’s Roundtable. Mr. Jensen serves on the National Board of Directors for Ducks Unlimited and has previously served as a trustee of the Governor’s Books from Birth for Tennessee.
Mr. Jensen served for more than 10 years on the founding board of trustees and the executive committee of Shelby Farms Park Conservancy (SFPC). SFPC has responsibility for the oversight of the park, its operations, and the recently completed $70 million redevelopment of the 3,000 acre urban park located in Memphis, which is among the largest urban parks in the U.S. He has served as Vice Chairman and committee chair for Park Operations.
Professional Affiliations
- Licensed broker in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi
- Member Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
- Member Lambda Alpha Real Estate Society
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Memphis
- Candidate for Master of Divinity at Memphis City Seminary