Elizabeth Houser

Elizabeth grew up in Knoxville and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Elizabeth started her career in 1994 with a national shopping center REIT and was responsible for leasing grocery-anchored shopping centers throughout Tennessee and Virginia. She soon was promoted and relocated to Cincinnati, where she leased and managed shopping centers throughout the Midwest. In 2018, she relocated to her hometown of Knoxville and continued leasing in the Midwest and Kentucky, still with her first employer. For nearly 30 years, she has completed hundreds of lease transactions with national, regional and local retail tenants and played an integral part in redevelopments, ground leases, build-to-suits and shopping center acquisitions and dispositions. In 2024 Elizabeth transitioned to third-party brokerage with SVN | Wood Properties, where she focuses on Tenant and Landlord Representation. She brings years of experience identifying value creation opportunities in shopping centers, negotiating complex transactions, optimizing a shopping center’s tenant mix, and competition analysis. Elizabeth has been an active ICSC member since 1996. While away from work she enjoys time with her family, being outdoors, volunteering for various organizations, church and visiting local eateries with friends.