Helen Jobes, CCIM, specializes in the sale and leasing of office, retail, and industrial property as well as investment sales in Central Texas, San Antonio, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. During her 30-year career, Jobes has leased over 800,000 square feet of office space and sold more than 4.419 million square feet of commercial real estate, including office, office/warehouse projects, apartments, retail centers and land. Though skilled in all property types, Jobes focuses primarily on office investments and leasing.

Jobes served as the investment sales broker at Trammell Crow (now CBRE) and was principal and founder of Gold Eagle Investments for ten years. She served as the Regional Director of Marketing and Investment Sales for Kennedy Wilson for the past three years and is currently a partner with Capella Commercial LLC.

Jobes served on the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Council of Austin for eleven years, which is a 2,200 member organization comprised of business and real estate professionals. She is currently a member and has also served on the Board and as past president of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society, and is a member of the Central Texas Commercial Brokers Association, ULI and CREW Austin.

In 2009, Jobes was introduced to the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce (CRECC) and along with the Mayor of Austin, the Chamber of Commerce and Opportunity Austin hosted a delegation of 30 investors who came to the United States to learn about investing in commercial real estate. In 2010, Jobes was a guest speaker at the 2010 International Forum of 50+ Communities held in Sanya, Hainan, China.

Awards:

2012 – Named one of Austin’s Top 25 Heavy Hitters by the Austin Business Journal; Ranked #2 in the building sales representation category for all sectors

2013 – Named one of CREW Austin’s Top 10 Women in Commercial Real Estate

2010 – Key to the city of Edinburg, Texas (her hometown) for contributions and maintaining connections for Edinburg High School Class of 1964

2009 – CoStar Top Brokerage Award Gold Eagle Investments

2004 – CoStar Power Broker Award

2001 – Real Estate Council of Austin and Travis County Juvenile Probation Department award for Project Bridge

2000, 2001 and 2002 – Distinguished Contribution award from the Real Estate Council of Austin