Net Lease Group

Francis Rentz, CCIM, serves as the managing director and senior advisor for SVN | SouthLand Commercial in North Florida and has over 28 years of experience spanning the commercial real estate industry. Since beginning his career in commercial real estate, Francis has provided brokerage services in a variety of capacities.

Rentz has experience working with numerous lending institutional owners and lenders on marketing, repositioning and selling shopping centers and office properties. Rentz also has significant experience in site selection, investment analysis, and investment sales and leasing. Rentz has put together transactions on the prime retail corners in the Tallahassee market and that have achieved the highest recorded rents in the market. In 2000, Rentz was recognized as the Tallahassee Commercial Broker of the year.

Prior to founding Southland Commercial with partner, Carlton Dean, CCIM, Francis served as senior director with Advantis Real Estate Services Company in Tallahassee, Florida. Before that, he served as Vice President of SouthGroup Properties, Inc.

Rentz earned a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Real Estate and Finance from the Florida State University. He is also a graduate of the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute and holds the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation, earning him recognition as an expert not only in commercial real estate brokerage, but also in site selection, development and leasing.

Rentz is a member of the CCIM Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the National and Florida Association of Realtors. Rentz is a licensed real estate broker in both Florida and Georgia.

James Parsons is a Commercial Real Estate Advisor with SVN | Southland Commercial in North Florida. He specializes in the sale of retail, net leased investment and office properties. He is a member of the Tallahassee Board of Realtors, the Florida Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. He is currently working on his CCIM designation.

Prior to joining the SVN | Southland Commercial, James started several successful companies and has a true entrepreneurship attitude and demeanor.

He is a founding member of City Church in Tallahassee, is a passionate songwriter and enjoys playing music with his band. A native Floridian, James is a graduate of Tallahassee Community College. He and his wife, Chelsey, reside in Tallahassee along with their young daughter, Madison.

Lucas Parsons is a Commercial Real Estate Advisor with SVN | Southland Commercial in Tallahassee, Florida. He specializes in the sale of retail, net leased investment and office properties. He is currently working on his CCIM designation.

Prior to joining the SVN | Southland Commercial, Lucas practiced law as a civil litigation attorney and then as the general counsel for a private company.

As a Tallahassee native, Lucas attended Florida State University, where he obtained his bachelor’s and law degrees. He is an avid runner, who enjoys music, the outdoors and history. He lives in Tallahassee with his fiancée Marisa and their Black Lab, Huckleberry.