Josh Friedlander

Brokerage Services

Josh Friedlander

Director of Leasing / Development Partner

Josh Friedlander has been active in the retail real estate industry for over 20 years and joined NewQuest in 2010. He currently serves as Director of Leasing and is a Development Partner.

Josh’s expertise includes retail project leasing, tenant representation, land brokerage, investment sales, and project development. Over the course of his time at NewQuest, he has completed more than 500 transactions, reflecting both his experience and his commitment to delivering results.

He earned a Finance degree from The University of Texas in 2004. Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with his family, watching the Astros and Longhorns, and traveling.

In the News

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Retail Leasing

August 10, 2026

Thursday Boot Co. Planning October Opening For Only Store in Texas, Houston Wins Nod

HOUSTON – With NewQuest at its side, New York-based Thursday Boot Co. has selected Houston for its only Texas store in a four-city ex...

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Thursday Boot Co. Planning October Opening For Only Store in Texas, Houston Wins Nod
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June 15, 2026

NewQuest Breaks Ground on Game-Changing Seguin Exchange in South-Central Texas

NewQuest has broken ground on infrastructure for the 544-acre Seguin Exchange, bringing to life a nearly 20-year vision for a game-chan...

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NewQuest Breaks Ground on Game-Changing Seguin Exchange in South-Central Texas
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Asia-Pacific Real Estate Retail Leasing Tenant Representation

April 20, 2026

NewQuest Begins Work at Stone Hill Town Center For Taroko Sports' 2nd Location in Texas

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – NewQuest is starting construction on a multi-tenant building in Stone Hill Town Center in Travis County, settin...

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NewQuest Begins Work at Stone Hill Town Center For Taroko Sports' 2nd Location in Texas
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April 6, 2026

NewQuest Breaks Ground on Multi-Tenant Component Of $400M Texas Heritage Marketplace

HOUSTON – NewQuest has broken ground on the multi-tenant component of the $400 million Texas Heritage Marketplace, stepping up the pa...

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NewQuest Breaks Ground on Multi-Tenant Component Of $400M Texas Heritage Marketplace
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Asia-Pacific Real Estate Retail Leasing

October 13, 2025

NewQuest, MINISO Continue Expansions, Ink Three Leases for New Builds in Texas

HOUSTON – Laying groundwork for 2026 construction and beyond, NewQuest has completed three leases with viral lifestyle brand MINISO f...

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NewQuest, MINISO Continue Expansions, Ink Three Leases for New Builds in Texas
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Retail Leasing Tenant Representation

July 7, 2025

NewQuest Adding Potbelly to Tenant Mix In Townwest Commons in NE Austin

HUTTO, Texas – NewQuest has selected a Potbelly Sandwich Works franchisee to fill one of the few remaining spots in Townwest Commons ...

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NewQuest Adding Potbelly to Tenant Mix In Townwest Commons in NE Austin
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Investment Sales

May 19, 2025

NewQuest Arranges Sale of 100%-Leased Spring Park Village in Far North Houston

HOUSTON – In a NewQuest-brokered trade, a local investment group has sold the fully leased Spring Park Village in far north Houston t...

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NewQuest Arranges Sale of 100%-Leased Spring Park Village in Far North Houston
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Retail Leasing Tenant Representation

December 23, 2024

NewQuest's Expansion of Townwest Commons Wins Local Restaurateur's New Concept

HUTTO, Texas – NewQuest has courted and won an entrepreneurial local restaurateur’s new concept, Basil & Bites, in its bid ...

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NewQuest's Expansion of Townwest Commons Wins Local Restaurateur's New Concept
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Retail Leasing

December 19, 2024

Texas Newcomer Jaggers Breaking Ground In NewQuest's Grand Morton Town Center

HOUSTON – With permits in hand, construction is set to begin on the first Jaggers restaurant in Greater Houston and the second in Tex...

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Texas Newcomer Jaggers Breaking Ground In NewQuest's Grand Morton Town Center
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Retail Leasing

November 25, 2024

Construction Starting Soon on Prized Restaurant Site In NewQuest's Grand at Aliana in Fort Bend County

HOUSTON – Construction will ramp up in the coming weeks on a prized restaurant site that’s now ground-leased to P. Terry’...

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Construction Starting Soon on Prized Restaurant Site In NewQuest's Grand at Aliana in Fort Bend County
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Retail Leasing

October 28, 2024

GEN Korean BBQ's First Location in Austin MSA Now Open in NewQuest's Stone Hill Town Center

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – NewQuest has upped the dining game in Stone Hill Town Center with doors now open on the first GEN Korean BBQ re...

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GEN Korean BBQ's First Location in Austin MSA Now Open in NewQuest's Stone Hill Town Center
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Retail Leasing

September 24, 2024

Quick Quack Begins Work on 31st Site in Houston MSA

HOUSTON – Quick Quack Car Wash is under construction on its 31st location in Greater Houston, immediately jumping into action after s...

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Quick Quack Begins Work on 31st Site in Houston MSA
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Retail Leasing

September 9, 2024

NewQuest Breaking Ground on 19,000-SF Building In Grand at Aliana for Newly Signed All-Stars

HOUSTON – With six signed leases in hand, NewQuest is ready to break ground on a 19,000-sf multi-tenant retail building in the Grand ...

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NewQuest Breaking Ground on 19,000-SF Building In Grand at Aliana for Newly Signed All-Stars
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Retail Leasing

September 3, 2024

Piada Italian Street Food Lands Prized Spot In NewQuest's Grand Morton Town Center

HOUSTON – NewQuest has selected Piada Italian Street Food to fill the last of its built space in Grand Morton Town Center – a highl...

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Piada Italian Street Food Lands Prized Spot In NewQuest's Grand Morton Town Center
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Retail Leasing

July 2, 2024

NewQuest Games Out Expansion Plan in NE Austin As Chuy's Breaks Ground in Townwest Commons

HUTTO, Texas – Texas icon Chuy’s has just broken ground in NewQuest Townwest Commons, jumpstarting the developer’s vision...

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NewQuest Games Out Expansion Plan in NE Austin As Chuy's Breaks Ground in Townwest Commons
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Retail Leasing

June 24, 2024

Costco Opening Soon in Grand at Aliana, Kicking off NewQuest's Phase III Rollout

HOUSTON – NewQuest will mark a highly anticipated milestone for the Grand at Aliana in Fort Bend County when Costco Wholesale opens i...

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Costco Opening Soon in Grand at Aliana, Kicking off NewQuest's Phase III Rollout
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Retail Leasing

April 16, 2024

Daiso Wins NewQuest's Nod to Backfill Prime Spot in Stone Hill Town Center

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas—NewQuest has signed Daiso to backfill a prime vacancy in Stone Hill Town Center in northeast Austin. This will re...

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Daiso Wins NewQuest's Nod to Backfill Prime Spot in Stone Hill Town Center
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Retail Leasing

December 19, 2023

NewQuest's Shops at Sedona Lakes Sparks Bidding War

HOUSTON – NewQuest Properties has sold the Shops at Sedona Lakes in Brazoria County to a local investment group, the highest of nine ...

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NewQuest's Shops at Sedona Lakes Sparks Bidding War
newquest-evo-entertainment-townwest-commons
Retail Leasing

December 1, 2023

NewQuest Planning 100,000-SF Expansion in 2024 At Townwest Commons in Northeast Austin

HUTTO, Texas – NewQuest Properties is ushering in a new wave of development at Townwest Commons in northeast Austin, with plans in th...

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NewQuest Planning 100,000-SF Expansion in 2024 At Townwest Commons in Northeast Austin
newquest-properties-arranges-off-market-sale-of-100-leased-retail-center-in-waco
Investment Sales

October 25, 2023

NewQuest Properties Arranges Off-Market Sale Of 100%-Leased Retail Center in Waco

WACO, Texas – A North Carolina-based investor, with other assets in Waco, has acquired a fully leased retail center southwest of down...

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NewQuest Properties Arranges Off-Market Sale Of 100%-Leased Retail Center in Waco
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Retail Leasing

September 27, 2023

Fast-Growing SWIG Breaking Ground in October In NewQuest’s Grand at Aliana in SW Houston

Utah-based SWIG will break ground next month in NewQuest Properties’ Grand at Aliana, joining several new and expanding brands planni...

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Fast-Growing SWIG Breaking Ground in October In NewQuest’s Grand at Aliana in SW Houston
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May 15, 2023

NewQuest Transactions - May 15

CENTRAL TEXAS LEASES Academy Sports + Outdoors has ground-leased a 1.16-acre (50,886 sf) retail pad site in Townwest Commons, located a...

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NewQuest Transactions - May 15
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Retail Leasing

January 27, 2023

Aliana Submarket's Dynamic Growth Reels In New Investor, Olive Garden Ground Lease

RICHMOND, Texas – NewQuest Properties has arranged the purchase of Commons at Harvest Green Phase II for a new investor in the Aliana...

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Aliana Submarket's Dynamic Growth Reels In New Investor, Olive Garden Ground Lease
newquest-memorial-hermann-finalize-lease-for-new-primary-care-facility-in-west-katy
Retail Leasing

January 10, 2023

NewQuest, Memorial Hermann Finalize Lease For New Primary Care Facility in West Katy

KATY, Texas – NewQuest Properties’ Shops at Katy Reserve has won Memorial Hermann Health System’s nod to be the newest pr...

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NewQuest, Memorial Hermann Finalize Lease For New Primary Care Facility in West Katy
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Investment Sales

December 22, 2022

NewQuest Arranges Investment Sales in California, Texas

HOUSTON – In a fast-paced out-of-state trade, NewQuest Properties Investment Sales has brokered the sale of a net-leased property occ...

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NewQuest Arranges Investment Sales in California, Texas
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Retail Leasing

December 13, 2022

NewQuest Properties Wraps Up Whirlwind Sales Streak, Includes Tradewinds Shopping Center Near Gulf Coast

HOUSTON – With value-add retail centers in particularly high demand, NewQuest Properties Investment Sales Division has sold the 130,0...

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NewQuest Properties Wraps Up Whirlwind Sales Streak, Includes Tradewinds Shopping Center Near Gulf Coast
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Investment Sales

August 25, 2022

NewQuest Brokers Sale of Church Property In Texas Medical Center District

HOUSTON – The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Inc. has sold a 48,000-sf former church in the Texas Medical Cen...

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NewQuest Brokers Sale of Church Property In Texas Medical Center District
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Corporate Investment Sales

July 28, 2022

NewQuest's Five-Year Winning Streak Facilitates Sale of JV's Crown Jewel

HOUSTON – Offering insight into a true success story, NewQuest Properties is crediting its leasing, asset and property management tea...

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NewQuest's Five-Year Winning Streak Facilitates Sale of JV's Crown Jewel
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Retail Leasing

April 25, 2022

Skechers Sign 10-Year Lease For Grand at Aliana in Fort Bend Count

RICHMOND, Texas – In a major win for Fort Bend County, NewQuest Properties has landed Skechers USA Inc. for the line-up in the Grand ...

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Skechers Sign 10-Year Lease For Grand at Aliana in Fort Bend Count
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Land

August 24, 2021

NewQuest Transactions - August 23

SOUTH TEXAS SALES Sueba Land 123 LP has acquired 11.43 acres of raw land at the intersection of TX 6 and Fort Bend Tollway, Missouri Ci...

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NewQuest Transactions - August 23
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Retail Leasing

June 10, 2019

NewQuest Transactions

SOUTH TEXAS SALE Liberty Grand Partners LP has sold 30.35 acres at the intersection of CR 622 and Stoesser Road, Dayton, to BT Cobb Dev...

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NewQuest Transactions
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Retail Leasing Tenant Representation

February 11, 2019

Retail Recap

Bubble Egg Garden Oaks has leased 1,200 square feet in 33 1/3 @ Thirtyfourth, at Ella Boulevard and 34th Street, from Crescere Garden O...

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Retail Recap
57-acre-retail-project-will-little-special
Corporate Land Retail Leasing

December 5, 2017

This 57-acre retail project will be a 'little more special' than most

More than five years’ worth of strategic land sales and leases in Aliana, a 2,000-acre master-planned community in southwest Hous...

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This 57-acre retail project will be a 'little more special' than most
medexpress-urgent-care-locating-grand-morton-town-center-katy
Retail Leasing

October 11, 2017

MedExpress Urgent Care locating at Grand Morton Town Center in Katy

ATY (Covering Katy News) –  MedExpress Urgent Care will open in February at Grand Morton Town Center. It will be the first MedExpres...

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MedExpress Urgent Care locating at Grand Morton Town Center in Katy
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Land

September 12, 2017

NewQuest's Stone Hill Town Center Lands Holiday Inn Express, Tru by Hilton

NewQuest Properties is poised for new growth at its top-ranked Stone Hill Town Center in central Texas, selling two adjacent tracts to ...

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NewQuest's Stone Hill Town Center Lands Holiday Inn Express, Tru by Hilton
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Retail Leasing

August 7, 2017

SOUTH TEXAS LEASES

Bath & Body Works has leased 3,658 sf of retail space in Creekside Town Center, located at the intersection of Interstate 35 and FM...

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SOUTH TEXAS LEASES
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Retail Leasing Tenant Representation

June 13, 2017

Development Continues from Katy Freeway to Morton Ranch Road

KATY (Covering Katy) – It’s less than three miles between the Katy Freeway and Morton Ranch Road and in that small stretch, busines...

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Development Continues from Katy Freeway to Morton Ranch Road
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Retail Leasing

March 13, 2017

Construction Begins on First Fast-Food Restaurants for Grand Morton Town Center

KATY (Covering Katy) – Construction will soon be underway on the initial wave of fast-food restaurants for freeway-fronting sites in ...

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Construction Begins on First Fast-Food Restaurants for Grand Morton Town Center
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Retail Leasing

February 16, 2017

Recent Transactions

NORTH TEXAS LEASE Rice Chicken has leased 3,000 sf of retail space in Frisco Ranch, located at the intersection of Preston Road and War...

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Recent Transactions
south-texas-leases
Retail Leasing

January 23, 2017

SOUTH TEXAS LEASES

Pet Supermarket has leased 7,478 sf of retail space in Marketplace at Ninety-Six, located at the intersection of League City Parkway an...

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SOUTH TEXAS LEASES
newquest-transactions-2
Retail Leasing

November 16, 2015

NewQuest Transactions

NORTH TEXAS LEASES: Hollywood Feed has leased 3,000 SF of retail space in Lantana Town Center, 3400 FM 407, Bartonville, from NewQuest ...

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NewQuest Transactions
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Retail Leasing

October 12, 2015

NewQuest Transactions

CENTRAL TEXAS LEASES: LA Crawfish has leased 3,750 SF of retail space in Westwood Center, 10919 Culebra Rd., San Antonio, from SA Westw...

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NewQuest Transactions
houston-commercial-real-estate-sales-and-retail-space-leasing-updates
Retail Leasing

July 31, 2012

Houston Commercial Real Estate Sales and Retail Space Leasing Updates

NewQuest Properties, a leading Houston commercial real estate company, is pleased to announce new commercial leases and property sales ...

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Houston Commercial Real Estate Sales and Retail Space Leasing Updates
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Retail Leasing

March 28, 2012

Morelia Mexican Grill signs on to Pflugerville's restaurant row at Stone Hill Town Center

Local eatery Morelia Mexican Grill will be the second tenant in Stone Hill Town Center’s “restaurant row” after selecting Pfluger...

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Morelia Mexican Grill signs on to Pflugerville's restaurant row at Stone Hill Town Center