Helen Jobes
Principal
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 42-year career, Jobes has leased over 2,000,000 square feet of office space and sold more than 5.5 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 is principal and founder of Gold Eagle Investments since 2002.
Jobes served on the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Council of Austin for eleven years, which is a 2,300 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. She is a member of the Central Texas Commercial Brokers Association and CCIM Institute. She is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and served on the Austin Board of ULI for 3 years.
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 Chinese 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. Helen Jobes has represented such clients as PM Realty Advisors, Lowe Enterprises, R.M. Crowe Company, Harvard Properties Trust, Morrison Karsten Group, Triple Net Properties, First National Bank, C.W. Dalcan, MFB Real Estate, John Crutchfield, Sandy Gottesman, Rick Hardin, Chi Kao Hsu, Harren Interests, John Graham, Ogle Properties, Stadler Investments, Texas Public Employees Association, BCumby Investments, Dawlette Companies, High Street Retail, Kennedy Wilson, Oakpoint Real Estate, Synermark Properties, Austin Telco Federal Credit Union, Riverside Resources, Byram Properties, AP Equity Properties, LTD., Ferguson Enterprises, Cerilliant Corporation, Duncan Park Capital.
Jobes has been involved with the Boys and Girls Club for the past 18 years and served as the first woman President of the Boys and Girls Club Foundation in 2017. She attended UT/RGV, the University of Texas and St. Edward's University.
Awards:
- 2000, 2001 and 2002 – Distinguished Contribution award from the Real Estate Council of Austin
- 2001 – Real Estate Council of Austin and Travis County Juvenile Probation Department award for Project Bridge
- 2004 – CoStar Power Broker Award
- 2009 – CoStar Top Brokerage Award Gold Eagle Investments
- 2010 – Key to the city of Edinburg, Texas (her hometown) for contributions and maintaining connections for her Edinburg High School Graduating Class
- 2012 – Named one of CREW Austin’s Top 10 Women in Commercial Real Estate
- 2014 – 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
- 2022 – Named one of 25 Female Austin “Trailblazers” in commercial real estate by Bisnow
