ABOUT COMMERCIAL AGENT John Lauriello

In 1984, John co-founded Southpace Properties with William McDavid. Southpace is now the largest independent commercial real estate firms in Alabama. John moved to Birmingham in 1969 from his hometown in Amsterdam, New York. It was in Birmingham where he accidentally got into real estate as a way to make money on the side selling residential properties. John's historic hometown of Amsterdam was settled by the Dutch in 1710 and sparked a fascination in him for restoring old properties, which has led him to become one of Birmingham's most influential individuals who has revitalized the city center and brought life to downtown again. John earned the nickname, The Damn Yankee Who Saved Downtown Birmingham. He has restored 12 historic homes, 8 historic apartment buildings in Highland Park, Redmont, and Forest Park, in addition to 30 historical commercial buildings in downtownsouthside including The Clark, The Kress, The Massey, and The Title (Southpace's headquarters).

In addition to his expertise in historic renovationadaptive reuse, John also specializes in office tenant representation, investment sales and partnerships, build-to-suits, development and redevelopment, and special assetsbankruptcy. John's gross sales and leasing volumes exceeds over $400M and his gross development volume is in excess of $250M.

He has one son named John and 2 grandchildren, Jennifer (19) and Anthony (17). He enjoys breeding thoroughbred horses as a hobby and side business and currently has four Brood Mares and four foals in Kentucky and New York.