Nikki Traff joined Avison Young in 2025 as a Principal. In this role, she oversees retail services in Florida for highly specialized, complex retail properties, specifically lifestyle and power centers.

With nearly two decades of experience working closely with notable shopping center owners including Heitman, Principal Global Investors, Prudential Global Investment Management, ShopCore and Stronach Group, Nikki has forged strong relationships with her clients throughout her career and understands their business needs and innate market knowledge. She creates value for clients through a curated merchandising mix for each shopping center. Nikki has been able to increase NOI by $2 million within 18 months by following her vision for re-tenanting shopping centers. Her expertise is with relationships with national tenants and finding the best of local tenants that can increase sales for shopping centers. Prior to joining Avison Young, Nikki served as Executive Vice President at Colliers, and as Vice President at Madison Marquette, where she focused on the retail leasing of mixed-use lifestyle centers, power shopping centers and ground-up development.

Previously, Nikki served as a Leasing Agent at Southern Management and Development as well as Retail Client Specialist at CBRE.

Professional Credentials

• ICSC Member

Education and Designations

• B.A., Marketing and Management – Western Illinois University