Ben Cummings is the principal of Cummings Real Estate Advisory Services, LLC, a commercial real estate consultancy.

He was also a founder of and is currently a Senior Advisor to Birch Capital LLC. Mr. Cummings consults on real estate-related legal matters, as well as investment project identification and evaluation.

Mr. Cummings was Vice President of Real Estate for Circuit City Stores, Inc., in charge of all the company’s real estate requirements during its years of rapid growth as a national electronics retail chain. He also served for eight years as Vice President of Real Estate for CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc., the country’s leading used car retailer and a former Circuit City affiliate, from its founding in 1993. He participated in nearly $2 billion of sale-leaseback and similar financing transactions for Circuit City and Carmax. He was the Owner’s Representative for development of CarMax’s 130-acre home office campus in Richmond, Virginia, a LEED Silver-certified project.

Mr. Cummings is a New Jersey native and is a graduate of Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia with B.A. and J.D. degrees. He has been a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and served as its Virginia State Director from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Cummings is a member of the Virginia State Bar and was a member of the National Real Estate Advisory Council of The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and served as Chair of TPL’s Chesapeake Region Advisory Council.