John Higdon
Member at Gumby's of San Marcos
Cedar Park, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Higdon is a seasoned commercial real estate professional and principal with over three decades of experience specializing in restaurant, hospitality, and retail site acquisition, leasing, and entitlement across Central Texas and multi-state markets. He founded and runs Higdon Development LLC, represents national brands as a master broker (currently for Rosa Mexicano), and has leased and managed build-outs for dozens of franchise and chain concepts from Applebee’s to Ruby Tuesday. Known for navigating complex projects end-to-end, he is currently development manager on a 17-acre retail rezoning and subdivision project, demonstrating hands-on expertise in entitlement and construction coordination. His background includes senior real estate leadership roles at Morrison Restaurants, Ruby Tuesday and Kroger, giving him rare operator and corporate perspectives. Based in Cedar Park, Texas, he combines practical field experience with strategic market analysis—often translating franchise-level needs into scalable site portfolios.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSCRP, MSCRP at The University of Texas at AustinBA, BA at Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
VioletInferno/ODIT
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:16 PRs, 50 pushes in 10 months
JHiggy4/johnhigdon-CSCI20-Spr2017
Jan 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:112 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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