John Bauknight
Principal, Roadstead Real Estate Advisors, LLC
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone (864) 809-9900
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Flex, Multi-Family
Markets
Greenville/Spartanburg
Bio
John Bauknight is president and Co-founder of Longleaf Holdings USA, a Spartanburg-based investment firm that oversees several business ventures including Total Product Destruction, LLC which was created out of the business unit of Shred First, LLC, Total Storage Services, LLC which leases and sells storage and over-the-road trailers to business’ that have short term or long term storage and cartage needs, and Longleaf Holdings, LLC which owns and manages both commercial and residential real estate and has also taken a minority position in several start-up businesses, the most recognized being Southern Tide. In 2007, Longleaf Holdings USA acquired RJ Rockers Brewing Co of Spartanburg. Bauknight along with founder and Brewmaster Mark Johnsen relocated the Brewery back to downtown Spartanburg in 2009. Bauknight continues to be heavily involved in Spartanburg County’s entrepreneurial community, including helping to launch the Spartanburg Angel Network.
