Mark Deutschmann

Mark Deutschmann has been selling real estate since the early '90s, founded Village in 1996, Core Development in 2003, and The CityLiving Group in 2005. Village grew to employ over 350 agents and staff during Mark's ownership. In 2019, Mark sold the majority of his interest in Village and now serves as Chair Emeritus.  Village was rebranded to Parks Real Estate in April 2023 and merged with Compass in May 2024.

Mark and his CityLiving Group team still sell residential real estate at Parks/Compass. Mark's sales focus and passion include all of Nashville’s inner loop neighborhoods. Mark has sold thousands of homes in Hillsboro Village, 12 South and other Nashville urban neighborhoods.  Mark’s team has sold over 50 condo/loft/cottage projects, including CityLights, Icon in the Gulch, The Enclave, Bristol West End, and Gale Park with over $499M in closed development project sales volume since 2018. Mark and his CityLiving group are consistently ranked the top producing sales group. 

Mark and his team at Core Development develop and promote the interface of walkable areas in emerging communities. Examples of Core’s completed development communities include Exchange Lofts, Kress Lofts, Werthan Lofts, the Chesterfield, Richland Station, the finery in Wedgewood Houston, and Alloy on Tech Hill. Several of these communities have been honored by the Urban Land Institute with the excellence in design award. Core continues to work on a number of developments in the emerging neighborhoods. 

Actively engaged in the community, Mark served as president for both Urban Land Institute Nashville and Greenways for Nashville and on the Mayor's Sustainability Advisory Board. Mark and his wife Sherry have co-chaired the Next Awards and Dinner by the Bridge four times each. He serves on the EO Board, Greenways Commission, and Transit Alliance. As of the end of 2023, the Village Fund, the charitable arm of both Parks and Core, surpassed $3.2 million in donations back to our community. Mark has been honored numerous times as a Power 100 leader in commercial real estate by the Nashville Business Journal and In Charge development leader by the Nashville Post. He was named Realtor of the year in 2023 by Greater Nashville Realtors.

Mark is the author of One-Mile Radius, Building Community from the Core, which was released in 2017.

Mark has undergraduate degrees in zoology and Spanish and an MBA in International Management. Sherry Stewart Deutschmann is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of both Letterlogic and Braintrust. Mark and Sherry live in Hillsboro Village and like to walk neighborhoods and Greenways. Mark’s hobbies include juggling, river kayaking, stamp collecting, and exploring and experiencing cities in other countries.