Bivins Blog Real Estate Log Archives
Canyon Capital Lands Midwest Director
LOS ANGELES – Canyon Capital Realty Advisors LLC has hired Richard D. Holly as a managing director to identify and oversee investments in the Midwest and mountain regions. The 18-year veteran most recently was a vice president for JMB Realty Corp.
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Susoreny Earns Promotion
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Grubb & Ellis Co. promotes David Susoreny to executive vice president. The 12-year professional had been managing director of corporate services.
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Victor Moves to Marcus & Millichap
PORTLAND, Ore. – Fran Victor, with 17 years' experience, starts as an associate in the Portland office of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services after running her own firm.
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Paddison Joins Behringer's Board
DALLAS – Real estate veteran Diane S. Detering-Paddison has been added as an independent director to the board of directors for Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II Inc. She was COO of Denver-based ProLogis and a 20-year executive for CB Richard Ellis and Trammel Crow Co.
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Seattle, Denver Offices Add Brokers
SEATTLE – Bill Condon starts as a managing director for Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis Co. in Seattle. He most recently was with Colliers International. In Denver, Patrick G. Lynch comes on board as senior director of corporate services. The 20-year veteran was a managing director for CRG West.
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New SVP Leading 65 Million-SF Account
BOSTON – Ellen Cook, a 10-year veteran, begins as senior vice president for Jones Lang LaSalle in Boston to manage the 65 million-sf real estate portfolio of locally based Iron Mountain Inc. Cook most recently was an account director for Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
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Pratt to Colliers
HOUSTON - Colliers International has named Jim Pratt as Senior Vice President in its office division in Houston. Prior to joining Colliers International, Jim was a principal at NAI Houston where he worked for more than 24 years.
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Parker Takes Northeast's Reins
NEW YORK – Twenty-year veteran Greg Parker, senior manager of Ernst & Young LLP, will lead the firm's construction advisory practice in the Northeast.
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Doerr Joins Grubb & Ellis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Christopher Doerr starts as a vice president in Grubb & Ellis Co.'s investment group for the Washington, D.C. metro. He most recently was a director in the multifamily group of Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
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Three More EVPS Named in SoCal
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Grubb & Ellis Co.'s Dixie Walker, Jack McNutt and Jeff Read are accorded executive vice president titles. The brokers have a combined 66 years of industry experience.
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CBRE Details Succession Plan
LOS ANGELES – CB Richard Ellis has named Ed Schreyer, SIOR, as successor to Jim Dieter, SIOR, who will retire in November after six years at the helm of the industrial practice.
Getting an executive managing director's title with the promotion, Schreyer currently is a senior vice president and leader of the Cincinnati global corporate services team. He has 20 years of industry experience.
Christopher R. Ludeman, president of Americas brokerage for CBRE, said it's not easy to fill the 30-year veteran's shoes, but Schreyer has "the right combination of skills, market knowledge, passion for client service, and voracious appetite for business development that will enhance the legacy of CBRE's industrial market dominance that Jim has sustained."
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Lee & Associates Add to Ranks
LOS ANGELES – Lee & Associates Investment Services Group has hired Jamie S. Harrison and Jason Phillips as senior vice presidents. Harrison was a vice president for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services and Phillips was a vice president at Sperry Van Ness.
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Grubb & Ellis Names EVP
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Grubb & Ellis Co. has promoted Mano E. Eventakis to executive vice president and managing director of the Inland Empire office, effective immediately.
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Four Veterans Earn EVP Titles
LOS ANGELES – Grubb & Ellis Co. has promoted Clayton Hovivian, Jeff Smart, Michael Ross and Richard Plummer to executive vice president of transaction services in the Los Angeles office.
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Retail Brokers Network Taps
Young as President
DALLAS – Bob Young, managing director of the Weitzman Group, has been elected to a two-year term as president of the Retail Brokers Network.
The organization has more than 40 member companies, of which Dallas-based Weitzman Group is a founding member. Young also will lead the 15-year-old organization's executive council.
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Riverstone Residential Promotes Two
DALLAS – Riverstone Residential has promoted two executives in its West region, naming Mike Dow as division president and Pal Ottesen as COO. The promotions take effect July 1.
Dow, with 25 years' experience, has been executive vice president since October 2008. He is replacing Walt Smith, who will become a board member of CAS Partners, Riverstone's parent company. Ottesen, marking his 17th year with the company, had been a senior vice president.
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Grubb & Ellis: One Resignation, One Hire
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Dylan Taylor has resigned as executive vice president and president of Grubb & Ellis Co.'s global client services after one year on the job and four years with the Santa Ana, Calif.-based company. Meanwhile, the Silicon Valley team has gotten a new leader, Dick Scott, who is starting his reign as a managing director. The 17-year veteran most recently was a partner in the development of two Silicon Valley-area data center projects and the entitlement process for a hospitality and retail project.
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Hines Changes in Mexico
MEXICO CITy --Mark Cover, executive vice president and CEO of Hines’ Southwest Region, announced that, effective July 1, 2009, Hines will restructure the senior leadership of its operations in Mexico. Development Director Alejandro Espinosa will assume the role of overall executive in Mexico City, in addition to his current leadership of the firm’s Mexican retail division. Also, Director of Operations Ricardo Gonzalez will assume leadership of the firm’s active property and facility management division in Mexico and Panama.
John Johnson will continue as the director of industrial activities; and Palmer Letzerich will continue as the executive responsible for residential, office and general investment.
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Carter to Colliers
David Carter has joined Colliers International as senior VP in the office division. He is a member of SIOR and CCIM.
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Davis to Lead Land Group
HOUSTON - Scott Davis has joined Grubb & Ellis as vice president and director of the firm's Land Group.
Davis formerly was with CB RIchard Ellis. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Greater Houston Builders Association.
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Grubb & Ellis Taps Pair
HOUSTON - George Cushing and Ken Page have been promoted to executive VP at Grubb & Ellis.
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Lockhart Promoted
ONTARIO, Calif. – Randy Lockhart, marking his 23rd year in the business, is promoted to executive vice president of transaction services for Grubb & Ellis Co. For six years, he's been the top salesman in the Inland Empire office.
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Coldwell Banker Adds to Team
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Ralph Tapscott, former CEO of Mohave State Bank, comes on board as a sales associate of Coldwell Banker Commercial.
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Behringer Hires One, Promotes Five
DALLAS – Behringer Harvard has added Kelleen Richter as senior vice president of marketing. In a round of promotions, the Dallas-based company named Kent Barner as senior vice president and chief information officer; Andrew J. Bruce, senior vice president of capital markets; Michael D. Cohen, senior vice president of the international investment platform; Michael Stricker, senior vice president of investment services; and Bradley D. Behringer, vice president with a primary focus on the company's international platform.
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Sipple Joins CBRE Hotels
DENVER – Leading hospitality expert Bill Sipple, marking his 30th year in the business, will lead a CBRE Hotels team for Regent International Hotels, Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts in the Americas. He starts with the firm as a senior vice president, moving from the ranks of Carlson Hotels Worldwide as its corporate vice president of development.
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Grubb & Ellis Expands Its Ranks
CHICAGO – Jeff Perpich starts as senior vice president and director of management services for Grubb & Ellis Co. His duties include leading the property management team in Chicago and expanding the management services' business in the Midwest. He most recently was an executive director at Morgan Stanley.
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Jones Lang LaSalle Hires Grainger
DALLAS – Twenty-year veteran Greg Grainger has been named managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle's property management group. He has been tasked with launching a national property management practice for the firm's industrial groups.
"Adding Greg to the DFW team allows us to offer an all encompassing industrial solution to our clients," said Terry Darrow, managing director and head of the Dallas/Fort Worth industrial practice.
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Cadence McShane Adds to Ranks
DALLAS – Linda Murphrey, with 20 years' experience in the industry, comes on board as director of business development for the Dallas office of Cadence McShane Corp.
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Marcus & Millichap's Houston,
Austin Teams Get New Leaders
HOUSTON – Brent Smith and J. Michael Watson have been named regional managers in Houston and Austin, respectively, for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services.
Smith, joining the firm in 2003, most recently was the sales manager for the Austin office. His tenure includes opening the San Antonio office six years ago.
Watson has been leading the San Antonio office since May 2008. In his new role, he picks up oversight for all teams in Central Texas. He also joined the company in 2003.
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ULI Boston Names Vice Chairs
BOSTON – Urban Land Institute Boston District Council, with 1,200 members, has added two vice chairs to its ranks – Daniel St. Clair, a managing director for Jones Lang LaSalle, and Jessica Sawyer, an assistant vice president for Colliers Meredith & Grew.
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Lee Returns to Grubb & Ellis
ONTARIO, Calif. – Seventeen-year veteran, Peter Lee, has rejoined Grubb & Ellis Co. as a vice president after seven years with Colliers International. He will specialize in industrial sales and leasing in the East San Gabriel Valley and West Inland Empire.
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Grubb & Ellis Adds Houston Broker
HOUSTON – Grubb & Ellis Co. hires Steve Mellon to lead the self-storage group, effective immediately. He begins as a vice president and director of the self-storage group.
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Marcus & Millichap Promotes Trio
ENCINO, Calif. – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has accorded vice president titles to Michael Fasano, regional manager of the New Jersey office; Kirk Felici, regional manager in Miami; and Matthew Fitzgerald, regional manager of nine mid-market offices.
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UNT Honors John Q Hammons
DENTON, Texas – John Q. Hammons, marking his 51st year in the hospitality industry, has been honored as a "living legend" by the University of North Texas School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management. The 90-year-old Hammons is founder, chairman and CEO of the Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts.
Hammons has become a dominant force in North Texas, where he's opened or has in the pipeline several conference-center projects. The company's construction docket holds more than $1.5 billion of projects, several of which are slated to open by 2010. The company has started talks with UNT and the City of Denton to build a full-service hotel with meeting and convention space near the university.
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Carlin Elected to FelCor's Board
IRVING, Texas – Glenn A. Carlin, co-founder and partner of GCET Capital Partners, was named to the board of directors of FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. He is filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Richard S. Ellwood.
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Realtors Added to Houston Staff of
Prudential Gary Greene
HOUSTON - J. J. Molaison, manager of Prudential Gary Greene Realtors’ Inner Loop office, has announced the addition of three outstanding Realtors to her team. Coming on board are Elizabeth Berry, Dolph Simon and Melissa Garza.
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Grubb & Ellis Adds 19-Year Veteran
LOS ANGELES – William J. Morris comes on board as a senior vice president at Grubb & Ellis Co., joining the investment services group in the South Bay office.
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Stahl Joins Trammell Crow Co.
DALLAS – Twenty-year veteran David Stahl has been named senior vice president of Trammell Crow Co., joining its acquisitions group. He most recently was senior vice president of acquisitions and director of asset management for Lone Star Funds/Hudson Advisors.
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Appointments to A&M
Advisory Committee
COLLEGE STATION – Louis A. 'Tony' Cortes, a San Antonio utility contractor, has been named by Gov. Rick Perry to the Advisory Committee for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. Two existing members were reappointed.
CEO of Cortes Contracting Inc., Cortes will represent the public on the committee that also includes representatives of various real estate specialties and the Texas Real Estate Commission.
The two reappointments are Ronald C. Wakefield of San Antonio and J. Michael Boyd of Houston. Wakefield is the committee's current chairman, and Boyd the vice chairman.
Wakefield is owner and CEO of Wakefield Realtors and Megamerica Mortgage. He represents the real estate finance industry. Boyd is president of Boyd Commercial LLC and represents the ownership, development or management of industrial properties.
Committee appointments are for six years and subject to senate confirmation.
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Spiro Opens Phoenix Shop
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – One of Phoenix's leading retail investment brokers has launched ORION Investment Real Estate Solutions.
Fifteen-year veteran Ari Spiro has opened the shop with Sean Stutzman, who has six years in the industry. Spiro was a vice president Sperry Van Ness and Stutzman was a senior adviser.
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Eiland & Woodroof Accept
Prudential Award
HOUSTON – For the 10th consecutive year, Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors has been named a recipient of the Gibraltar Circle Award, which is given each year to the top 50 companies in the Prudential Real Estate Network based on gross commission income. The award was presented to Marilyn Eiland and Mark Woodroof, partners with Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors, at a special awards ceremony at the Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services Sales Convention. Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc.’s president, Earl Lee, and chairman and CEO, John Van Der Wall, made the presentation
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Dr. Barton Smith Retiring
HOUSTON - Dr. Barton Smith, a noteworthy economist who predicted the crash of Houston's real estate markets in the 1980s, has announced his retirement from the University of Houston. For 20 years, Smith's economic symposiums, held in the spring and fall, have drawn large crowds of Houston business people. Smith, 65, joined the University of Houston in 1973. He said watching the growth of Houston since then has been a fascinating run. "This town has grown from being a cowtown to a marvelous city." He will present two more symposiums, winding up with a final presentation in the spring of 2010. Smith, speaking to an audience of 1,000 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, became teary-eyed when he recalled the professors who trained him at the University of Chicago. In the early 1980s boom years, when Smith predicted the huge decline in the Houston economy, he was severely criticized by city leaders and the business community. But he was later redeemed when his prediction proved to be dead-on.
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JLL Adds Four in Dallas/Fort Worth
DALLAS – Terry Darrow becomes managing director and Kacy Jones gets a senior vice president's title in the simultaneous moves from different brokerage firms to Jones Lang LaSalle's Dallas/Fort Worth office to expand industrial business. Also hired were Nathan Orbin as vice president and William Wyatt as a senior associate.
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Grubb & Ellis Adds New Post
SANTA ANA, Calif. – After three years with the firm, Mathieu Streiff has been named senior vice president of investment operations, a new post for Grubb & Ellis Co. He also will continue in his role as chief real estate counsel.
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Allen & Apel Named to Board
HOUSTON--Stewart Information Services Corp., a leading real estate information, title insurance and transaction management company, announced changes to its board of directors. Catherine Allen and Thomas Apel were elected to the board of directors.
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Grenewald is SVP for Cohen
NEW YORK -- Charles S. Cohen, President/CEO Cohen
Brothers Realty Corp. and owner of Cohen Design Centers – D&D (Decoration
and Design) Building in New York City; PDC (Pacific Design Center) in West
Hollywood, California; DCOTA (Design Center of the Americas) in Dania Beach,
Florida and DCH (Decorative Center of Houston) Texas -- has appointed William
Grenewald Senior Vice President. He
will be based in Florida at the DCOTA.
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Colliers Names New USA Board Chairman
BOSTON – Colliers International has named Doug Frye as chairman of the USA board of directors. Marking his eighth year at Colliers, he is president and CEO of Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.
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Taylor Joins Jones Lang LaSalle
FORT WORTH – Frank Taylor, an 18-year veteran, is the newest senior vice president in Jones Lang LaSalle's Fort Worth office.
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Marcus & Millichap Promotes Bradley
ACKSONVILLE, Fla. – David Bradley rises from sales manager to regional manager of the Jacksonville office after five years with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services.
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Anderson Promoted
HOUSTON - Michael Anderson has been promoted to vice president of leasing with Colvill Office Properties. Anderson has been responsible for leasing more than one million square feet since joining Colvill in 2004.
Colvill Office Properties was formed by Chip Colvill in 2001. The firm specializes in landlord representation.
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Myers Goes to G&E
HOUSTON – Grubb & Ellis Co.,announced that Scott Myers has joined the company’s Houston office as vice president, Institutional Capital Markets Group, which provides real estate investment and advisory services.
“Scott brings a diverse background and wealth of experience in the underwriting and disposition of institutional assets, particularly in the current economic environment,” said Moody Younger, executive managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ Texas offices.
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Six Professionals Earn LEED Accreditation
DALLAS – Locally based Stream Realty Partners LP has had six team members earn LEED accreditation: Amy Goodwin, construction manager – construction management and development; Bill Moebius, senior vice president – director of energy and sustainable operations; Crossley Davis, financial analyst; Don Wrightsman, senior project manager – construction management and development; Melanie Eidson, marketing coordinator – tenant representation and investment sales; and Randy Hart, vice president – construction management and development.
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Graf To Lead Texas Apartment Association
AUSTIN – Rick Graf, president of Pinnacle, will take over June 1 as president of the Texas Apartment Association.
Graf will lead the association from the Dallas office. Involved in the non-profit trade association for the past 15 years, he joined Pinnacle, a management company, in 1996.
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Editor's Roundup:
At the Expo Again
By Ralph Bivins
Editor, RealtyNewsReport.com
The annual Commercial Expo, formerly known as Developer Day, draws a large crowd from every corner of the Houston commercial real estate business.
It was encouraging this year to see a packed house at the Hotel InterContinental, despite the downturn in the economy. It was good to see veteran broker Logan Brown of Grubb & Ellis among the familiar faces in the crowd. Brown, who recently sold an office building on the north side, said in today’s market it’s wise to focus on smaller properties because locating financing for large transactions is difficult.
Stephen Ewbank of Planned Community Developers was all smiles after Minute Maid completed a big move to his Sugar Land project.
A few of the others spotted on the floor: Michael Levitin; Bob Parsley, Bill Byrd and Greg Cizik of Colliers; Steve Jaggard; Kathleen O’ Connor of O’Connor & Associates; Kenneth Li; Juli Graves; Jim Carney; Bill McDade and Carlos Bujosa of McDade, Smith, Gould, Johnston, Mason and Co.; Charlie Savino of CDS Market Research; Donnie Chang of ABC Advisors; Gary Mabray; Wayne Stroman; Vicki Fullerton; Jim Peters; Mike Boyd and many more.
Bob Hale, long-time President and CEO of HAR, was smiling about the big crowd for the 09 version of Expo. Sam Scott, who heads the Commercial Gateway, the online commercial listing service for HAR, was a popular guy at the event. Also spotted from the HAR staff: Rene Galvan, Lori Carper, and David Mendel. I’ve always enjoyed going to the Commercial Expo and I don’t think I’ve missed one in over a decade.
If you went (and I bet you did) and had an enjoyable time, then drop a line to Dave Cook at Cushman & Wakefield. When he was vice president of SIOR in 1983, Cook started Developer Day. That first one was held in the Knoll Furniture Showroom. Cook later became president of HAR
. Anyway, the 27th year of the event was a good one. And I hope they keep it going for another 27 years – or longer.
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TCU Wins NAIOP Contest
With Plan for The Woodlands
Greg Fuller, President of NAIOP North Texas, announced that five graduate students from Texas Christian University won the Fourth Annual Texas Shoot-Out Real Estate Challenge. The students and Texas Christian University will split the $10,000 grand prize. Baylor University took second place with a $7,500 prize.
The TCU team included Ryan Johnson, Ben Wyatt, Amber Cancel, Jack Parker and Aaron Duncan; Baylor’s team consisted of Lou Miller, Peter Flynn, Dewayne Bailey and Ian Gibson.
The competition included graduate-level teams from seven Texas schools including TCU, Baylor, University of Texas, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Rice.
Students presented a development plan for a small parcel of land located in a town center. The graduate students did not know the actual development site or location, which was revealed to be 21 Waterway in The Woodlands, a waterfront office/retail development.
After each presentation, collegiate teams fielded questions from the judges, six North Texas-based developers including Mark Cashman, KDC; Judd Clements, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler; Brad Copeland, CCRE; Jack Crews, Jones Lang LaSalle; Pat Gibson, Hunt Realty and Dan Tatsch, Hillwood Development.
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Summers Tops in Sales
HOUSTON - Carrie Summers was named to the President's Club at Weichart Realtors Wayne Murray Properties.
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Bellinger Moves to Grubb & Ellis
DALLAS – Sheila J. Bellinger, a 16-year industry veteran, has joined the Dallas team of Grubb & Ellis Co., starting as a vice president. She most recently was with Hudson Peters Commercial in Dallas.
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Fript Becomes Senior Associate
HOUSTON – Jeffrey Fript rises to senior associate as he marks his fourth year with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services in Houston.
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TCC Promotes Jacobs
DALLAS - Trammell Crow Co.'s principal and senior vice president Jud Jacobs is taking over as national leader of the healthcare development division. Additional details on the Dallas/Fort Worth page.
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KDC Team Earns LEED Certifications
DALLAS – KDC's development team has had 10 members secure LEED accreditation.Earning the LEED AP ranking are vice presidents Rick Heymann, Sean McDonnell, Kurt Petersen, Philip Sharp, James Williams and Jim Wrightsman; executive vice presidents Don Mills and Mike Rosamond; project manager Melanie June; and administrative assistant Terri McCuen.
"I am honored to recognize the achievement of our KDC team members and to recognize their hard work and dedication to being at the forefront of 'green' development and education as LEED-accredited professionals," said Steve Van Amburgh, CEO of the Dallas-based KDC.
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Retail Broker Moves to Grubb & Ellis
SAN ANTONIO – Marking his 10th year as a retail broker, Andy Besing has joined Grubb & Ellis Co. as a senior associate. He most recently was affiliated with Cambridge Realty.
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Firm Launches Petroleum Services Group
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Grubb & Ellis Co. has hired an industry expert to roll out a Petroleum Services Group.
Timothy Haves, who will be based in the Newport Beach, Calif. Office, was seated as a vice president. Haves has spent the past 11 years with CB Richard Ellis, rising to first vice president. Coming with him is Steve Sabahai, a 20-year veteran who was marking his fourth year at CBRE. Sabahai has been accorded an associate's title. The team is holding the account of Tempe, Ariz.-based Circle K Stores Inc. to jump-start the national platform.
"The petroleum industry has very specialized real estate needs," said Greg Coxon, president, brokerage services. "Tim's status as a leading expert in providing real estate services to the petroleum industry makes him the ideal choice to build this practice group and reinforces our unwavering commitment to providing our clients with unmatched service and expertise."
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CBRE Names Top Professional
NEW YORK – Mary Ann Tighe, CEO for CB Richard Ellis, was honored as the top-producing sales professional for the Los Angeles-based firm. She completed 5.6 million sf of leasing and sales transactions last year.
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Marcus & Millichap Adds to Florida Team
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Larry Emmons comes on board as a director to focus on industrial sales and sale/leasebacks for the Fort Lauderdale office of Encino, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. The 20-year veteran most recently was a senior investment officer for the Florida market of First Industrial Realty Trust of Chicago.
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Carder Returns to CBRE
PHOENIX – After a three-year hiatus, David Carder has come back to CB Richard Ellis as a senior vice president. He will form a new office team with Luke Walker.
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Henry S. Miller Brokerage Promotes Two
DALLAS – Matt Anding rises to senior vice president and Brendon Fitzgerald is named vice president in the Dallas office of Henry S. Miller Brokerage LLC.
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Grubb & Ellis Gets New Tucson Broker
TUCSON – Jeffrey Utsch has joined the Grubb & Ellis Co. office after 16 years as president and CEO of Western Associates Development. The new vice president specializes in land sales.
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Wayne Murray Adds Two
HOUSTON - Hamid Sameri and Whitney Ragsdale are new agents at Weichert Realtors - Wayne Murray Properties.
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Stream Adds Two Veterans
DALLAS – Stream Realty Partners hires Cannon Green and Jeff Jackson, picking up another 28 years of experience for the team and two new vice presidents.
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Boyd Commercial Names Munson
HOUSTON, David Munson has joined the industrial team at Boyd Commercial, LLC.
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Grubb & Ellis Picks Industrial Leader
SANTA ANA, Calif. – David S. Burback, a 30-year commercial real estate veteran, has been tapped as executive managing director of Grubb & Ellis Co.'s industrial group. He joined the firm in 2005.
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Marcus & Millichap's Regional Manager of Year
DETROIT – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services honors Steven Chaben in the Detroit office as regional manager of 2008. He joined the firm in 1997.
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CBRE Picks 2008's Top Producer
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Ed Schreyer, a 20-year veteran, wins CB Richard Ellis' prestigious William H. McCarthy award.
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Marcus Gets New Associate VP
OAKLAND, Calif. – Douglas Himan returns to Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services as associate vice president of investments for multifamily properties after five years. The new Oakland broker, marking his 10th year in the business, most recently was with NAI BT Commercial, also in Oakland.
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Dallas Broker Makes NAI Global Elite
DALLAS – Todd Hubbard, executive vice president of NAI Robert Lynn in Dallas, has been inducted into the NAI Global Elite, a group of the organization's top producers.
Hubbard has attained several top brokerage honors since he joined the company in 2003. The Princeton, NJ-based NAI Global designation is in recognition of his deal volume for 2008.
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McCarver Tops Southeast Houston
Residential Sales Report
HOUSTON - Dan McCarver, with the Bay Area office of Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors, is again Clear Lake’s top sales agent for 2008, having closed the highest sales volume for Area Seven, Sub-Area 19, according to statistics from the Houston Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service.
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CBRE Personnel Changes in Arizona
TUCSON – CB Richard Ellis top producers in 2008 in the local office are Nancy McClure, first vice president of retail; Tim Healy, vice president in the industrial division; Bruce Suppes, vice president in the office group; W. Michael Sandahl, senior vice president of investments; and Peter Villaescusa, first vice president of retail. Associate Tim Minnehan in the industrial group was named rookie of the year.In Phoenix, the firm has promoted Andrew Fosberg to vice president in the private client group. Since joining the company in 2004, he has been involved in sales totaling more than $500 million in 100 transactions.
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Sperry Van Ness Names Top Affiliate
IRVINE, Calif. – Sperry Van Ness has recognized Gary Gregory, managing director of affiliate Gregory Interests LLC, as its top adviser in 2008. In addition, the affiliate earned a second-place ranking for the year in the Irvine, Calif.-based brokerage house's affiliated network. Sperry Van Ness/Gregory Interests has offices in Oklahoma City and Satellite Beach, Fla. In 2008, Gregory completed 65 transactions valued at $227 million, including a record-setting, $132 million portfolio sale.
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CBRE Promotes Sulentic, Groch, Borok
LOS ANGELES – CB Richard Ellis has promoted three top executives in a move aimed at strengthening the company's position in the current down cycle and readying the stage for the day market conditions improve.
Earning promotions were Robert Sulentic, Jim Groch and Gil Borok. Sulentic was promoted to CFO from group president of CBRE's EMEA and Asia Pacific operations. He will remain CEO of the development services business, a role he assumed in December 2006 when CBRE bought out Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. Sulentic was TCC's CFO and CEO at the time of the then record-setting buyout.
Groch rises to chief investment officer with responsibility for corporate finance and strategy, which is a new position. Also from TCC's veteran ranks, he held a similar position prior to the company buyout. He will continue as chief investment officer for the development services' business. In his new role, Groch will focus on management of the company's capital structure and balance sheet plus oversee merger and acquisition activities.
Borok, who's been interim CFO since late 2008, will resume his duties as executive vice president, chief accounting officer. He also is named CFO of CBRE's Americas business.
"Bob, Jim and Gil are a highly experienced team that work well together. I look forward to their collective guidance and counsel as we lead the company forward through the current downcycle and position ourselves to take advantage of an eventual improvement in market conditions," said Brett White, president and CEO of the Los Angeles-based brokerage powerhouse.
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Transwestern Snags McGovern
DALLAS – Veteran broker Kevin McGovern has joined Transwestern as a senior vice president of tenant advisory services.
McGovern, with 18 years in the industry, has been recognized several times as the top producer in the Dallas/Fort Worth marketplace. He most recently was with Grubb & Ellis Co. in Dallas.
"Transwestern has always been a tough competitor that I admired from the outside, now I am excited to be part of their team and future success. It will be fun to work alongside friends I have known for many years," says McGovern, who holds SIOR and CCIM accreditations.
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KDC Makes Changes to Team
DALLAS – As part of its changes this year, Dallas-based KDC has added a CFO, promoted three executives and appointed a board of directors.
To repackage the team, KDC has promoted Scott Ozymy to executive vice president after nine years with the firm. His responsibilities include chief investment officer and a member of the investment committee. Don Mills and Mike Rosamond were made executive vice presidents for project and construction management.
New to KDC's team is Kim Bonfield, who was named CFO. She was the former CFO and a partner in Macfarlan Capital Partners of Dallas.
KDC's board of directors is envisioned as the guiding force for increased acquisition and investment activity in the US. The board includes KDC's CEO Steve Van Amburgh and president Tobin Grove in addition to Heather Kreager, senior vice president of Sammons Corp.; Jack Lowe, retired CEO of TDIndustries; Morton Meyerson, founder and chairman of E2M Partners; and Paul Rowsey III, also a founder and partner of E2M Partners.
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Four Texans Make NMHC's 2009 Board
Four executives from Texas have joined the National Multi-Housing Council's 2009 board of directors. Rick Graf, president of American Management Services in Dallas was added to the board's executive committee. Also joining the board of directors is William S. Robinson, director of multifamily investments for Archon Residential in Irving, Brian L. Dinerstein and John Caltagirone, principals of the Dinerstein Cos. in Houston.
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HOLBA Award Goes to Bonnie Kelley
Houston – CB Richard Ellis is pleased to announce that Bonnie Kelley of CB Richard Ellis has received the coveted Landlord “Representative of the Year” Award given by the Houston Office Leasing Brokers Association (“HOLBA”). HOLBA, established in 1987, is a local organization with 70 members and was the host for the event for its tenth straight year.
“We are pleased and proud for Bonnie to have earned this award,” said Rob Neblett, board member president for HOLBA.
Bonnie, a senior vice president with CB Richard Ellis, specializes in office leasing and in 2007 she was responsible for leasing approximately 800,000 square feet in multiple markets including CBD, Bellaire, Galleria, and Energy Corridor. Bonnie recently leased 287,000 sf to Dow Chemical, 247,000 sf to WorleyParsons Group and 174,000 sf to Mustang Engineering, earning her the number one, top producer spot for 2008 within CBRE’s Houston office.
“Bonnie Kelley exemplifies our Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence. She is creative, smart, hard working and fun to be associated with. In addition to developing an abundant professional career, Bonnie leads a balanced and rich personal life. We are all better because of our association with Bonnie Kelley – we are very proud of her!” says John Holland, Sr Managing Director responsible for CB Richard Ellis’ business in South Texas.
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C&W's 2008 Top Producers
PHOENIX – Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona Inc. has named its lead producers for 2008. The top-ranked producer was Larry Downey, whose team negotiated 83 deals last year. Coming in second was Chris Toci. Partners Bo Mills and Mark Detmer were tied for third place, with Jerry Jacobs rounding out the list of the year's top producers.
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Regency Promotes Krejs
DALLAS – Patrick Krejs becomes senior vice president of operations for Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers.
In his new role, Krejs will oversee leasing, shopping center property management and operations in Texas, the Rocky Mountain states, Arizona and upper Midwestern states of Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana and Wisconsin. He also will oversee regional officers in Chicago and Denver.
Krejs has been with Regency since 1996. He will continue to be based in Dallas.
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Ernst & Young LLP
SAN FRANCISCO – Ernst & Young LLP has appointed Christopher Seyfarth as the national leader of non-performing loan services.
The partner in E&Y's transaction real estate practice recently relocated to San Francisco from Boston to lead the Pacific Northwest region. Seyfarth, named partner in 1991, has focused on distressed debt markets in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Germany and other European countries.
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Grubb & Ellis Promotes Three
Grubb & Ellis Co. announced that Piers Chance, has been promoted to vice president, director of management services for North and Central Texas. In his new position, Chance will oversee and direct the property and facility management operations of the company in and around Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio.
“Piers is one of the most highly respected real estate professionals in Texas,” said Moody Younger, executive managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ Texas operations.
Also, Grubb & Ellis Co. has accorded senior vice president titles to asset managers Christine Teagle and Ross Crowe.
Teagle, promoted from vice president, is responsible for North Texas, Oklahoma and northern Florida. She joined the company in 2006 as a regional asset manager and was named vice president last May.
Crowe, also a vice president since May 2008, handles asset management in Amarillo and southeastern Texas. He started in 2007 with the firm as a regional asset manager for Austin and Houston.
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Shover Heads to Grubb & Ellis Co.
DALLAS – Heather Densmore Shover joins Grubb & Ellis Co. as vice president of agency leasing after three years as a senior associate at Stream Realty Partners LP in Dallas. Shover's territory is the far north Dallas submarket.
Moody D. Younger, executive managing director of Grubb & Ellis, has hired 10 experienced transaction professionals since he returned to the firm in April 2008. "Grubb & Ellis is dedicated to building the most talented and hard working team of professionals in order to provide our clients with the finest service and highest value in the commercial real estate arena," Younger said, adding that Shover "exemplifies these qualities."
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Hargrove Moves to
Moody Rambin Interests
Derek Hargrove has been named vice president of Moody Rambin Investment Services, a division of Moody Rambin Interests, Houston. With eight years of experience in retail, office and industrial real estate investments, Hargrove previously headed the CBRE Houston Private Client Investment Group where he was recognized as one of the top 100 CBRE retail investment professionals worldwide. He has been responsible for more than $50 million in private real estate investment during his career.
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CBRE Vet Earns Promotion
PHOENIX – Jerry McCormick rises to senior vice president as he marks his 24th year with CB Richard Ellis. The veteran began his career with CBRE in Bellevue, Wash. Since moving to Phoenix in 1999, he has been involved in 64 sales valued at more than $334 million and 113 leases, representing in excess of 413 million sf.
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Fritzer Tapped
Jacksonville, Fla. - Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has recently promoted Steve Fritzer to Vice President, Investments. Fritzer will continue to be based in the company’s Houston, TX office at 3700 Buffalo Speedway. According to James Buis, Regency Centers managing director, Fritzer will be responsible for identifying and overseeing shopping center development efforts in the greater Houston market.
Fritzer began his career with Regency in 2000 as a project manager in Dallas, TX. In 2003, he relocated and helped to establish the Houston office. In 2006, Fritzer was promoted to Senior Manager of Investments where he was a key player in building strong business relationships for Regency and continued to complete many significant transactions for the company, including most recently, Regency’s Westwood Village shopping center at F.M 2978 and F.M. 1488 in Magnolia, TX
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Crosswell Honored
John Daugherty, Realtors, has named top agent Markley Crosswell, to the firm’s prestigious Hall of Fame.
Crosswell joins an elite group including Diane Lokey, Warren Strauss, Nancy Owens, Kathy Wetmore, Lynn Mather, Agatha Young-Brann, Molly Ann Kaplan, and Barbara Josephson in recognition of exceptional tenure with the firm and consistency of high performance. In the 42 years John Daugherty, Realtors has been in business, he is only the ninth member inducted.
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2009 TREC Leaders
DALLAS – The Real Estate Council has announced its 2009 board of directors, with Michele Wheeler, CFO of Jackson-Shaw, taking the helm for this year. The new vice-chairman is Chip Cavanaugh, shareholder at the law firm of Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr in Dallas.
TREC president Michelle Corson recognized the new directors as "leaders in their respective industries."
In addition to Wheeler, Cavanaugh and Corson, the executive committees for TREC and TREC Foundation also include Jim Berry of Deloitte & Touche LLP, as chairman-elect; Melissa Eastman of Stewart Title as vice-chairman elect; 2008's chairman Tony Dona of Thackeray Partners; Ann Allison, the foundation's executive director; Don Braun of Hall Financial Group, as treasurer and David Betzold of Bank of America as assistant treasurer.
The 2009 leadership roster also includes Dan Fryman of Comerica as chairman of the Unsung Heroes gala; Bill Brown of Granite Properties as membership chairman; Neal Sleeper of Cityplace Co. as government affairs committee chairman; Steve Bancroft of Crow Holdings as FightNight chairman; Tanya Little of Hart Advisors Group as PR/marketing chairwoman; Frank Mihalopoulos of Corinth Properties as programs chairman; T. Andy Dow of Winstead PC as secretary; Mitch Paradise of Corgan Associates ALC, as chairman.
Another 48 members assumed roles on the boards of TREC, the foundation and government affairs committee. TREC's membership consists of 1,600 professionals representing 500 companies and 10,000 employees in the region. The TREC Foundation provides grants and assistance to local organizations focused on community revitalization and affordable housing.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust
DALLAS – Douglas A. Kessler has been named president of Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., replacing Monty J. Bennett who remains as CEO.
Kessler has been COO and head of acquisitions since the REIT's 2003 IPO.Bennett lauded Kessler's management focus and vision in optimizing Ashford's strategies. "Doug has been instrumental in every aspect of Ashford's growth," he said.
With Kessler's promotion, David A. Brooks became COO and general counsel. For the past five years, he has been chief legal officer and head of transactions. Bennett credited Brooks' "multidimensional capabilities" with helping to achieve Ashford's strategic goals through his "business acumen and legal expertise."
The REIT currently has $185 million of cash on hand, with a weight-average cost of debt at 3.34 percent. Its debt includes a $29 million maturity this year and $75 million note coming due in 2010. Ashford's remaining debt matures in 2011 and later.
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NAHB Names 2009 Chair
Joe Robson, a builder and developer from Tulsa, Okla., was
elected as the 2009 Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB).
A leader in the Tulsa area home building and development
industries for more than 25 years, he is the founder and president of The Robson
Companies, Inc., developers of residential communities and commercial
properties.
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Prudential
Stacy Jenkins, Realtor with Prudential Gary Greene Realtors – Bay Area, was recently installed as vice president of membership by the Bay Area Houston Women’s Council of Realtors. Her term of office begins January 2009.
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Behringer Harvard
DALLAS – Jonathan L. Kempner has been named an independent director of Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I Inc.'s board.
Kempner has spent the past seven years as president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Prior to leading the mortgage bankers' association, he was president of the National Multi Housing Council for 14 years.
"Jonathan's impressive and wide-ranging experience makes him uniquely qualified for service on our Multifamily REIT board," said Robert S. Aisner, CEO of Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I. "We believe his mortgage banking experience will be especially valuable during this challenging time in the capital markets."
The Dallas-based REIT has formed a formidable multifamily investment team since its inception in August 2006. At the helm are veterans Thomas F. August and Mark T. Alfieri.
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Grubb & Ellis Names Chairman
C. Michael Kojaian takes over as chairman of Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis Co. after 12 years on the board of directors. He replaces Glenn L. Carpenter, who will remain on the board as an independent director. Kojaian was unanimously elected by the board as non-executive chairman. The new chairman is president of Kojaian Ventures LLC and executive vice president of Kojaian Management Corp. plus director of Arbor Realty Trust Inc.
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KDC's Year of Change
Dallas-based KDC, formerly Koll Development Co., has unveiled a new branding campaign. The KDC moniker supports its plan to expand the business model beyond corporate office and industrial development and reflect its push for increased acquisition and investment activity nationwide, including data centers and medical office buildings.
KDC's CEO Steve Van Amburgh says the team has spent the past three years working toward the re-branding campaign. A new website and tagline, "Real Estate Development and Investments," go along with the change.
Tobin Grove, KDC's president, said:. "As we expand our operations and evaluate investment and development opportunities, we want our brand and website to reflect our growing operation and company vision."
KDC jump-started third-party partnerships in 2005 to set the stage for its inroad into acquisitions and add to its development till. Among its more notable transactions was the 2.75-million-sf portfolio that it acquired from EDS for $217 million. Its other partners are Parsippany, NJ-based Prudential Real Estate Investors, Harbert Management Corp. of Houston, and E2M Partners LLC and Sammons Enterprises Inc., both Dallas headquartered.
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Metrostudy Taps Wustman
Houston-based Metrostudy, a national housing tracking and consulting company, has welcomed Chuck Wustman as its manager of new business development. where he worked for more than 20 years in The Woodlands as director of market research.
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Grubb & Ellis
Grubb & Ellis Co. announced the transfer of Senior Associate Patrick McCown from its Dallas office to its Austin office. Additionally, the company announced the addition of Mark Kelley to its San Antonio office, where he will serve as an associate with the Multi Housing Investment Group.
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GVA Advantis
Austin -- -GVA Advantis has launched its first office in the Southwest, with veterans Bruce and John Endendyk in Austin at the helm of a newly formed land services group.
The Washington, DC-based GVA Advantis, with 14 offices in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region, is using Austin as the headquarters for the new brokerage group. "Bruce's role will be to articulate the growth strategy for all members of the group," said GVA Advantis chairman Jeff Neal. The father and son team most recently were part of CB Richard Ellis' national land services group.
The Endendyks eventually will expand the office into a full-service GVA branch. "GVA Advantis Austin will enhance our penetration of the Texas market and serve as a focal point for growth," said Rich Pogue, president and CEO.
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Landrum in Galveston
Realtor Linda Landrum has joined the team at Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors in Galveston. She has also sold properties on Lake Travis in Austin.
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Marcus & Millichap
Fort Worth - T. Reed Hudson is promoted to associate vice president of investments at Marcus & Millichap after four years with the firm.
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Daugherty Leaders
John Daugherty, Realtors recently nominated Kathy Wetmore, Laura Sakowitz Sweeney, Lisa Kornhauser, Barbara Josephson and Marc Ziegler for The Wall Street Journal, lore Magazine and REAL Trends, Inc.’s third annual Top 200 Real Estate Professionals Award. Individuals who closed more than 75 sides or $30 million in sales and sales teams with more than 125 closed sides or $50 million in closed sales volume top the list of nominees.
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Transwestern
Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, L.L.C hired Michael Girimonti as Senior Vice President in its New York office.
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John Daugherty Elected
The Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents has elected John Daugherty, Jr., founder/president of Houston-based John Daugherty, Realtors, as one of the 12 new members to its Executive Committee.
John Daugherty, Jr. will serve as the exclusive Houston member on the Executive Committee through April 2009.
“The Executive Committee serves as council to me and my staff on the direction of the Board of Regents program. They refer new members and consult on new program concepts,” said John Brian Losh, CEO and publisher of LuxuryRealEstate.com.
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Crutchfield to Aque
Sheryl Crutchfield has been named Director of Leasing and Marketing for Aque Investment Group, Houston. At Aque Investment, Crutchfield handles leasing and marketing for a 650,000-sf office portfolio with properties in the North Belt and West Houston/Energy Corridor submarkets. She also provides analysis and due diligence for new acquisitions. Crutchfield most recently served as Senior Leasing Manager for Caldwell Companies.
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Deal Gains Recognition
Matthew C. Deal of Houston has been named a member of the Counselors of Real Estate, an international organization of respected real estate professionals.
Deal is co-managing partner of Lewis Realty Advisors, a well-known Houston-based appraisal and real estate counseling firm.
Established in 1953, the Counselors of Real Estate is an international membership organization of 1,100 advisors who provide intelligent, unbiased, and trusted real estate advice. Membership is selective, extended by invitation only.
““Matthew Deal is one of the top real estate experts in his field and is recognized nationally. Deal represents the high-caliber of real estate advisors who are invited to join this prestigious group and earn the CRE designation,” said Gregory Lewis, CRE, chairman of the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate and Mr. Deal's sponsor.
Counseling is not considered a specific real estate discipline, such as brokerage, management, or appraisal. Rather, it is considered a problem-solving process. No matter the property type, real estate decision makers call upon Counselors for advice on the many diversified issues encountered in the broad field of real estate. Areas of expertise include: expert witness testimony and litigation support; economic and fiscal impact studies; financing; development; acquisition and dispositions; public/private partnerships and investment analysis and strategy.
To earn the CRE designation, a minimum of 10 years experience in the real estate field is required. The Counselors of Real Estate organization is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.
In his private practice at Lewis Realty Advisors, Deal has completed counseling assignments for many governmental agencies and private property owners. In addition, he has analyzed the impact of environmental conditions on property values and appraised the value of office buildings, apartments, golf courses, condominiums, restaurants, financial institutions, retail, distribution centers, master-planned communities, sports and entertainment facilities, timberland, churches, hotels, ranches, and raw land.
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Colliers Names SVPs
The Houston office of Colliers International is pleased
to announce the promotions of Walker Barnett, Patrick Graham, Saul Keeton, and Jay Kyle to Senior Vice President effective immediately. Fred Baca, President of Colliers
International in Houston, stated, “Colliers International’s presence continues to expand and
make its mark on Houston."
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Daugherty Recognized by Nancy
Owens Foundation for Giving
John A. Daugherty, Jr., president of John Daugherty, Realtors was given the first “Spirit of Giving” award from the Nancy Owens Memorial Foundation (NOMF). Daugherty was selected as a recipient for his years of philanthropic support to NOMF, which was established in 2002 to aid funding for charities committed to breast cancer research. Nancy Owens a longtime friend and associate of John A. Daugherty, Realtors worked at his company for 10 years.
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Moody Rambin Taps Dray
Christopher S. Dray has joined Moody Rambin Interests’ Office Services Division as Senior Vice President, Investment Sales. He has 19 years of experience in investment banking, sales and marketing with Wachovia, Williams Securities and Monsanto Company. Prior to joining Moody Rambin, Dray was Director of Acquisitions, Eastern USA, for Creekstone and Director of Private Clients for Triad Real Estate Consulting Group.
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Pathway Real Estate Advisors
Patrice Wooten Hightower has been named Secretary/Treasurer of Pathway Real Estate Advisors, a Houston-area real estate brokerage and management firm.
Patrice Wooten Hightower is a Partner and Realtor with Pathway Real Estate Advisors. She is the founder and President of The Pathway Management Group, a diversified investment firm involved in real estate and investment management, and the parent firm of Pathway Real Estate Advisors. A native of Houston’s Riverside area, Wooten Hightower has more than 25 years of experience in real estate asset management and investments in Houston and New York
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Robinson Named
Lois Robinson, a long-time agent with Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors' Pirates Beach office, has accepted the additional responsibility as career development coordinator for the company's two Galveston offices and the office on Tiki Island.
Prior to joining Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors in 2005 as a sales associate, Robinson had a long association with Hines, the international development firm based in Houston
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Perot Makes Big Play
in Houston Area
Hillwood, a Dallas-based firm led by Ross Perot Jr., has purchased the 3,827-acre Sienna Plantation South property in Fort Bend County near Houston. Hillwood's plans for the site calls for 7,000 single-family homes. The community will also have 300 acres for retail and commercial use; 100 acres for schools and churches and more than 1,000 acres for parks and open spaces. Editor's Note: A few days ago, I toured several of the Hillwood communities near Fort Worth by helicopter with Hillwood's Dave Pelletier. From the air, it is evident that Hillwood is capable of producing quality, well-planned developments. The arrival of a major firm like HIllwood in Houston is evidence that the residential market has a bright future. For more on Hillwood's acquisition, please go to our Houston Deals page. Hillwood also is developing a noteworthy urban project in downtown Dallas called Victory, which includes high-rise residential, hotels, retail and office. The outdoor plaza at Victory is a very appealing space. Ashley Parker, daughter of Houston real estate leader Kelley Parker, is on the Victory marketing/PR team.
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Capmark Finance recently named Julian Kwok as vice president of their Houston Galleria office.
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Transwestern announced the recent promotion of Vicki Hollon to Vice President in our Management Services group
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Newland Communities has promoted Jennifer Taylor to the company’s newly created position of Vice President of Marketing for Texas, where she will direct marketing efforts for nine master-planned developments in the Houston, Dallas and Austin markets.
Taylor will also play an active role in developing market research and strategies for future Texas acquisitions and start-up projects for San Diego-based Newland Communities, one of the nation’s largest master-planned community developers.
Since 2003, Taylor has been Regional Marketing Director for Newland Communities, and prior to that she served as Marketing irector for the Texas division of Terrabrook, which was acquired by Newland Communities in 2003. She began her real estate development career in 1992 with American General Land Development, starting as a Realtor relations specialist and promoted to Marketing Manager in 1994. Ted Nelson is Texas Region President of Newland.
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Realtor Skip Normandin has opened Normandin Associates Realty in the Colonnade Shopping Center in Atascocita.
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Brandi McDonald and Anthony Fritsche, formerly of Trammell Crow, have joined Transwestern's Houston Tenant Advisory practice as managing directors. Over the last few years, the team has completed over 5.2 million sf of leasing transactions. Also, Transwestern has hired Margaret Ann Cook and Valerie Palmquist.
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RealtyNewsReport.com Wins
Major Journalism Award
RealtyNewsReport.com has been named a winner in the Best Web Site category in the 56th Annual Journalism Awards competition of the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE).
RealtyNewsReport.Com was founded by veteran journalist Ralph Bivins, who worked at Texas newspapers for a number of years before launching the popular web site in 2004.
The NAREE award winners were selected by a panel of expert judges from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Commenting on RealtyNewsReport.Com, the judges said: "This is a truly entrepreneurial site, which provides a newsy, chatty report with a friendly interface. Bivins has extensive print journalism experience in the real estate field, and it shows.”
RealtyNewsReport.com was a second place winner in the Best Web Site category with RealEstateJournal.com, a Dow Jones product, winning first place.
"It is an honor to receive this prestigious award," Bivins said. "The NAREE contest attracts entries from many outstanding journalists around the country."
NAREE, founded in 1929, is the nation's largest organization of journalists who cover residential and commercial real estate, real estate finance, investments, construction and design.
Houston-based RealtyNewsReport.Com focuses on national and regional real estate news and economics coverage. This blend of information has proved to be a winning combination that attracts thousands of readers and information seekers.
"I also want to thank our outstanding webmaster, Analee Micheletti, who deserves a great deal of credit. Her talent has made the site attractive and keeps people tuned-in to RealtyNewsReport.com," Bivins said.
Journalism Award Received
Ralph Bivins accepts Web Site award
on behalf of RealtyNewsReport.com
from Al Heavens, president of the
National Association of Real Estate
Editors (NAREE). The journalism
awards ceremony was held at
the NAREE conference in
Charlotte, NC. Bivins is editor of
RealtyNewsReport.com. Heavens,
who covers real estate for the
Philadelphia Inquirer, is the author
of "What No One Ever Tells You
Abour Remodeling Your
Home.""
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