Meet The Leaders (And Projects) Furthering North Texas’ Resilient Commercial Real Estate Market
In a year of unprecedented challenges, the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate community powered through with notable projects and deals.
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Bianca Montes and Christine Perez
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D CEO
April
2021
Portraits by Sean Berry, Headshots and Project Images Courtesy of Companies
North Texas commercial real estate players have survived some huge downturns over the years, from transformative tax-law changes to energy crises and tech busts. Those challenges pale in comparison to the pervasive COVID-19 pandemic that took hold in early 2020.
Retail stores and office buildings emptied, and with no historical frame of reference, no one knew what to expect or how to plan for the future. Local industry professionals responded in true resilient form, closing deals, developing new projects, and stepping up to support a community in need.
Mountaintop View 4-19-21. Hawaii remodels, 2 sides of recruiting, Mentorship, Rebels Vball, golden Lobos.
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The Hawaii football program is attempting to retrofit the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex before the start of the 2021 season, which is no easy task. They are trying to renovate the stadium from 3,500 seats to 10,000 seats. The expected cost is about $8.3 million. Can the program complete the task in time? Time will tell.
Game-weary Central softball team falters PELLA A shortage of days off and practice time were visibly evident in a disappointing showing for the Central College softball team Sunday. The Dutch were playing their 11th game in the past eight days and it all seemed to catch up with them in a 13-5, five-inning stumble against the same University of Dubuque team they swept Saturday afternoon in much crisper fashion, 1-0 and 3-2. “I give Dubuque credit,” coach George Wares said. “They needed a win to salvage something, kind of like we did against Wartburg when we lost the first two (in a series) and that seems to be the way it’s gone in this league. With this new system of (three-game series), it’s been difficult for anybody to sweep. We missed an opportunity to put ourselves in a good spot. Dubuque played really well and we didn’t do much well at all.”
The project to retrofit the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex is proceeding as the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus is preparing to host Rainbow Warrior football games and up to 10,000 fans in time for the 2021 home season opener on September 4.
UH is working under a tight deadline after being notified in December 2020 that Aloha Stadium, the Rainbow Warriors’ home field since 1975, would not be available to host fans for the next three football seasons. The Ching Athletics Complex currently has about 3,500 seats.
The fast-tracked project is expected to cost about $8.3 million. The initial 1-year estimate was lower because it was based on renting grandstand seats for $1.6m/year. After getting a price to purchase the bleachers it became clear that would be financially advantageous over the minimum 3-year period planned for football. The project will proceed simultaneously with a previously scheduled and funded $1.8 million project to replace the Ching Field turf and in
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