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.
By
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.
Deal Ticker: Plano-Based Investment Group Purchases Former Shawn Todd Redevelopment Project
Plus: More a lot more homes coming to Melissa, Rhino Health is expanding into North Texas, major leases signed at the Crescent and in the Harwood District, and more.
Plano-based
Wolfe Investments, a private equity real estate investment firm, has purchased the historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse building in downtown Dallas. The building was redeveloped by Todd Interests years ago into luxury apartments. It was developer Shawn Todd’s first downtown adaptive reuse. The landmark purchase is the company’s second-largest acquisition to date, just behind the historic Rockefeller building in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cushman & Wakefield Selects Doug Jones to Head Dallas Office
The 35-year-old exec shares how he went from leadership roles in the military to overseeing 300 employees in one of C&W s largest markets.
If there was ever a role that Doug Jones was made for, it’s leadership.
Following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, and great grandfather, the Richardson native, began his career in the military, graduating from West Point and serving as an infantry officer and Army Ranger both at home and in combat, where he was awarded multiple Bronze Star medals, including one for Valor that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld presented in 2011. “At a very, very young age, I remember thinking, ‘OK, so I’m going into the military, and that’s what I’m going to do, ” he told
Meet the Finalists: Young Professionals From C&W, Strive, SRS Real Estate, HPI, Holt Lunsford Commercial, CBRE, and Woodbine Development
Seven emerging leaders share their thoughts on career strategies, mentors, how they aim to influence change, and what has them most excited about the future.
On April 28,
D CEO will reveal the winners of its 2021 Commercial Real Estate Awards program. Leading up to the big event, we’re featuring all 83 finalists (51 projects and deals and 32 professionals), one category at a time. Today, we’re sharing excerpts from interviews with seven honorees in the Emerging CRE Professional category.
Robbie Baty
Cushman & Wakefield