Appointment to Plano P & Z

I recently had the honor of being appointed to the Planning & Zoning Commission for the City of Plano. Mayor Harry LaRosiliere swore me in on October 10, 2016. The opportunity to serve the City of Excellence in this new capacity is a unique and humbling...

3D Printing a Building?

Fascinating building going on in Dubai. In 17 days the Dubai Future Foundation printed out a building. The Associated Press described it as “looking like a mashup of a Jetsons abode and an Apple Store”. The building is located between the twin Emirates Towers and...

ATR Conference

I just got back from Denver where the bi-annual Association of Tenant Representatives (ATR) conference was held. ATR is a group of independent commercial real estate brokers exclusively focused on serving the needs of companies and non-profits in their real estate...

Dealmakers Breakfast

This morning I had the pleasure of attending the Dealmakers Breakfast at the Park Cities Club. Our guest speaker was a hometown hero albeit from many years ago – Chuck Hixson of Westdale (www.westdale.com), a real estate investment company. Westdale is the...

Record Setting Office Rents

Recently, the Dallas Morning News wrote that office rents in the Uptown area of Dallas have passed $50/square foot, which is a new record for North Texas. Driven by corporate relocations, along with other employment gains office space is in high demand. Jones Lang...

Construction Costs

Not a great topic around developers, building owners and tenants, these days! Labor costs have increased but DFW has one of the lowest increases in the country. Meanwhile costs of goods have increased significantly. Click here to read the entire article and view the...