Future of DFW's Northern Suburbs

Susan Arledge, SIOR, currently serves as a Senior Managing Director in the company’s Dallas office. Arledge has over three decades of experience advising corporate clients on location decision-making, having worked with notable companies to identify and establish real estate locations including headquarters sites, distribution/e-commerce and manufacturing centers, customer support/shared service centers, back office and tech support operations. Susan specializes in securing real estate locations for clients globally, focusing on a proprietary Total Cost Analysis model that identifies all labor costs, transportation costs, incentive opportunities, and real estate costs. She focuses on finding locations that reduce attrition, increase productivity and allow clients to remain competitive by finding a labor force that meets their unique needs. Arledge has received numerous professional honors throughout her career. She was the recipient of the prestigious “Stemmons Service Award,” given annually to a Dallas commercial broker that best represents the industry’s standards for business success and community service. Arledge has served as President of the SIOR North Texas Chapter, the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association and as Chair of the Go Red for Women Luncheon in Dallas. She maintains the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designation and has been honored as one of the Dallas Business Journal’s “Heavy Hitters.” Arledge is a frequent speaker and author whose insights are often highlighted in publications including D CEO, D Magazine and Bisnow. Prior to joining Newmark, Arledge served as Executive Managing Director at Dallas-based commercial real estate firm ESRP. Arledge’s prior experience included being the Managing Principal for Cresa Dallas and The Staubach Company.

Clay has over 30 years’ experience as a business development/operations management professional. His career is one marked by ever greater responsibilities and noteworthy accomplishment. His strong foundation in project management, combined with a unique ability to understand and communicate with people at all levels, creates an environment leading to exceptional service and quality results for our clients. As Vice President, Clay provides leadership in the development of client relationships and the pursuit of new business across all of our commercial construction service areas including office, retail, warehouse and medical offices. He is focused on delivering superior service by understanding our existing and potential client’s needs and connecting the precise resources necessary to deliver the greatest value to each project. He works closely with our clients to define high quality, cost effective solutions through intelligent preconstruction preparation and focused project management.

Flip Howard, Principal and CEO of WorkSuites, is a 20-year veteran of the coworking industry and a leader in the rapidly growing market sector. Howard got into the business in 2001 when the industry was still called “executive suites” and “coworking” wasn’t even a word. He bought Meridian Business Centers in 2001 and rebranded it as WorkSuites in 2018 to reflect the direction the industry was heading and his company’s transformation from an executive suites brand to a full-service coworking operation. Under his leadership, the WorkSuites brand has grown to encompass 20 locations across Texas–16 in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro and 4 across the Houston metro–with many more to come. In 2019 alone, Howard opened five new locations with plans to add four more in DFW and to triple the WorkSuites footprint in Houston soon. “We have successfully evolved from a traditional executive suites company into a coworking company that specializes in providing a private, productive, and professional atmosphere for our community of professionals. We are locally owned and customer-focused; you will never feel like a number here.”

Daniel Bowman is a native of Allen, Texas and was named Executive Director/CEO of the Allen Economic Development Corporation in 2014 after 10 years with the organization. He was recognized in the Top 40 under 40 by the Dallas Business Journal (2021) and the International Economic Development Council (2013) and has been instrumental in recruiting corporate projects including NetSCOUT Systems, Credit Union of Texas, WatchGuard Video and KONE Elevators. Bowman was also instrumental in structuring the public-private partnership for the Watters Creek and The Farm in Allen mixed-use developments. His background and focus on community collaboration led him to several community leadership roles with the Kiwanis Club, Leadership Allen and other civic organizations. He is a graduate of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) CFL Leadership Class and recently earned his CCIM pin. Bowman is a graduate of Trinity University and the University of Texas at Dallas, where he earned his MBA.

With nearly 41 years of experience in the design, construction and development of real estate, Bruce understands the need for a good team approach. As an Architect for the first ten years of his career, he designed a variety of projects before moving into the development business with Woodbine Development in 1989. There he was responsible for the BNSF Railroad Corporate Headquarters in Ft. Worth and redevelopment of the old Sanger Harris department store in downtown Dallas into DART’s current headquarters. Mr. Heller formed Fults Project Services with Jerry Fults in 1995 and served as Development Partner with Means Knaus before forming JaRyCo Development in 2001. Over the last 19 years, JaRyCo has successfully completed a range for projects including office buildings, medical office and specialty hospitals, corporate headquarter facilities, office flex projects and land developments. A hands-on developer with a reputation for quality and attention to detail, Bruce has completed over 4 million SF of developments worth over half a billion dollars. When not leading JaRyCo, Bruce volunteers for a number of community organizations, has held several positions with the Allen Sunrise Rotary Club and at his church and for the past 9 years has deployed to disasters around the world as a Shelterbox Response Team Member.

As Principal for ARCO/Murray Design Build, Lauren is charged with operational consistency and design/build strategy both in the DFW market and nationally. She started at ARCO eight years ago as a Project Manager and has been focused on establishing her Tenant Solutions team as a true design/build resource in the DFW area. In addition to growing her business, Lauren is focused on developing the future leaders of the construction and engineering industry through her active involvement with the Young Women’s Preparatory Network and ACE Mentor Program. She presently serves on the The Real Estate Council’s (TREC) Associate Leadership Program and was awarded the 2020 Women In Real Estate award by Connect Media. Lauren holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.