The Future Of Springwoods Village & Grand Parkway

Robert Fields leads all new development and project management activities for the firm. His project experience includes corporate headquarters, commercial office developments, multifamily properties, mixed-use development and hospitality projects. He is personally hands-on with all projects, commencing with due diligence and financial modeling, then continuing through design and into construction. During his career, Mr. Fields has been involved in the development of over $3 billion in real estate, including over 5 million square feet of corporate facilities. Mr. Fields received his M.B.A. from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University.

Chrissy is a commercial real estate veteran and expert with 39 years of experience representing tenants, landlords and owners. She possesses a distinctive insight into the industry, market knowledge and expertise, which she converts into quantifiable results for her clients regarding asset positioning, lease negotiations and investment opportunities. Her primary goal is to partner with and empower clients to make educated real estate decisions. At its essence, Chrissy believes that commercial real estate is a business about people. Her ambition has always been to be proactive, trustworthy and an active listener who provides value to her diverse clientele. Experience JLL Houston President Dan Bellow tapped Chrissy to establish the Houston Agency Leasing Group in 2013. As an Executive Vice President and senior member, she advised the service delivery and expansion of the business line. She has been instrumental to its success and after 6 years has seen it grow to a robust team and formidable group in the Houston market. Chrissy works closely with her clients and team to develop and execute leasing and marketing strategies customized to each owner’s short- or long-term goals for their real estate assets. Before joining JLL in 2013, Chrissy was the Managing Director of Leasing at Hines, where she oversaw a 13-million-square-foot portfolio of downtown and suburban Houston office properties, including executing the world’s largest lease for 2011, a 1.2-million-square-foot renewal for Shell Oil at One and Two Shell Plaza. Education Bachelor of Science | The University of North Texas Achievements § Top Gun Designation, JLL (2018) § Gold Achiever Designation, JLL (2016) § Landlord Representative of the Year, HOLBA (2016, 2003) § Top 15 Women in Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) § Heavy Hitter, Houston Business Journal Affiliations and Community Information § CREW, Distinguished Leader § Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show, Member § NAIOP, Former Board of Directors

Allen leads the project leasing team to provide consulting, marketing, merchandising and leasing services to landlords and developers. Her profound expertise covers a range of asset classes including traditional neighborhood, regional and super-regional shopping centers, mixed-use developments, lifestyle centers, and entertainment venues. Allen also provides tenant representation services and market strategy for local, regional and national retailers and restaurants looking to expand their concepts. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Prior to joining Transwestern in 2012, Allen worked as a senior leasing agent for Brixmor Property Group (formerly Centro Properties Group), the second largest owner of open air neighborhood and regional shopping centers in the nation. With an assigned portfolio of more than 2.5 million square feet, she correlated the marketing, negotiation, construction coordination, budgeting and overall execution of transactions with new and existing tenants. She also played an integral role in multiple redevelopment projects. Throughout her tenure she was consistently a top producer not only within the Southwest region but nationally, and she executed more than 2 million square feet of lease transactions alone. Today, Allen has built a leasing portfolio of more than 3 million square feet of existing and new developments, and, in the last 12 months has executed transactions that created over $100 million in value. Crystal Allen currently leases many of the largest, most high profile projects within the country, and is consistently requested by the company’s premier clients to represent projects. She is a top producer within the firm, is considered a leader within the retail industry and a mentor to her team members. Her clients include Brookfield, Oliver McMillan, DC Partners, LNR Partners, Patrinely Group, CDC, Xenia Lodging, Imperial Development, Skanska, 4M Investments, Woodridge Capital, Walton Street Capital and Ley/Wilson Development as well as multiple tenants including Amorino Gelato, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Star Furniture, Voicebox Karaoke, Gigi’s Cupcakes and TF Supplements. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION: Crystal is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the states of Texas and Colorado, a member of ICSC and a member of Transwestern’s Women’s Leadership Council. In 2015 Crystal was recognized as one of Globe Street’s Top Ten Emerging Retail Leaders and has recently been named one of Real Estate Forum’s 2016 top 50 under 40. EDUCATION: Crystal graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

Having been an engineer at Walter P Moore since 1980, Charlie is widely recognized for his contributions to the profession and his advancements in research and education related to storm water management, storm preparedness, and flood risk mitigation. Throughout his career, he has managed complex projects spanning large campuses and municipal districts, emphasizing sound master planning, community collaboration, and low-impact development (LID) strategies. Charlie specializes in hydraulic design, hydrologic analysis, flood protection, and LID, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, Kentucky, and Illinois. It is perhaps because of this specialized expertise that Charlie is regularly sought by a variety of professional, industry, and educational organizations — both across the United States and in Europe — to share and expound on critical topics such as flood protection design, flood risk, and emergency preparedness. He regularly guest lectures at Rice University, speaking on the topics of floodplain mitigation, Low Impact Development and Storm Surge Barrier Design. Charlie also teaches the Civil and Environmental Department’s Senior Design class at Rice. Charlie has served on the Harris County Flood Control Low Impact Development Guidelines Committee and the Houston Land and Water Sustainability Forum. He has also been active on the Board of the Houston Water Authority Corporation, the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Environmental Committee of EWRI, and is a member of the SSPEED Center research collaborative at Rice University.

Warren W. Wilson is the Executive Vice President of CDC Houston, Inc., a subsidiary of Coventry Development Corporation of New York. In his role with CDC, he is principally responsible for the company’s Springwoods Village master planned community project and the company’s land holdings in Martin County, Florida. The 2,000 acre Springwoods Village project was launched in 2010 with the ExxonMobil campus and the community is now home to Southwestern Energy, CHI – St. Luke’s, American Bureau of Shipping, and Hewlett Packard Inc campuses. In addition, a wide variety of hospitality, retail and residential offerings are open with additional retail and office space under construction. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has also announced plans to relocate its Houston campus to Springwoods Village. Prior to joining Coventry in 2011, Warren held management positions at The Rouse Company and its successor, General Growth Properties.

As founder and principal of The Signorelli Company, Danny Signorelli has more than 20 years of executive management experience in all facets of real estate development including: acquisitions, finance, residential and commercial development, leasing, marketing and property management. Danny founded the company bearing his name in 1994. Over Danny’s 20+ year career, he has played an active role in commercial and residential development in Texas and Oklahoma. From large scale master planned communities to niche infill / redevelopment and mixed-use projects, his broad experience and entrepreneurial skills have helped fuel the company’s unprecedented growth. Under his leadership, The Signorelli Company is unique to the real estate industry, with company divisions focusing on land, retail, medical, commercial development and residential development. Since its inception, the company has been involved in over 6,000 acres of residential, commercial and multi-family projects. Leading an experienced executive team and a company 50 people strong, Danny exemplifies the company’s focus of “Building better places and spaces to live, work and play.” After 20 years of dramatic growth, he has positioned the company with enviable projects and land positions to take the company to the next level.

Todd N. Edmonds has used his 25 plus years of specialization in the acquisition and sale of commercial land and office/industrial real estate in the Houston area to assist clients in their real estate decision making and problem solving processes. Todd began his real estate career when he joined his grandfather's firm – T.N. Edmonds & Associates – in 1980's as researcher, then an associate real estate appraiser. During this period Todd worked directly with developers, investors, lenders and large institutions analyzing market trends, pricing, acquisition and disposition scenarios for commercial properties throughout the Greater Houston area. This training and background enhanced Todd’s analytical and valuation skills that today allow him to uniquely and critically analyze a property’s current and potential highest and best use. Today, Todd is considered among the top land and industrial experts in the Houston area and has been inducted in Colliers Everest Club multiple times and named to the Houston Business Journal’s Heavy Hitters consistently since 1999. With The Betz Companies from 1997 to 2002, Todd specialized in the sale, leasing and acquisition of office/warehouse and commercial land with these activities primarily focused in northwest Houston and south Montgomery County. In 2002, Todd joined Colliers International as Vice President in the Industrial/Land Division and was given the responsibility of expanding Colliers’ presence in these areas throughout Greater Houston. His knowledge and expertise quickly made him known as Colliers’ Houston Land expert. In 2003 he was recognized as the “Colliers All Star” and has been among the top revenue producers each year since joining the firm. Todd received his CCIM designation in 1999 and added his SIOR designation in 2005. The following year was promoted to Principal and head of Colliers Houston Land Practice Group. Todd is active in various Houston area real estate and business organizations as he is past President of The Houston Realty Business Club (www.HRBC.org), Past President of Houston Chapter of SIOR, past Vice President of TNW MUD among others. Through his experience and expertise he has mentored many aspiring real estate professionals.

Marlisa Briggs is the executive director of the North Houston Association (NHA), overseeing all aspects of the membership-based non-profit organization that works to maintain a positive business climate in north Harris County and Montgomery County through work with both the private and public sector. Briggs began her career at NHA and later served as the public information manager for the Montgomery County Hospital District, the education/public awareness coordinator for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, and also provided public relations consulting services for several clients. In August 2016, she returned to the North Houston Association as the executive director. She is a FEMA-certified Public Information Officer, has received the Texas Water Development Board’s Raincatcher Award, a Houston Press Club award, and is a graduate of Leadership North Houston. Briggs serves on the board of the Klein ISD Education Foundation and Leadership North Houston, is a member of Houston Stronger, serves on the stakeholder group of TxDOT’s I-45 N PEL study and Harris County Flood Control District’s bond project advisory group, and volunteers at her church. She is a University of Texas at Austin graduate with a Bachelor of Journalism. Most importantly, she is a proud mom of three, one of which serves in the United States Coast Guard. She and her husband Brett live in Klein, Texas.

Since 2016, Adam Galland has served as the TxDOT Area Engineer for Montgomery County. Adam started his career with TxDOT in 2004 and has worked in various roles as an Engineering Assistant throughout the Houston District. Adam previously worked in the North Harris Area Office before moving to the Montgomery County Area Office. Adam graduated from Louisiana State University in December 2002 with a degree in Biological Engineering.  In December 2013, he completed his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston.   Adam’s hometown is New Orleans, Louisiana where his parents reside.  He is married to Melody Galland, Southeast Harris Area Engineer.  They have three children:  Angelina, Adrian and Sebastian.

With more than 34 years of land brokerage experience in the Houston area, Designated Broker Kirk Laguarta focuses on land slated for residential and/or commercial development. He has closed multiple transactions throughout Harris, Montgomery, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Waller and Chambers counties. His extensive knowledge of the Houston market encompasses utility, drainage, and development issues as well as land values and trends. He has applied his expertise in thousands of residential transactions for both large and small tracts, serving every top 40 homebuilder in Houston, including Johnson Development, Airia Development and Friendswood Development. Kirk has also closed commercial transactions with large, multi‐site users such as Target, Wal‐Mart, Home Depot and Kroger, and numerous investor clients. Kirk has been a designated broker for Land Advisors Organization‐Houston since 2002. He launched his career in 1984 with his father’s brokerage company, Laguarta, Gavrel and Kirk. He founded his own commercial real estate company 1991. A member the Urban Land Institute (ULI) since 2003, Kirk has served on the ULI Community Development Council Silver Committee since 2007. He has also been a member of the Greater Houston Builders Association since 2003, a member of Certified Commercial Investment Institute since 2008, and a director on the Texas Coastal Conservation Association Board since 2016. Kirk completed a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and real estate at The University of Texas at Austin in 1984. He earned his Texas real estate license in 1984 and his brokerage license in 1991.