This Week's Dallas-Fort Worth Deal Sheet
HLC Equity purchased Republic Deer Creek Apartments, a 336-unit, Class-A multifamily property in Fort Worth.
The property was built in 2012 next to commercial/office developments springing up at Everman Parkway. HLC has been buying what it calls “community-oriented properties,” and was drawn to amenities including the pool with expansive tanning ledges, a resident business center,…
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CRE Snapshot: A Look At The Far North Dallas Office Market
The Far North Dallas office market typically has been one of Dallas-Fort Worth's strongest performers, but the submarket saw negative absorption during the second quarter.
Corporations consolidating into regional headquarters was a main reason for the 144K SF in negative…
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How Bisnow's Newest Sales Rep Went From Playing Cops And Robbers To Closing Deals
Every morning, Adam Keith takes a trip to the barre. An avid follower of the Bar Method, a high-intensity fitness class, it is his way of beginning each day with a challenge.
Keith's love of challenges and solving problems led him to become the latest addition to Bisnow Texas' growing sales team, where he will help expand the team's footprint in the commercial real estate community.
“I like helping people,” Keith said. “Dallas is a fast-growing city and there are many exciting projects being built. I am excited to join the Bisnow team and help connect professionals in the industry with others who can help them reach their goals.”
Prior to Bisnow, Keith worked for an HVAC company. But the Southeast Londoner-turned-Texan wasn't always involved in commercial real estate. He originally studied to become a barber, before spending a few years as a London police constable. Keith later found…
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Expanding CRE Networking Organization Offers Support To LGBT Community
Commercial real estate is often criticized for its lack of diversity, but one growing organization is out to ensure the industry both welcomes and promotes its LGBT members.
“Many members of the LGBT community enter CRE as a hidden minority and do not have a group of peers with whom to network,” Boston-based Federal Realty Investment Trust Vice President of Asset Management Bryan Furze said. “GREG offers a safe space to interact with others that share a common bond to find mentors, peers and friends to count on in the challenging and competitive world of CRE.”
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The HQ2 Sleuths: Amateur Detectives Decipher Clues On Websites Dedicated To Predicting Amazon's Second HQ Location
Nearly two weeks ago, a user on the popular online discussion and news site Reddit confidently posted an interesting theory: Amazon's second headquarters was headed to Atlanta.
This poster had evidence — a string of news reports and potential coincidences that seemed to point to that conclusion, all centered around Los Angeles-based CIM's effort to land $1B of public incentives for a mixed-use project that approximates what Amazon is wanting in a second headquarters.
“Why are people even still ranking cities based on some arbitrary data points? It's almost September 2018 and this Gulch redevelopment has HQ2 written all over it,” Reddit user Tehndn wrote. “Deals are being made with actual dollar amounts. IMO (internet-ese for “in my opinion”) this is an open and shut deal and Amazon HQ2 is coming to Atlanta.”
Welcome to the world of Amazon HQ2 theorists.
Making predictions is as old as humanity itself. From tea leaves and sacred oracles to stock market algorithms and political pollsters, people have always had a need to know, and a need to know now and first.
The commercial real estate…
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Beyond The Bio: 16 Questions With Hanley Investment Group CEO Ed Hanley
This series profiles men and women in commercial real estate who have profoundly transformed our neighborhoods and reshaped our cities, businesses and lifestyles.
Every November, Ed Hanley grows a mustache. It isn't to be cool and trendy, it's to help raise awareness for men's health. The CEO of Hanley Investment Group, based in Corona del Mar, California, engages his team to grow mustaches on behalf of the Movember Foundation.
The fundraising is not just part of Hanley's philanthropic efforts, it is also personal. In 2009, his father died of prostate cancer. His team has raised over $187K since 2011, putting his team among Movember's top 1% of fundraisers in the U.S.
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