Author: Mia Goulart

Edge Realty promotes new principal, Warren Smith

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Edge Realty Partners announced that Warren Smith has been appointed a principal at the firm. Smith, who joined Edge’s Dallas/Fort Worth office in 2015, was most recently a senior vice president. He specializes in tenant representation as well as land acquisition and disposition.

Smith represents institutional residential and industrial developers along with publicly traded companies such as Public Storage, Simmons First National Bank, and Texas Roadhouse. Throughout his real estate career, Smith has completed transactions valued at over $500 million.

K&G Fashion Superstore signs long-term Fort Worth lease

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K&G Fashion Superstore, a nationwide discount department store, has signed a long-term 31,473-square-foot lease at 4625 S. Cooper Street in Arlington. Beginning July 2023, the fashion retailer will renew its lease in the Cooper Street Plaza retail shopping center operated by Hartman Income REIT Management, Inc., a commercial real estate operator of its portfolio and owned by its affiliate, Silver Star Properties REIT, Inc. (Silver Star Properties) headquartered in Houston. 

K&G Fashion Superstore’s footprint of 31,473 square feet serves as a co-anchor tenant with OfficeMax, Home Depot, UPS, and Mattress Firm at the retail plaza. Cooper Street Plaza is conveniently located just one light south of Ronald Regan Memorial Highway. The property sees an average count of 150,000 vehicles per day while residing within three square miles of a population of 121,939. 

In the past year, the well-performing retail center has welcomed two additional well-known tenants to its mix, Black Rifle Coffee Company and State Farm Insurance. It also transacted with OfficeMax on a long-term lease renewal.

In the leasing transaction, Bryan Weiss, vice president of Hilco Real Estate, LLC, represented K&G Fashion Superstore, and Richard Maloof, executive vice president of leasing represented the landlord.

Finial Group coordinates a sublease at 155 Posey Road in San Marcos

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Doc Perrier and David Durham with Finial Group coordinate a sublease at 155 Posey Road, Building 2, in San Marcos, Texas.

The 14,250-square-foot building has 2,500 square feet of new office space in addition to two grade level doors and two dock high doors.

Doc Perrier and David Durham represented the sublessor in this transaction.

Hartman announces several new lease transactions

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Hartman INCOME REIT MANAGEMENT, Inc. has announced a handful of recent lease transactions:

  • Revelry Goods, Inc. Renewed 2,517 square feet at 5151 Mitchelldale in Houston, TX. Justin Harrity represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT. 
  • 2M Research Services, LLC renewed 6,278 square feet at 1521 N. Cooper Street in Arlington, TX. Allison Fannin represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT. 

McCownGordon adds precon talent in DFW

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McCownGordon Construction, one of the nation’s top construction management firms, recently added Gale Roberge, senior director of preconstruction, to its team in Dallas-Fort Worth. She brings more than three decades of construction management experience to the firm. Her addition further expands the company’s presence in the DFW market and brings extensive, specialized expertise to the quickly growing team.

Leveraging her years of experience and knowledge of the market, Roberge will lead the preconstruction team in DFW, working closely with trade partners, design teams and owners to deliver comprehensive preconstruction services. In her career, she has worked on projects across a wide variety of market sectors including K-12, higher ed, municipal, tenant interiors and commercial. Roberge’s depth of estimating expertise gives her the knowledge to develop creative cost-saving solutions, allowing clients to achieve their goals.

Most recently, Roberge served as senior preconstruction manager for an ENR Top Contractor in the DFW region. Roberge has been active in several industry organizations and served on the Board of the Association of Professional Women in Construction (APWC).

Gensler names new principal, Ken Wiesehuegel in firm’s Houston office

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Ken Wiesehuegel has been named principal of the firm’s Houston office.

Ken currently serves as Gensler’s professional services practice area leader for the South Central Region. For more than 30 years, Ken has specialized in law office design and led the client relationships on more than six million square feet of professional services projects across the globe for local, regional and Am Law 100 and 200 firms. He is a registered architect, a registered interior designer, a LEED accredited professional and a current member of the American Institute of Architects.