Category: Southeast Texas Deals & Announcements

BSpoke Title Holdings Opens Boutique Residential and Commercial Title Office, Magnolia Title, in Houston

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HOUSTON, TEXAS –December 2, 2021 –Bspoke Title Holdings is pleased to announce they have officially opened a boutique residential and commercial title office, Magnolia Title, located at 1885 Saint James Place in Houston Texas. “We are glad to be officially opening offices in Houston and the surrounding areas with the best talent in the industry,” said Sarah Blackburn, CEO of Bspoke Title Holdings.

The new office has recruited an all-star team of industry veterans: Parker Witt, Vice President/Senior Escrow Officer, Julie Augustyn Senior Escrow Officer and Christina Sacco Business Development Officer. John Magness, who also serves as Chairman of Bspoke Title Holdings, will be overseeing Magnolia Title. Mr. Magness brings over 30 years of top executive title industry experience. Magness most recently served as an Executive Vice President at Fidelity National Financial, Group President at Stewart Title in charge of all U.S. direct operations, and as President of Old Republic Title Companies where he led all revenue producing efforts for direct and agency operations, commercial operations, technical service operations and all entities in the title group. John will oversee all expansion, growth and acquisition opportunities for Bspoke Title Holdings across the U.S. “We are very proud of the team we have assembled to launch our Houston presence. The Houston housing market is thriving and we believe Magnolia Title, based on our team’s industry experience and leadership, are well positioned to achieve record growth.” said Mr. Magness.

Bspoke Title Holdings manages and operates a successful brand of title agencies throughout the states of Texas, Arkansas and Florida. Bspoke provides a platform of synergies designed to support their family of companies with shared resources and a collaborative culture. The platform is managed by a team of title experts who oversee the daily escrow, sales and administrative operations of each agency.

“Our dedicated team of Escrow professionals are passionate about providing quality service to all parties in the real estate transaction – both residential and commercial. We work in unison with real estate professionals, lenders, and industry experts,” said Sarah Blackburn, who went on to say, “ We strive to deliver the best service to ensure each client walks away with confidence in their transaction.”

For more information on Magnolia Title please visit our website at www.magnoliatitleinsurance.com.

Key Title Group Austin Shows Record Growth in Booming Housing Market

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HOUSTON, TEXAS –November 18, 2021 –As the Austin real estate market is booming, so is Key Title Group Austin. The boutique residential and commercial title company, which is under the Bspoke Title Holdings umbrella, is seeing record growth within the company. “We are investing in ourselves, recruiting and retaining the top veterans in the industry and custom tailoring our services to best serve our clients,” said Sarah Blackburn, CEO of Bspoke Title Holdings.

Key Title Group Austin’s office operates under the leadership of industry veteran Hil Stroup, President and Jennifer Phillips Beck, Chief Operating Officer . Offices are located at 900 S. Capital of Texas Hwy in Austin Texas.

Industry veteran John Magness serves as Chairman of Bspoke Title Holdings. Magness brings over 30 years of top executive title industry experience. Magness most recently served as an Executive Vice President at Fidelity National Financial, Group President at Stewart Title in charge of all U.S. direct operations, and as President of Old Republic Title Companies where he led all revenue producing efforts for direct and agency operations, commercial operations, technical service operations and all entities in the title group. John oversees all expansion, growth and acquisition opportunities for Bspoke Title Holdings across the U.S. “Key Title Group is an integral part of our company and their growth in the luxury housing market in Austin is due to their hard work, vast amount of experience and dedication to our loyal customers.” said John Magness

Bspoke Title Holdings manages and operates a successful brand of title agencies throughout the states of Texas, Florida and Arkansas. Bspoke provides a platform of synergies designed to support their family of companies with shared resources and a collaborative culture. The platform is managed by a team of title experts who oversee the daily escrow, sales and administrative operations of each agency.

“Our dedicated team of Escrow professionals are passionate about providing quality service to all parties in the real estate transaction – both residential and commercial. We work in unison with real estate professionals, lenders, and industry experts,” said Sarah Blackburn, who went on to say, “ We strive to deliver the best service to ensure each client walks away with confidence in their transaction.”

For more information on Key Title Group Austin, please visit our website at www.keytitlegroup.com

ECR Lands New Management Portfolio, Bringing the Total SF Managed to 2.5M

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Image: Danielle Black (bottom left), Tiffany Lauchlan (center), Beth Tidwell (bottom right), Kim Goode (top left), Freddy Martinez (top right).

The management team at ECR has landed a new 500,000 SF property management assignment in downtown Austin. The prestigious group of properties now managed by ECR, known as the Colina West portfolio, includes historical buildings like 804 Congress, Littlefield, Scarbrough, Hannig Row, and 610 Brazos among others.

ECR’s latest win brings management’s total square feet managed to over 2.5 million.

“This portfolio has been part of ECR for over 8 years and is part of a long-time valued relationship with Colina West,” said Matt Levin, Managing Partner at ECR.

The team selected for the Colina West portfolio consist of Danielle Black, Kim Goode, Beth Tidwell, and Freddy Martinez.

As a Property Manager, Danielle Black brings over 17 years of experience in property and facilities management. Prior to joining ECR, Danielle worked on a core team of three that managed portfolios of 2 million square feet of assets for institutional and private groups in Phoenix and Silicon Valley.

Kim Goode serves as a Senior Assistant Property Manager. She has 10 years of commercial property management experience. Kim is a member of BOMA Austin and is currently serving on the Membership Committee.

David Schwarz and Carlos Bujos, Transwestern Sold 13.23 AC at FM249 and Grand Parkway

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Floor and Décor, the buyer will build an 80,000/sf store on 13.23 AC at the SE corner of FM249 and Grand Parkway which will be the 11th store in the Houston MSA, the opening is scheduled for 3rd quarter 2022. PBC Tomball (Joan Collum is the partner) will develop the 3 commercial tracts and Charles Blaschke and Logan Havel of Edge Realty Partners will market the pads for lease or sale. The closing date was November 12, 2021

The seller is Graceview Baptist Church. The Sellers Brokers are A David Schwarz and Carlos Bujos, Transwestern. Buyer’s Broker is Joan Collum, Collum Commercial.