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BY RAY HANKAMER
rhankamer@gmail.com
Speakers: Frank and Kirby Liu of POST HOUSTON; Jim Murnane of Imperial Market ‑ Sugar Land
POST HOUSTON:
Frank Liu and his son Kirby made a fascinating presentation of their plans to re-concept the old downtown Houston Central Post Office, located walking distance from the theatre district, and between I-10 and Buffalo Bayou.
BY RAY HANKAMER
rhankamer@gmail.com
Authors Note: For forty years I was a franchisee with Holiday Inn (Now IHG), and Hilton, two outstanding international brands. I had a chance to observe close-up what they did to achieve and maintain their leadership in a highly competitive industry. Much of what I learned has direct application to real estate developers, landlords, and brokers.
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BY RAY HANKAMER
rhankamer@gmail.com
Can you give us a bit of your background in commercial real estate, including your many trips to Saudi Arabia and their purpose?
In the early part of my career, like many developers, I worked in several commercial fields including shopping centers, office, apartments, and mixed-use developments. It did not take long to decide to focus on multi-family, both garden and mid-rise communities. For fifteen years I built apartments in numerous cities in six states. A lot of the equity for those developments was supplied by American ex-pats and Saudi investors, which necessitated a total of 23 trips to the Middle East. Those trips jump-started my interest in international travel, and hugely expanded my horizon from the small central Texas town where I was raised.
Speaker: Dr. Mark Dotzour
The following “bullet points” are excerpted from a long list of speaker over nineteen hours of presentations:
Investment Climate in Houston:
Takeaway: The worst of the oil price recession / downturn is over, and recovery is underway. It will be slow and will be tied to price of oil. Industry needs to get over $60 per barrel to begin hiring.