JLL Capital Markets expanded its Texas Industrial Investment Sales and Advisory team with the strategic relocation of Senior Director Witt Westbrook to Dallas and the addition of Rob Ellwood as Director in the Austin office.

Both Ellwood and Westbrook will be part of JLL’s National Capital Markets Industrial group, led by Senior Managing Directors Trent Agnew and John Huguenard.

Senior Director Witt Westbrook will relocate from Austin to Dallas by year-end to strengthen JLL’s presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth industrial market. He will continue to provide support to Central Texas, where Rob Ellwood and Kyle Mueller will cover the region. Westbrook joined the firm’s Austin office in May 2024, where he has been advising industrial clients on dispositions, acquisitions and equity raises while remaining active on land transactions. He brings eight years of combined real estate experience, having closed over $1.5 billion in transactional volume.

Westbrook was recognized as the Austin Business Journal’s “Heavy Hitter” for building sales in 2024, leading the market with four deals totaling 2.3 million square feet of property sold. Working alongside Senior Managing Director Trent Agnew and the broader Central Texas team, his notable transactions included the sale of the 1.4-million-square-foot Kyle 35 Logistics Park, one of the largest Class A industrial trades in Central Texas market history.

Rob Ellwood joins JLL as Director, bringing specialized knowledge and experience in the industrial real estate sector along the Central Texas trade corridor. Prior to JLL, Ellwood worked at Transwestern, focusing on industrial leasing across the Austin, San Antonio and Laredo markets, with additional buyer representation experience.

A native Spanish speaker born in Monterrey, Mexico, and raised in San Antonio, Ellwood brings valuable bilingual capabilities alongside previous experience on the principal side of business in Mexico. This background positions him as an immediate asset in helping cover the growing border market regions of Laredo, El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish International Trade and Economics from Auburn University.

Since 2021, the Texas Industrial team has completed $13.6 billion in industrial sales, totaling over 120 million square feet. The expanded team now includes Senior Managing Director Trent Agnew (Houston), Managing Director Charles Strauss (Houston), Senior Directors Tom Weber (Dallas), Kyle Mueller (San Antonio) and Witt Westbrook (Dallas), along with Directors Rob Ellwood (Austin), Pauli Kerr (Dallas) and Lance Young (Houston). 

McFarland PLLC announces the addition of Nick Victor as a Condemnation Attorney in the firm’s Dallas office.

Nick began his career as an associate attorney at a civil litigation and appellate firm after a stint playing professional basketball in the Norway professional league (BLNO). He earned his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

He will focus on eminent domain and condemnation litigation matters.

McFarland PLLC announces the addition of Thomas Cooke as a Condemnation Attorney in the firm’s Houston office.

Tom began his career as an associate attorney at a complex commercial litigation firm after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Sim Lake of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned his J.D. with honors from The University of Texas School of Law.

He will focus on eminent domain and condemnation litigation.

Sean Shumpert has been promoted to Tax Incentives Senior Manager at Calvetti Ferguson’s Houston office. A licensed Professional Engineer in 29 states, Sean brings a unique blend of engineering and project management expertise to his role. He works closely with clients across diverse sectors, including construction, building design, manufacturing, and energy, to deliver specialized tax incentive consulting solutions that drive value and innovation.

Parkhill proudly announces the addition of Victoria Gerber, PE, as Senior Practice Leader in Solid Waste & Environmental. In this role, Victoria will lead strategic planning, marketing, and business development across the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.

With more than 20 years of experience spanning offshore and onshore oil and gas, energy, and industrial markets, she brings a deep understanding of regulatory compliance, environmental risk management, and ESG performance.

Sean Dalfen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dalfen Industrial and leads the firm’s investment committees and management committees across its platforms. Under Sean’s leadership, Dalfen Industrial’s portfolio has grown to over 55 million square feet of industrial properties from coast to coast, making it one of the nation’s largest owners and developers of industrial real estate and a leader in the last-mile sector. Over his career, Sean has transacted on an excess of $10 billion USD. Prior to Dalfen Industrial, Sean worked at NAI Commercial as an Investment Sales Broker where he was one of the company’s Top 10 producers in Canada.

Sean is involved in a variety of philanthropic activities, sits on the boards of multiple charitable organizations and is a frequent speaker and panelist at private equity & commercial real estate industry events. Sean studied Psychology and Finance at Tel Aviv University’s Lowy School and McGill University.