Category: Networking

Office experts added to JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory platform

Posted on by Mia Goulart

JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory platform has hired Nick Askew as a director in Dallas, Texas, and Tom Jeffries as an executive director in Denver, Colorado. The duo will focus on office and mixed-use value and risk advisory assignments in their respective markets as part of the group’s U.S. office sector team led by Senior Managing Director Adam Dembowitz.

  • Nick Askew
  • Tom Jeffries

Askew joins JLL from BBG, Inc. where he worked in a similar capacity performing valuations across a wide range of commercial real estate both locally in Dallas and nationally. He is an active member of The Real Estate Council Young Guns and Appraisal Institute. Askew graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Jeffries has more than 18 years of experience in commercial real estate spanning a variety of underwriting, mortgage banking, consulting and valuation services. He spent over six years managing the Rocky Mountain region for Duff & Phelps Real Estate Advisory group servicing major institutional clients. Jeffries is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute, an accredited senior appraiser for the American Society of Appraisers and is active in the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF). He holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Highly specialized industrial real estate professional joins Stream Realty Partners’ Houston team

Posted on by Mia Goulart

Stream Realty Partners has recruited industrial real estate professional Thomas (Tommy) Erwin to help accommodate users with heavy manufacturing needs throughout the Houston region. 

Erwin joins Stream, a national commercial real estate firm offering an integrated platform of services, as a vice president in its Houston office, responsible for industrial tenant representation, transaction management, and new client and business pursuits. His background in mineral acquisition and divestiture lends him a unique perspective and skillset in seeking out opportunities of maximum value for clients. Erwin will work closely with Managing Director Tyler Maner to expand the company’s industrial services platform across the Houston metro market, specifically in the port sector.

Erwin comes to Stream from Moody Rambin, where he spent the last four-plus years as a member of their industrial and investment services team, focused on tenant representation, landlord representation, and investment services. While there, he focused on the heavy industrial manufacturing sector covering port cities throughout the Gulf Coast. This specialization encompasses a wide array of services, including facilitating acquisition and disposition of properties on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, locally owned operations, and high net worth family offices. Throughout his career, he has utilized his expertise to provide dedicated solutions across the expansive landscape of Texas’s industrial marketplace.

Erwin was a recipient of NAIOP Houston’s Rising Star award in 2021, which recognizes real estate professionals within the Houston community that exemplify the most outstanding qualities in the commercial real estate industry, including transactional standout, client service, community involvement, and mentoring young professionals. As a seventh generation Houstonian, Erwin is deeply entrenched in the local community, serving as a member of JH Outback Texas’s Executive Committee. 

Chad Petro promoted to President / Chief Operating Officer at Heldenfels Enterprises Inc.

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Heldenfels Enterprises In. has announced the promotion of Chad Petro to President and COO. Petro first joined the company in 2017 as Director of Pre-Construction Services and was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Manager in October 2019. Earlier in his tenure with HEI, he served as General Manager of HEI’s Corpus Christi Plant.

HEI is a leading manufacturer of precast/prestressed concrete structures serving the highway, commercial, marine/industrial and sports facility markets.

Cody Bailey hired at ARCO Design/Build

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

ARCO Design/Build Houston is thrilled to introduce Cody Bailey as our newest Architectural Designer. Joining us with 4.5 years of experience, Cody is responsible for designing construction projects, as well as creating and coordinating design documents for construction purposes. Cody holds a Master of Architecture from the European University of Valencia and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Edward Hymes hired at Eagle Point Lending

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Houston-based Eagle Point Lending has named Edward Hymes as Chief Executive Officer and Partner.

Mr. Hymes brings more than 30 years of leadership experience to Eagle Point Lending, most recently serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Planet Fitness and President and Chief Executive Officer of Jiffy Lube International.

Mr. Hymes’ history of operational excellence, transaction execution and relationship building will guide Eagle Point Lending on a path of significant growth.

Matt Schrodel promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Unit Leader at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Posted on by Jordan Jensen

Matt Schrodel was recently promoted to senior vice president, business unit leader for Mcarthy’s Dallas business unit. Schrodel is responsible for integrating McCarthy’s various departments, including operations, estimating, scheduling, accounting, safety, quality control, management information systems and contracts. Schrodel started with McCarthy as an intern in 2009 and has worked on projects across a variety of market sectors including healthcare, education, entertainment, and aviation.