SVN | J. Beard Real Estate – Greater Houston announces two new additions

SVN | J. Beard Real Estate – Greater Houston has announced the recent addition of Gabe Chalot and Jackie Prosch as associate advisors to the commercial real estate firm.

Chalot specializes in leasing and selling industrial properties across the greater Houston area. He is also engaged in land sales, retail sales and tenant representation. Chalot graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts in finance, real estate, and entrepreneurship.

Prosch is experienced in leasing, acquisition, and disposition across a wide range of commercial asset types. She holds a Texas real estate license and is an active member of Business Network International and the current vice president of her chapter.

Western Specialty Contractors hires Ashton House as regional business development manager supporting Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas branches

Western Specialty Contractors proudly announces the hiring of Ashton House of Fort Worth, Texas, as regional business development manager/region 2 covering Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

In her new role, House is tasked with supporting the sales staff and developing business for Western’s branch offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

House has eight years of sales experience in modular building office space, having worked with professionals in the general contracting, healthcare, government and oil and gas industries across parts of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and New Mexico.

She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce. When not working, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Partners Finance augments commercial real estate investment platform with addition of Jake Crater to lead fundraising efforts in Dallas

Crater joins Partners from Wall Street heavyweights Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan
 

Dallas, TX – Partners Finance—the capital raising division of Partners Real Estate (“Partners”)—today announced that it has hired veteran securities and investment fundraising executive Jake Crater to spearhead the investment platform’s fundraising initiatives in Dallas, TX.

Mr. Crater joins the company on the heels of the recent launch of Partners Finance’s crowdfunding website: www.precfinance.com.

In his new role as Investment Director for Partners Finance, Mr. Crater will work alongside Brett Chiles, Partners Finance Managing Director based in Houston, to raise funds for Partners’ investment platform and work with accredited individual investors, family offices, institutional investors, and registered investment advisors, helping them invest in a variety of investment funds and development projects sponsored by Partners Real Estate Group. Mr. Crater will be based in Dallas, TX and primarily focus on providing information about Partners investment opportunities to the investor community in North Texas.

“We expect Partners Finance to be a major contributor to our overall investment platform,” said Jon Silberman, Managing Partner at Partners. “Hiring an executive with Jake’s deep fundraising experience is another key step in the growth of our investment offerings.”

Added Mr. Silberman, “Partners has always been forward-thinking and intentional in anticipating our clients’ needs. In addition to tradition methods of raising commercial real estate investment capital, we have developed and recently launched the Partners Finance online platform, which makes investing with us as simple as the click of a button.”

Mr. Crater has over 20 years of experience and is a highly accomplished and results-driven banking and investment professional. He joins Partners Finance from leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm, Goldman Sachs, where he served as Vice President, business development officer for the southern region. His responsibilities were developing relationships and advising registered investment advisors and family offices on capital market solutions like institutional trading, derivatives, alternative assets and custody. Previous to that, Mr. Crater spent 15 years at banking giant J.P. Morgan as Executive Director in Private Banking. There he advised High Net Worth families and institutions on Asset Management, Wealth Planning, Banking and Credit solutions.

In April, Partners Finance launched its new digital investment platform website at //precfinance.com/, providing direct access to all Partners investment funds and projects to accredited investors nationwide. Currently there are two investment opportunities available on the site—the $50 million Land Fund I (with a minimum investment of $125,000), which will be deployed to acquire raw land in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas-Ft. Worth; and the $150 million Investment Fund V (minimum investment of $100,000), to be utilized to invest in industrial, retail, and office properties located in Texas and high-growth markets in the southeastern United States—and a third on the way, a new Hospitality Fund. Each of these are sponsored by Partners Capital, the investment arm of Partners Real Estate.

The Partners Finance digital commercial real estate investment platform offers interested accredited investors the ability to invest directly in Partners’ funds and development opportunities. The platform’s website makes investing in real estate simple, with a straightforward four-step process: (1) create your account; (2) review current investment opportunities; (3) select the investment opportunity you like; and (4) invest directly.

Fort Worth-based Street Realty appoints Amber Calhoun as vice president

Street Realty, a 39-year-old Fort Worth-based full-service commercial real estate firm, has appointed Amber Calhoun as a vice president in its Brokerage Services Division.

Calhoun will play a key role within Street Realty’s brokerage production team, guide clients through the purchase, sale, and leasing process, oversee day-to-day commercial real estate transactions, and help optimize and grow the company’s property portfolio.

Calhoun, who is a native of Aledo, Texas, is a licensed broker with the Texas Real Estate Commission, possesses nearly 10 years of industry experience, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing from Texas Wesleyan University. Prior to joining Street Realty, she held partner, broker, and associate positions at Graham Property Brokerage, Stablemade Retail Group, and Transwestern.