As a lead player on ML Realty Partners’ acquisitions team, Logan Shrout has been promoted to Acquisition Manager. Logan will continue to focus on investment opportunities and growing the firm’s Dallas-Fort Worth portfolio.

Dallas-based Merriman Anderson Architects named Theresa Zavala as the firm’s Interiors Hospitality Lead.

With 25 years of experience in global hospitality and high-end residential design, Zavala brings a wealth of expertise and leadership to MAA’s growing interiors division. 

In this role, Zavala will lead MAA’s hospitality interior design team, overseeing the design and execution of world-class interior spaces in the hospitality sector. She will be responsible for ensuring projects meet the highest design standards, align with client goals, and stay within budget. 

Over her career, Zavala has worked on high-end hospitality projects, blending luxury and functionality to create immersive guest experiences. Her extensive international travel and significant on-site experience bring a strategic and inspired approach to design.

Adam Barbe, PLA, rejoins Ten Eyck Landscape Architects as a Principal after gaining valuable experience through private practice and academia. Eager to help communities through design in the public realm, Adam works to implement sustainable strategies into each of his projects. His role at TELA includes mentoring younger staff while designing projects with the mission of environmental stewardship, realizing the impact of landscape architecture on quality of life for both urban and rural populations.

Scott Francis, P.E., has been promoted to President of Encotech Engineering Consultants, effective April 1, 2025. With over 36 years of structural engineering experience, Scott brings deep technical expertise and a collaborative leadership style to his new role. He has successfully led projects for clients such as AISD, the City of Austin, and UT Austin. As President, Scott will oversee day-to-day operations while Founder and CEO Ali Khataw, P.E., continues to focus on long-term strategy. This leadership transition marks an exciting chapter as Encotech celebrates 35 years of delivering engineering excellence in Central Texas.

Larry McCarty joins Welcome Group as Director of Construction. With over 25 years in real estate development and construction, he brings expertise across a diverse set of asset types. Previously at Hines, he successfully managed over 8 million square feet of new development projects, including high-rise offices, life science facilities, retail, and institutional buildings. In his role at Welcome Group, he will lead the construction teams and oversee the execution of all future projects.

James McGuire is an environmental attorney in Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group. Mr. McGuire focuses his practice on a variety of environmental regulatory and compliance issues at the local, state and federal levels. He brings significant experience from his time as a senior attorney and executive at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and as an environmental attorney in the private sector and at the City of Dallas.