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

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

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

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.

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.

Megan McWilliams hired at Trademark Property Company

Trademark Property Company, an investor, developer and operator of mixed-use districts, today announced it has hired Megan McWilliams as Senior Financial Analyst. McWilliams joins Trademark from The Beneficient Group and will apply her more than four years of experience in real estate analytics to her new role. As a Senior Financial Analyst, McWilliams will focus on underwriting acquisitions, development and redevelopment opportunities across the U.S.

Stan Nowak joins Partners Real Estate from Avison Young as a partner in Austin

Partners Real Estate (Partners), one of the largest independent commercial real estate firms in Texas, announced that Stan Nowak has joined the firm as a partner in the company’s Austin office. Nowak comes to Partners from Avison Young, where he previously served as principal of its capital markets group.

Nowak is a veteran commercial real estate professional with nearly 19 years of experience. During his time at Avison Young, he provided industrial and office brokerage services in Southern California as well as in Austin, Texas, spearheading the capital markets group’s industrial expertise in the Central Texas region. Additionally, Nowak has orchestrated successful land brokerage deals spanning hundreds of acres for various development initiatives.

During his career, Nowak has completed over half a billion dollars in sale and lease transactions totaling nearly five million square feet of space. He has consistently been named one of Avison Young’s Top 10 producers and is a holder of an SIOR designation.