JLL has promoted Richard Quarles to senior managing director. He will lead the Houston Industrial Agency Leasing brokerage team.

Under his leadership, the team of seven brokers specializing in landlord representation has achieved impressive results, including leasing over 8 million square feet and closing more than 110 transactions. His strategic vision and effective leadership skills will be instrumental in driving further growth and expansion for the team and the overall business.

As Senior Managing Director, Quarles will continue reporting to Jeff Venghaus, Executive Managing Director and team leader of JLL Houston’s industrial services group.

Throughout his career, Quarles has consistently earned accolades as one of the top-producing industrial brokers, garnering recognition from both JLL and NAIOP. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the Society of Industrial/Office Realtors (SIOR).

KAI 360 Construction Services hired Kristopher McGraw as Senior Project Manager at its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, office.

In his new role, McGraw will play a pivotal role in overseeing building design and construction program management initiatives and ensuring the seamless execution of projects from inception to completion while upholding the highest standards of quality, innovation and client satisfaction.

A project manager to his core, McGraw is interested in how people work and succeed, and he believes architecture is about meaningfully serving clients and the community while striving to be sensitive to the environment and creating lasting experiences.

McGraw is a results-oriented manager with more than 20 years of experience. His skill set has enabled him to successfully engage in projects across various market sectors including education, aviation and civic.

Prior to KAI, McGraw worked for nearly two decades as a Project Manager at Houston, TX-based HarrisonKornberg Architects, most recently managing the firm’s North Texas portfolio. Some of the notable projects he worked on include the Houston Parks and Recreation Department Headquarters, the new STEM Building at the University of North Texas at Dallas, the new Archives and Research Center at Texas State University, the City of Fort Worth’s new Community Center & Aquatics Center, the new Heritage Hall at Texas A&M University’s Central Texas campus, and the new National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing at Texas A&M University’s main campus in College Station, TX.

In 2019, as part of the design team on the Zachry Engineering Education Complex, the largest academic building on the Texas A&M University campus, McGraw and the project team received a Building Design + Construction Gold Reconstruction Award. The project also received a Gold Award and Eminent Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies. McGraw holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston, and he is a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society. He is a past member of the Board of Directors for AIA Houston, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Addison Gragson has been promoted to assistant vice president with the Dallas-Fort Worth office of Weitzman, a retail-focused commercial real estate services firm based in Texas.

Gragson handles retail project representation and retail tenant representation in the D-FW area. 

Gragson is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors.

Gragson received a Master of Science degree in Management from the Cox School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Dedman College of Humanities & Science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Ted Rohan has been named principal of Avison Young. He is based in the firm’s Austin, Texas, office. 

Rohan joins the more than 30 Principals honored as part of the Avison Young 2024 Principal Class. Avison Young is a Principal-led, people-first, private firm with more than 700 Principals across the globe. These Principals are industry leaders who embody the Avison Young collaborative culture, partnership ethos, and client-first mentality. 

Rohan has been with the firm for eight years and specializes in tenant representation.

Rohan takes a comprehensive approach while advising clients on their real estate strategies to provide cost-saving and innovative solutions. With nearly a decade of experience, he has a proven track record of navigating complex negotiations in excess of $200 million in transaction value.

DALLAS, Texas – Citadel Partners leadership recently hired commercial real estate pro Lindsay Brunkenhoefer to its newly created Chief Strategy Officer position at the corporate real estate advisory firm.  

In this new role, Brunkenhoefer will use her extensive experience to streamline top-level processes and lead the firm’s recruiting and training efforts while striving to increase Citadel Partners’ market presence with new business opportunities.

“As we continue to grow and expand our services base, we recognized the need to bring in someone with an energy and passion for the business, and the ability to blend her commercial real estate acumen to with our strategic growth initiatives. Lindsay is a go-getter with incredible ideas and the knowledge to execute them,” said Citadel Partners Managing Partner Scott Morse. 

“Citadel Partners presented me with an opportunity to work with leaders who are attentive, humble and eager to improve,” Brunkenhoefer said. “This role allows me to utilize my experience to both empower team members and clients and help them succeed. Citadel’s leadership truly focuses on what is in the best interest of the client and the team strives to make each other better while delivering excellence in all we do. Those values and beliefs are appealing to me.”

Brunkenhoefer brings years of both advisory and operations experience to her new role. She has more than six years of experience working her way up from associate to vice president with a specialty focus on office leasing.

Among her career highlights include a three-floor, 83k SF landlord rep lease for Piedmont Office Realty Trust at Las Colinas Corporate Center (LCCC). Javelin Energy Partners relocated to LCCC, making the newly leased space its corporate headquarters. The transaction was one of the largest Las Colinas office lease deals in 2023.

She also represented Hines, Westdale and Ivanhoe Cambridge in the full lease-up of their 211k SF The Stack Deep Ellum office building. The building was fully leased within 11 months of delivery with significant leases including 102k SF to TRG; 46k SF to Worldwide Express, and 42k SF to Bestow.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Lindsay join the team in a role that seems to be created for her leadership style,” said Citadel Partners Managing Partner Scott Jessen. “

The Lake Highlands native attended the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a BBA in finance with a minor in accounting. She was also named a D CEO Power Broker in 2023 and 2024.

DALLAS, TX – SRS Real Estate Partners today announced that Brant Landry has been elected to its Board of Directors. Landry joined SRS as Managing Principal of SRS Industrial in April 2022 to establish and grow a national industrial service line for the company. Over the last two yearsLandry has led the industrial team through tremendous growth, including adding 17 team members in five key markets around the country. 

“Brant’s deep industry expertise and proven track record have been instrumental in the rapid expansion of our industrial practice,” said SRS CEO and Chairman of the Board Chris Maguire. “This service line grew out of client demand and is now a critical part of our success as a company. As the leader of that business, Brant’s strategic vision and leadership will be invaluable to the Board as we continue to grow our business.”

Landry is based at the firm’s corporate headquarters in Dallas and his roots with the company run deepwith relationships that span more than two decades. He previously founded Landry Commercial Real Estate Services and co-founded Reserve Capital Partners. Throughout his career, he has facilitated more than 600 industrial, retail and office lease and sale transactions.

Since joining SRS, Landry has led the Industrial team to achieve exceptional results, completing $1.2 billion in transaction value and over 10 million square feet of industrial properties leased or sold. 

“I am honored to join the Board at SRS,” said Landry. “I am incredibly proud of the success we have achieved with the Industrial team, and I look forward to working with the Board to drive continued growth and profitability for the entire company.”