John Bielamowicz, founder of Biel Partners, has built a career shaping North Texas real estate through land partnership deals, brokerage, tenant representation, and developing others. Known for guiding clients through complex markets, he combines insight, creativity, and collaboration to uncover opportunities.

His approach reflects both business expertise and a commitment to community. Beyond real estate, Bielamowicz has served the State of Texas in key leadership roles, including as chair of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and later as chair of the Behavioral Health Executive Council as a gubernatorial appointee. Respected for integrity, results, and service, he exemplifies how professional excellence and civic leadership strengthen the Dallas–Fort Worth community.

Marci Hoxworth has joined Civilitude Engineers & Planners as Principal, Director of Partnerships & Growth. With 12 years of experience in real estate branding and corporate growth strategy, she leads the firm’s integrated growth strategy, guiding everything from marketing and business development to client experience and civic partnerships—helping Civilitude expand its reach while deepening its impact in the Austin community.

JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory platform announced today that Casey Burns has joined the firm as an Executive Director based in Austin, Texas.

Burns will focus on industrial property valuations primarily in the Texas and Southwest region. He will report to Jim O’Leary, Executive Managing Director and Head of JLL Value & Risk Advisory’s Industrial Property Sector.

Burns joins JLL with more than 15 years of real estate appraisal and consulting experience, including appraisals, consultations, market studies, rent analyses, feasibility studies and acquisition advisory of institutional-grade real estate domestically and internationally. He spent the last 12 years at CBRE, most recently as a Senior Vice President in their appraisal division. Prior to that, he was with KPMG’s Economic and Valuation Services group. Burns holds a B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Oxford Partners has launched a dedicated Healthcare Division with the appointment of Nelson Udstuen as Division President. Udstuen brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare real estate, having completed more than 1,000 tenant and buyer transactions for hospital systems, physician groups, and specialty providers. He joins Oxford after serving as SVP at CBRE, where he advised some of the nation’s most prominent healthcare organizations. At Oxford, Nelson leads a platform focused exclusively on healthcare client representation, ensuring medical users receive conflict-free advocacy that supports patient access, physician recruitment, compliance, and long-term operational goals. His clients have included CommonSpirit Health, Tenet Health, Harris Health System, Texas Oncology, Quest Diagnostics, Texas ENT Specialists, and OBGYN Medical Center Associates. Nelson holds a Master’s in Real Estate Development and a Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture, both from Texas A&M University.

Pham joins Texas Gulf Bank as Executive Vice President – Commercial Lender in our River Oaks location. With 25 years of banking experience in commercial lending, his expertise is in owner-occupied real estate and C&I lending in medical, industrial, and professional services. He will focus on expanding our commercial client base, offering business loans, deposit products and flexible financial solutions to growing businesses in our Houston markets. MEMBER FDIC/Loans Subject to Credit Approval

Newmark Group, Inc. hired Neal Armstrong as head of its new Fund Administration business. Armstrong will report to Ania Jastrzebska, Senior Managing Director and Global Managed Services Lead.

With more than two decades of experience in fund accounting and real estate fund services, Armstrong brings deep operational and technical expertise to Newmark as the firm continues expanding its Investor Solutions capabilities. In the new role, he will lead the build-out of Newmark’s Fund Administration business.

Prior to joining Newmark, Armstrong served as Global Head of Real Estate Fund Services at the Bank of New York, where he played a central role in more than tripling assets under administration. He also previously held leadership roles at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and began his career in assurance at KPMG.