Hartman’s Anthony Trollope named Rising Star at CPE Influence Award ceremony

Commercial Property Executive, a leading resource for real estate investment, development, and management news, announced this year’s 2022 Influence Award winner for the Rising Star category as Hartman Vice President of Marketing Anthony Trollope.

Trollope was chosen from nominations countrywide as an outstanding up-and-coming leader in the commercial real estate space. His work and campaigning to promote Hartman’s corporate social responsibility, Texas corporate relocations, and thought leadership series on the state of the commercial real estate market underlined his commitment to leading effective and meaningful campaigns with top results.

As a seasoned marketer executive, Trollope has more than 16 years of experience with specialties in lead generation, branding, and digital strategy. Since joining Hartman in 2020, Trollope and his team have accumulated several industry accolades for their expertise including awards and recognitions from The Association of Marketing and Communications (AMCP), REDnews Real Estate Journals, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

Trollope was recognized with his Rising Star title at the digital CPE Influence Award ceremony held on January 31, 2023. 

JLL announces new head of agency leasing in Houston

JLL announced that Tyler Garrett has joined the Houston office as executive vice president, managing director of agency leasing. With nearly two decades of experience in real estate, Garrett will lead the region’s landlord representation team with a focus on driving key initiatives to continue JLL’s growth in the market.

Last year, Garrett was named Houston HOLBA’s Broker of the Year for 2021, a top honor for agency leasing brokers. Garrett also led one of the largest office leasing deals in 2022, representing landlord Cousins Properties in leasing 328,000 square feet to Apache for their new headquarters at Briarlake Plaza.

Over the course of his career, Garrett has leased approximately four million square feet of space with a lease value of more than $1 billion. He has held positions from associate to director of leasing director of leasing at local and national commercial real estate firms.  Most recently he was senior vice president with Transwestern.

Garrett has also been recognized for his professional achievements, including being named a Houston Business Journal “Heavy Hitter” from 2017-2022 and a CoStar “Power Broker” for the last five years.

Investor picks up Class B office building in Houston’s Energy Corridor

JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the sale of 12012 Wickchester, a 109,473-square-foot, Class B office building in Houston’s Energy Corridor.

JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, CapRidge Partners, LLC, and procured the buyer, Woodside.

12012 Wickchester is located directly north of the Katy Freeway between Kirkwood Rd. and N. Eldridge Pkwy in West Houston. The 3.7-acre site is positioned in the heart of the Energy Corridor, Houston’s third largest employment center boasting many 500 companies and multi-national energy companies as well as proximity to some of the city’s wealthiest executive neighborhoods in the Memorial Villages. In addition, the property is close to a significant amenity base highlighted by Town & Country Village, CITYCENTRE and Memorial City.

Renovated in 2021, 12012 Wickchester offers six stories of office space with an on-site deli and a 3.5/1,000 structured parking garage. The building caters to smaller multi-suite floorplans and excels by providing tenants with a Class A Energy Corridor location. The property was 61% leased to a diversified stable of tenants at time of sale.

The JLL Capital Markets Investment and Sales Advisory team representing the seller was led by Managing Directors Marty Hogan and Kevin McConn.

Newmark hires office agency leasing expert in Houston

Newmark announces the addition of perennial market leader and top producer in Houston office agency leasing, David Baker. Joining as an executive managing director, Baker specializes in office landlord representation, expanding Newmark’s integrated client offerings in Houston to include agency leasing alongside existing property management and capital markets expertise.

Throughout his three-decade-long career, Baker has been recognized as a top national and local producer and has been recognized as a Houston Business Journal (HBJ) Heavy Hitter almost annually for the past 15 years. Additionally, Baker has won Houston Office Leasing Brokers Association Deal of the Year awards several times. Through all manner of market cycles, Baker has represented over 50 million square feet of leasing in over 200 buildings in every major Houston submarket, including completing over 65 headquarters leases. Baker is credited with hiring and training many of the top office agency leasing professionals in Houston and is an expert at curating project teams to maximize the leasing performance of an asset.

During the pandemic in 2020, Baker led teams that produced three of the year’s largest new lease transactions in Houston. In 2022, Baker executed over 40 leases, totaling more than one million square feet, including Houston’s largest new lease—Apache Corp.’s 327,000-square-foot headquarters—and almost 100,000 square feet of new leasing in Houston Center. Baker has over 425,000 square feet of new leasing in the pipeline for the first half of 2023.

Hartman announces two leasing transactions in Houston

Hartman has recently announced two new leasing transactions:

  1. Texas Commercial Insurance Specialist, Inc. renewed 2,243 square feet at 1001 S. Dairy Ashford in Houston. Kacie Skeen represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT.
  2. Cambray Healthcare, LLC leased 2,676 square feet at 1400 Broadfield Blvd. in Houston. Ami Figg represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT. 

Hartman announces two leasing transactions in Richardson and Houston

Hartman has recently announced two new leasing transactions:

  1. Tselot LLC renewed 2,200 square feet at 100 S. Central Expressway in Richardson. Alan Vieyra represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT. 
  2. Texas Commercial Insurance Specialist, Inc. Renewed 2,243 square feet at 1001 S. Dairy Ashford in Houston. Kacie Skeen represented the landlord, Hartman Income REIT.