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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Developers of the Year
- Adam America Brings Entrepreneurial Agility, Institutional-Quality Execution to Development
- Bob Faith Builds Greystar into a $350-Billion International Rental Housing Giant
- Hillpointe Founders Improve National Workforce Housing Platform
- IMEG’s Scott Campagna Advances Multifamily Through Modular Housing and Adaptive Reuse
- Jason Berkowitz Grows RPM Living to 226,000 Units Under Management
- Jason Joseph Expands Trilogy to $750M AUM With Student Housing Debut
- Joel Behrens Leads $3.5 Billion DFW Development Pipeline for TCC and HSR
- Joseph Keough Positions Wood Partners for Next Phase of Growth With ITOCHU Investment
- Logos’ Martin Porter Builds $750-Million Affordable Housing Pipeline on Church Land
- Mark Moorhouse Helps Grow Dominium From 6,400 to 40,000 Units
- Michael Pestronk Builds Post Brothers into Multifamily Enterprise
- Paul Romanowski Brings D.R. Horton’s Homebuilding Expertise to the Rental Sector
- Philip Rizzo Oversees Liberty Military Housing’s 36,000-Home Portfolio
- Rob Singh Oversees CONAM’s 60,000-Unit Portfolio
- Ryan Hekmat Builds Uncommon Developers Around Community, Modular Construction
- Sea Breeze’s Darren Levitt Supports 222-Unit Affordable Project at San Diego’s North City
- Sean Burton Steers Cityview Through $7 Billion in Multifamily Investments
- The Benoit Group’s Eddy Benoit Oversees $3 Billion in Affordable and Mixed-Income Development
- Tim Harris With Rosewood Repositions 156-Acre Plano Development for Housing, Mixed-Use Growth
- Porter Kyle Builds Its Niche With Townhome-Style BTR
Joel Behrens Leads $3.5 Billion DFW Development Pipeline for TCC and HSR
Joel Behrens has helped make Trammell Crow Company (TCC) and High Street Residential (HSR) among the most active multifamily developers in North Texas.
Joining TCC in 2008, he began leading HSR’s DFW business in 2012 and has since executed more than 10 million square feet of office, multifamily and mixed-use development. In 2025 alone, HSR broke ground on more than 1,250 apartment units and 102 townhomes across the region.
Behrens was named market leader for TCC Dallas-Fort Worth in December 2025, where he oversees the market’s development and investment activities, including approximately $2.5 billion in projects under way and another $1 billion in the pipeline.
Among his highest-profile projects is the one-million square-foot, mixed-use Knox Street development in Dallas. The project includes the 27-story, 186-unit Lora, along with office, retail, a hotel and condominiums. Construction is nearing completion, with residential deliveries expected later this year.
Behrens also played a central role in HSR’s 394-unit Mockingbird Station development, which incorporates underutilized DART land into a transit-oriented mixed-use community. The project won Best New Multifamily (Urban) at the D CEO Commercial Real Estate Awards and a Dallas Business Journal BRED Award for Best Urban Multifamily.
Behrens is a board member of the Knox Public Improvement District and is involved with the Uptown PID. He previously served on the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority board.
These are some of the reasons why Joel Behrens was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Developer of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.