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People & Company News, October 4, 2024
- Business & Community Lenders of Texas (BCL) selected Raquel Valdez Sanchez as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Sanchez brings 18 years of experience in community and economic development to the role, having previously served as BCL’s Chief Operating officer (COO). Her expertise spans strategic growth, homeownership, and small business development, and she has been instrumental in expanding BCL’s services across Austin and Dallas.
- Edge Realty Partners announced the promotion of brokers Andrew Shaw and Ryan Griffin to Principal. Shaw and Griffin are both based in the firm’s Dallas office. Griffin specializes in the leasing and selling of free-standing retail buildings and multi-tenant retail centers, representing landlords and tenants. In this role, he capitalizes on over two decades of experience advising investors, developers, and tenants throughout Texas and its neighboring states. Shaw is primarily focused on handling leasing at multi-tenant retail center in Texas. Throughout his career, he has leased of over 6.5 million square feet of retail space throughout the region. He also provides site selection for tenants including Ace Hardware, Salad and Go and Wingstop.
- Trademark Property Company (Trademark) hired Lance Taylor as Senior Vice President of Development and Blake Bickmore as Vice President of Development. The team will steer the growth of the firm’s retail and mixed-use development pipeline, which currently encompasses nearly one million square feet. With a combined 50+ years of experience, the team will oversee new and existing developments, redevelopments, and the management of project and tenant construction teams.
- Hines launched The SQ Collection. Hines tenants can reserve individual offices, conference rooms, rooftop terraces, and additional amenity spaces, offering on-demand flexibility in how and where they work. They will also have access to The Square, Hines’ flexible workplace platform, and hospitality-inspired services to elevate meetings and events.
- JLL Capital Markets has successfully facilitated the sale of Little York Plaza, a 114,982-square-foot Hispanic grocery-anchored shopping center in the Near North submarket of Houston. JLL worked on behalf of the seller. The asset was purchased by The Criterion Fund, a full-service retail development and investment group specializing in strip center investments. Situated on 11.45 acres, the property is anchored by Seller’s Bros, Houston’s leading Hispanic grocery chain, part of the larger La Michoacana brand portfolio.
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