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Texas People & Companies, June 12, 2026
- JLL hired David Cooke as Executive Vice President in the firm’s Dallas office. Cooke brings more than 30 years of industry experience and leadership in tenant representation to JLL, where he will focus on expanding the Dallas office’s advisory services to clients with local, multi-market, and national real estate needs. Most recently, Cooke led his own firm – Cooke Commercial – advising clients on complex federal, state, and local tax incentive programs and negotiating significant office, retail, and industrial leases. Cooke’s return to JLL is a hiring after nearly 20 years.
- Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC appointed four executives as the Dallas firm continues to expand its real estate platform amid growing activity across its lending and opportunistic investment businesses: Scott Swisher – Managing Director, Head of Western Region Credit Originations; Adam Ostrowsky – Managing Director, Capital Markets; Scott San Filippo – Senior Director, Bridge Debt; Spencer Schlee – Managing Director, Head of Opportunistic Equity.
- PACE Loan Group closed an $11.6 million C-PACE financing for the Vesgro Data Center being developed in Irving, Texas, by Infrascale Systems, a Dallas-Fort Worth data center developer. The loan will be used to convert a vacant 113,406 sq. ft. industrial-flex property into a 3.0 MW colocation data center, delivering approximately 45,000 square feet of raised-floor data hall space. Lone Star PACE, a C-PACE administrator in Texas, facilitated the closing.
- Partners Real Estate closed three industrial sales across the Greater Houston area, totaling 113,272 sq. ft. The transactions span La Marque, New Caney, and Houston, reflecting continued strength and velocity in Texas industrial markets. 4725 Lawndale Street | La Marque, TX, a 43,000 sq. ft. industrial property at 4725 Lawndale Street in La Marque, Texas 77568; 18913 Phillip Way | New Caney, TX, a 55,700-sq.-ft. industrial facility situated on 4.00 acres. 5414 Larkin Street | Houston, TX; a 14,572-sq.-ft. warehouse situated on 1.00 acres.
- IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), secured $15.3 million in financing for a 60,159-square-foot industrial property located in Dallas, Texas. Frank Montalto, managing director, and Ethan Splan, associate director, both based in the firm’s Chicago office, secured a 5-year loan at 75% loan-to-value with a local credit union. Additional terms include a 6.4% interest rate and a 25-year amortization period.
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