HOUSTON – (Realty News Report) – Rand Stephens, principal and managing director of Avison Young’s Houston office, announced the hiring of Michael Dender. Dender joins the Houston team as an associate focused on landlord representation and the expansion of the firm’s agency leasing service line. He will work closely with principals Sam Hansen and Doug Pack.
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DALLAS – Stream Realty Partners, a full-service national real estate investment, development and services company, announced the promotion of Blake Kendrick to managing partner of Stream’s Dallas and Fort Worth offices and the promotion of Matt Dornak to managing director of Stream’s Dallas industrial division. These moves follow the appointment of Chris Jackson as president and underscore Stream’s commitment to developing leadership from within.
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DALLAS – Newmark Knight Frank has strengthened its institutional capital markets team in Texas with the hiring of four experienced office sales professionals: Vice Chairmen Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Robert Hill and Chris Murphy. Carr, Alvarado and Hill join NKF from CBRE; Murphy joins from JLL. “NKF’s exceptional growth in our U.S. Capital Markets platform, co-headed by Kevin Shannon and Rob Griffin, continues to strengthen as we welcome these market-leading professionals in Texas, one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate markets,” said Newmark Group CEO Barry M. Gosin.
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Michael Ross has been named president and chief strategy officer of Rockspring, a Houston-based firm focused on Texas investments. Its partner firm, McAlister Real Estate, will be rebranded as Rockspring as the company broadens its focus beyond suburban raw land investments.
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Global design firm Gensler announced the promotion of six new principals in its South Central Region. Kirk Funkhouser, Lillian Giering, Lance Hosey, Johnny Kousparis, Luis Santi and Cherrie Wysong have been elevated to principal roles across Gensler’s Texas offices.
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SAN DIEGO – Jimmy Silverwood has been promoted to Executive Vice President at Affirmed Housing, a leading developer of affordable housing in California.
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