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Multifamily Boom or Bust?

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:04:21 +0000

While at the Bisnow Multifamily Real Estate Summit, Ron Holmes and Brian Fisher mingle with the industry leaders. In addition to the multifamily acquisitions and developments The Holmes Firm PC currently represents, Ron Holmes successfully shepherded a bill through the last Texas State Legislative Session that created a broadly powered utility district for the 26,000-acre Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. To read more, click here.

Dallas Retail Real Estate Summit

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:27:01 +0000

Ron Holmes served as the panel moderator of the Bisnow Dallas Retail Real Estate Summit held on September 28, 2011 at the Marriott City Center. Mike Axelrad, SVP of Centro Properties Group (now known as Brixmor), Blane O’Banion, regional leasing director for Weingarten Realty, and Matt Booth, regional director for Regency Centers, served as the panelists. Topics the panel provided insight on included:

tenant downsizing, and the economic effect on the landlord
tenant underwriting standards
the rise and decline of co-tenancy
the death of mom and pop stores
the Main Street Fairness Act
the relative health of the Texas retail market

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Brian Fisher Listed as Texas Rising Star

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:35:33 +0000

Super Lawyers has named Brian Fisher as a Texas Rising Star in the April 2011 issue of Texas Monthly. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Only 2.5 percent of Texas attorneys were chosen for this honor.

Uptown, Downtown,and In Between

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:17:45 +0000

The Bisnow DFW Second Annual Real Estate Summit at the Westin, Galleria had a showing of 650. Talking Uptown, LBJ construction, and even social media (with a little bit of trash talk thrown in for entertainment), Ron Holmes moderated the star-studded panelists where a few of the topics addressed included:

Downtown Dallas Commercial Real Estate Development

Woodall Rogers Deck Park connecting the Central Business District with Uptown Dallas

LBJ construction impact on the commercial real estate market

Social Media impact on Commercial Real Estate

Texas big cities one of the Top 10 US cities in growth

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The Holmes Firm at the 23rd Annual FightNight hosted by The Real Estate Council

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:39:28 +0000

Ron Holmes and Sarah Hicks show their support for The Real Estate Council Foundation at the 23rd Annual FightNight. Founded in 1990, The Real Estate Council (TREC) is a dynamic organization of more than 1,300 commercial real estate professionals and 500 companies representing 95% of the top commercial real estate businesses in North Texas. Over the last 20 years, The Real Estate Council’s FightNight, Giving Gala and Community Partners Program have raised more than $20 million. Click here to read more…

Multifamily is the name of the game in DFW

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:34:42 +0000

Ron Holmes featured in the Real Estate Bisnow May 11, 2010, newsletter. As a preview to its second annual Real Estate Summit, Bisnow interviews the panel experts of DFW’s Commercial Real Estate market. “It looks like some of the first dollars that lenders are parting with are flowing toward multifamily,” which Ron says, “make good sense considering apartment vacancies are low, concessions are drying up, and rents are moving north.” But, that leaves the question of what’s driving people to apartments? Click here to read more…

Ron Holmes to Moderate 2nd Annual Real Estate Summit for Bisnow on May 16, 2011

admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:06:09 +0000

The leading figures in National and Dallas real estate take a real-time look at the state of the real estate market. Some of the topics will include:

What does the capital landscape look like nationally and what markets are attractive to investment?
When will construction financing return?
What lies ahead for the CMBS market?
When will equity waiting on the sidelines be deployed and into what asset classes?
What are the current positions on office building acquisitions, and will decisions be focused mainly on job creation?
What impact will the resolution of distressed assets have on the capital markets in the next few years, if any?
What Dallas submarkets have shown strength through the downturn

Featured Speakers include:

Andy Smith (Chairman/CEO, L&B Realty)
Jeff Swope (Founder/CEO, Champion Partners)
Bob Mohr (Chairman/CEO, Mohr Partners)
John Zogg (Managing Director, Crescent Real Estate Equities)
Steve Everbach (Regional Director, JLL)
Mark Gibson (Executive Managing Director, HFF)

Ron Holmes moderating the Dallas Fort Worth Industrial Real Estate Summit on Thursday, April 21, 2011.

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Real Estate Bisnow Deal Sheet

Featured speakers include:

Todd Platt (CEO, Hillwood Investments)
Jeff Turner (Regional EVP, Duke Realty)
Doug Johnson (Regional Development Officer, IDI)
Al Sorrels (Director, Development – Majestic Realty)
Scott Krikorian (Managing Director, Trammell Crow)

Equity, debt, and customer demand… Everyone wants to know about the state of the industrial capital markets, leasing, sales, and development. Some of the topics include:

How is the DFW industrial market different than other business centers?

What lies ahead for the CMBS market and what does this mean for those looking to re-finance?

What does leasing and absorption look like locally and nationally?

What locations are the hottest?

What submarkets have demonstrated healthy fundamentals thus far in 2011 and are poised for future development?

Holmes Firm PC sponsors Real Estate Council

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:39:59 +0000

Holmes Firm PC is proud to sponsor the Real Estate Council’s program on April 1, 2011 featuring Richard Fisher, CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on the topic Global Influence of Business in North Texas. For more details, please visit: http://www.recouncil.com/Document.Doc?id=304

Sarah Hicks Listed As Texas Rising Star

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:05:00 +0000

Super Lawyers has named Sarah Hicks as Texas Rising Stars in the April 2010 issue of Texas Monthly. Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are under 40 or have been practicing within Texas for 10 years or less. Rising Stars are selected based on nominations by members of the elite Texas Super Lawyers list. Only 2.5 percent of Texas attorneys were chosen for this honor.