Nearly 100 Dallas-Ft. Worth commercial real estate
professionals attended the Richardson Chamber of Commerce Broker-Developer
Halloween Special lunch on October 31.
hosted and sponsored the event at
President George Bush Hwy.
In true Halloween spirit, the topic was “Back from the
Grave” Properties in which a “zombie” panel made up of Granite Properties’
Robert Jimenez, JP Partners’ Mark Jordan and Peloton Commercial Real Estate’s
Murl Richardson discussed how their historically vacant properties recovered
and are now at or close to full occupancy. Steve Modory of Champion Partners, a
Tri-Chair of the Broker-Developer committee, moderated the discussion.
The panelists revealed the challenges they faced with their
properties and described what innovative approaches they took to turn them
around. Solutions included renovations and creative ways to add parking.
gave away three prizes totaling $1,000. A prize was given to Nora Hogan of
Transwestern for wearing the best Halloween costume; Tim Veler of Transwestern
and Taylor Dickerson of Citadel Partners also received cash prizes.
A special thanks to Co-Series Sponsors Legacy Texas Bank and
Page Southerland Page and to
for making the event possible. The Richardson Broker-Developer Series is a
quarterly networking event that showcases available
properties. Attendance is limited to commercial
real estate brokers, developers and invited guests
only.