TRECcast

On this episode of TRECcast, we sit down with Dupree Scovell to commemorate 20 years of Young Guns! Dupree is managing partner and chief investment officer at Woodbine Development Corporation, and he was one of the panelists at last week’s Young Guns Rising to the Top. Subscribe to TRECcast on your favorite podcast app, follow TREC and TREC Community Investors on social media, and check out our events calendar at recouncil.com/upcoming-events for tickets and sponsorships.

On this episode of TRECcast, we’re continuing our year-long celebration of the Associate Leadership Council program’s 30th anniversary! Today, we’re joined by ALC founder Jeff Swope (Champion Partners), who chaired the program’s inaugural Class of 1996, and 2026 Chair Alex John Jr (Bennett Partners Architecture), for an in-depth look at the program’s early days, its growth in popularity, and how leadership development has evolved over the last three decades. Subscribe to TRECcast on your favorite podcast app, follow TREC and TREC Community Investors on social media, and check out our events calendar at recouncil.com/upcoming-events for tickets and sponsorships.

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our Feb. 25 Speaker Series event, which focused on the economic impact of the nine FIFA World Cup matches that will be played in North Texas this summer, the most of any host city. The panel was moderated by Eric Prisbell of The Dallas Morning News and featured two members of the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee: Dan Hunt (FC Dallas) and Monica Paul (Dallas Sports Commission).

On this episode, we catch up with Alena Denisova (ARCO/Murray Construction) and Preston Zartman (Balfour Beatty), project managers of the 2025 ALC community investment project to transform the outdoor space at the nonprofit Frazier Revitalization for year-round use. The class will join Frazier in cutting the ribbon on the project during a community celebration on Friday, March 27.

On this episode, we sit down with Frazier Revitalization’s Felisa Conner to talk about the Mill City nonprofit’s recent projects with TREC Community Investors and our 2025 Associate Leadership Council (ALC) class. On Friday, March 27, the ALC team will join Felisa in cutting the ribbon on Frazier’s renovated outdoor space, which allows for year-round programming and enhanced digital connectivity.

On this episode of TRECcast, we check in with 2026 TREC Community Investors Chair Aaron Echols (Frost Bank) about how community investment fits into our strategic plan framework, the ways we’ve made our real estate lending program more accessible for potential borrowers, and what’s next for Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City after last year’s big wins.

On this episode of TRECcast, we chat with 2026 TREC Chair Jeff Matthews about the year ahead, including his priorities for the organization, the new strategic plan, and much more. Register for our upcoming Leadership Alumni Clash of the Classes on March 5 at recouncil.com/upcoming-events, and sign up to be a mentor or mentee at recouncil.com/mentorship.

On this episode, we chatted with Jamee Jolly about her first year as TREC President and CEO and the organization's new three-year strategic plan (recouncil.com/strategic-plan). Get your tickets for Speaker Series: The World Cup Comes to Dallas (Feb. 25) and Leadership Alumni Clash of the Classes (March 5), and register for our Mentorship Program starting Feb. 2. Learn more at recouncil.com/upcoming-events and recouncil.com/mentorship.

Happy holidays! Today's episode is a replay of last month's Market Matters event, which featured Mark Gibson and JLL Capital Markets-Americas and his 2026 capital markets update.

Mark is a longtime TREC member and former chairman of the organization. He leads nearly 2,000 capital markets professionals throughout the Americas region and is a member of JLL’s global capital markets board, which helps set the firm’s strategic direction, growth, and client activities.

We hope you have some useful takeaways from Mark’s presentation as we head into the new year, but we will not be publishing video or sharing slides from the event.

On this episode of TRECcast, we sit down with Jessica Stroud (Stream Realty Partners) about the 2024 Associate Leadership Council (ALC) class project, which benefited the ongoing Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City.

Jessica served as project manager for the class’s renovation of a former church building into a new headquarters for the nonprofit Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center, which offers educational programs, workforce training, and job placement opportunities to help lift young people and families out of poverty.

Jessica and the rest of the class will join Zan Wesley Holmes officials in cutting the ribbon on the new facility on Friday, December 12.