TRECcast

In this edition of The TREC Podcast, Winstead PC’s Tobin Swope joins TREC Marketing and Communications Coordinator Bill San Antonio to talk about his family’s FightNight connection, his time with Stanford University’s baseball program and navigating law school and the real estate industry during the late 2000s economic downturn, among other topics.

A member of the Associate Leadership Council’s Class of 2014, Tobin is the secretary to this year’s TREC executive board. With Winstead’s Real Estate Developments & Investments Practice Group, he covers a variety of commercial real estate transactions involving financing, development, leasing, acquisition and disposition of real property of all asset classes, including multi-family and student housing, office, retail, industrial, flex, healthcare, gas station/convenience store and master planned single-family and mixed-use developments. Tobin is also the son of Jeff Swope, one of The Real Estate Council’s founding members.

An abridged version of our conversation with Tobin was recently published as part of TREC’s Member Spotlight interview series and can be read here: http://recouncil.com/about/member_spotlight/tobin-swope/

We get right to the action in this special edition of The TREC Podcast our President and CEO Linda McMahon chats with Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton! Their conversation took place shortly after Clifton left the stage of our first Bank of Texas Speaker Series event of the year back in January and spans the so-called coming jobs war, on which Clifton has authored a book, what the United States must do to compete with its economic rivals and how to manage Millennials, among other topics.

During Clifton’s 30 years as Gallup’s chief executive officer, the consulting and public opinion research giant has expanded to 30 offices in 20 countries and regions. He is the creator of The Gallup Path, a metrics-based economic model that links human nature to the business world and has been used in performance management systems at more than 500 companies worldwide. Clifton’s latest innovation, the Gallup World Poll, is designed to give the world’s 7 billion citizens a voice in virtually all key global issues. He is also the author of Entrepreneurial Strengthsfinder as well as many other articles on global leadership, and his blog appears regularly in the Influencer section of LinkedIn and on Gallup.com’s Chairman’s Blog.

You can read our three takeaways from Clifton’s January Speaker Series talk with Lucy Billingsley here: http://recouncil.com/trec-news/three-takeaways-jim-clifton/

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In this edition of The TREC Podcast, David Evemy of Sarofim Realty Advisors talks to David Meyer of Grant Thornton about recent changes to the tax code and how they affect the commercial real estate industry. Though it was recorded in advance of the 2018 filing cycle, it's always a good time to get caught up and look ahead to next year!

Dave Meyer is a partner in Grant Thornton's Dallas office. He has extensive experience with corporate and partnership tax matters, accounting methods and mergers & acquisitions. Meyer has served a variety of industries, including real estate, manufacturing, health care and financial services.

Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he was with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen, serving public and private clients. At Arthur Andersen, he was the lead tax partner in the Houston office’s enterprise group, which focused on serving public and private middle-market companies. He also served as the vice president of mergers and acquisitions for a NYSE-listed company, Consolidated Graphics, for two years.

Evemy, TREC’s 2017 educational programs chair, is SVP of Strategic Planning and Research for Sarofim. He leads the research group in the review and analysis of economic trends impacting real estate. Evemy and his team are responsible for investment strategy design and implementation as well as market conditions analysis affecting new and existing property assets. He joined Sarofim in 2000 and is a member of the company’s Investment Committee.

In this edition of The TREC Podcast, David Evemy of Sarofim Realty Advisors talks to Kevin Shtofman of Deloitte Consulting LLP about the impact blockchain and cryptocurrency can make on the commercial real estate industry.

Kevin, a manager with Deloitte’s real estate practice, has more than 14 years of experience providing clients with strategic, financial, accounting, business improvement and technology services. He is highly experienced in providing operational and systems integration services to owners, operators, developers, and construction servicers of real estate and is considered a recognized leader in providing strategic planning, business process improvement, systems integration, solution implementation, merger integration, asset management, and program/project management services.

David, TREC’s 2017 educational programs chair, is SVP of Strategic Planning and Research for Sarofim. He leads the research group in the review and analysis of economic trends impacting real estate. David and his team are responsible for investment strategy design and implementation as well as market conditions analysis affecting new and existing property assets. David joined Sarofim in 2000 and is a member of the company’s Investment Committee.

In this edition of The TREC Podcast, we’re previewing next week’s FightNight 30! Listen in as 2018 FightNight Chair Chris Hipps of CBRE chats with TREC’s resident boxing expert, Steve Crosson (Capright)!

Known as TREC’s resident boxing expert and one of the board members credited with creating FightNight, Crosson is a boxing lifer. He has refereed World Boxing Council title bouts in the United States, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Venezuela and Mexico, and has served the organization as its treasurer and U.S. spokesman. Though Crosson has also been part of more than 50 black-tie charitable boxing events across the country, he tells Hipps that the others don’t quite compare to the one that started it all, right here in Dallas.

TREC will celebrate its 30th FightNight on April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole. Tickets to FightNight and its afterparty are available now at http://www.recouncil.com, but please note that you will not need to purchase an afterparty ticket if you have a FightNight ticket. You may also purchase presale FightNight raffle tickets or donate to the event on our website through Monday, April 23.

Proceeds from this year’s FightNight benefit the Dallas Catalyst Project, a new three-year philanthropic initiative TREC is undertaking in partnership with the Cornerstone Baptist Church, St. Philip’s School & Community Center, CitySquare and the iconic Forest Theater to provide grants and professional services to revitalize part of the South Dallas-Fair Park neighborhood.

Welcome to the first episode of The TREC Podcast! This week, David Evemy of Sarofim Realty Advisors talks to Kimberly Byrum of Meyers Research about 2018 trends in multifamily development in advance of our inaugural Market Matters event, "Mixed Use Summit," on February 14. Tickets are going fast so get yours now!

Over 22 years, Kimberly has worked extensively with all commercial real estate functions throughout the United States and Canada, including site selection and development, due diligence, acquisitions, property management and asset management. Based in Meyers' Dallas office, Kimberly is recognized as an expert in the fields of multifamily consumer research, rent positioning, and product design. Kimberly also has a strong technical background in market-submarket selection, econometric modeling, and revenue management.

David, TREC's 2017 educational programs chair, is SVP of Strategic Planning and Research for Sarofim. He leads the research group in the review and analysis of economic trends impacting real estate. David and his team are responsible for investment strategy design and implementation as well as market conditions analysis affecting new and existing property assets. David joined Sarofim in 2000 and is a member of the Investment Committee.