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After Thursday’s deadly shootings in Downtown Dallas, Bisnow‘s Julia Bunch turned to Younger Partners property management division president, Greg Grainger, for advice on how building owners and property managers can keep their tenants and employees safe.

Many office employees return to work this morning for the first time since Thursday night’s attack in Downtown Dallas, and owners and tenants are asking themselves how they can help their employees to feel safe amidst continued threats, especially after open carry took effect in January. Younger Partners property management division president Greg Grainger shares some tips.

1. Increase communication with tenants regarding potential threats. In multi-tenant buildings, keep communication open. Tenants should tell owner/operators when they go through layoffs, have a disgruntled employee or have other reason to suspect violence. During those times, share photos of the person(s) of interest with security guards and consider implementing nighttime security measures during regular business hours.

2. Filter all visitors through one entry. For buildings that are open to the public, creating one entrance in which visitors can enter allows operators to place higher security at that entrance with guards or cameras.

3. Create barriers to entry. Every opportunity you can engage potential shooters or threats to your building with barriers to entry increases the likelihood that employees stay safe, Greg tells us. Consider implementing a mandatory visitor badge to make it to elevators, a security guard who asks where visitors are headed or a turnstile at which visitors must input an access card.

4. Create active shooter emergency plans. The Department of Homeland Security has resources on active shooter protocols. Create an escape and lockdown plan in case of emergency, share with all tenants and perform routine drills.

5. Encourage employees to see safety as an individual responsibility. Remind employees to be smart about their surroundings, especially in parking garages and scarcely populated areas. Encourage them to speak up when they see something unusual.

Find the story here.

The tragic shooting of more than a dozen people Thursday evening in Downtown Dallas is still an active police investigation, meaning much of the CBD is still closed to the public. The City of Dallas website for the latest updates on what’s open and what’s closed.

We may not be singing “We are the Champions” but Younger Partners’ volleyball team finished off its season with a few wins under its belts and lots of teamwork and bonding.

Here’s Carson Rice, Tanja Ivandic, Garrett Marler, Britnai Stegall, Davey McAleavey and Nicole Musto as they wrapped up the season last week.

Bisnow’s Julia Bunch swung by the Younger Partners’ offices last week to talk with Moody Younger & Kathy Permenter about what’s going on in the LBJ submarket.

Construction around the High Five began in 2002, but the area continues to cause headaches. Owners and developers have avoided the area since the LBJ Expressway project broke ground, and tenant reps instructed their clients to do the same. Now that construction has completed, we talked with owners and landlord reps to see how they fared. Read the full story here.

By Mark Ginsberg for the USGBC website

An opening ceremony featured welcoming addresses from Zhang Yong, vice chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun, and Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Mayor Greg Stanton of Phoenix, Ariz., spoke on behalf of the delegation of U.S. mayors in attendance. The summit featured four rounds of concurrent sessions, with two dozen breakout sessions featuring over 120 technical and policy presentations from Chinese and American government officials, companies and experts.

I had the honor of speaking at a session hosted by the City of Beijing and Tsinghua University on low-carbon subdistricts. The session focused on the Tongzhou District in the eastern part of Beijing, which is being developed as a Near Zero Emissions Demonstration District. Planners described ambitious goals in energy, transportation, waste and renewables, noting that they are using international standards including LEED. I also noted that LEED for neighborhood development (LEED ND) might be an ideal existing solution for some small districts. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Village is a key example—it was the first LEED ND Gold project in China and one of the first in the world. Other large-scale projects in Foshon and the Shanghai Expo provide great examples of sustainable city planning and development.

USGBC also joined the Natural Resources Defense Council, Rocky Mountain Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the China Association of Building Energy Efficiency to organize a green building session. During the panel, representatives from the cities of Urumqi, Weifang, New York, Chicago and Beijing presented updates on policies and projects in their municipalities. I also had the opportunity to join CABEE, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Institute and the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research with technical reports, and presented an update on LEED v4 in China.

Learn more about the steps the United States and China are taking together to build upon the Paris Agreement.

It’s not a surprise that two of the fastest growing cities in Texas (and the country) are on this list for the top 10 cities for start-up growth. Do you think that trend will continue?

It wasn’t a Richard Simmons workout, but the team may have lost some weight from all that sweating in the almost 100-degree temps at the Dallas Arboretum, but a great time was had by all at Younger Partners’ family night for a concert at The Dallas Arboretum. Check out our team members:

Heather Shover and her kiddo

Sean Dalton and family

Felecia, Jennifer and Claudia

Hahn & Trae

Kelly (right) and her significant other

The Younger Partners koozie enjoying the show.

Lacey, Felecia and Kelly

Sunset

Tanja, Anthony & Tonie

Our sibling team of Carson (red) and Ally (maroon) and their significant others

Claudia records the moment

Autumn and her family

Tonie (red) and her family

Rolling Stones cover band

Before all you real estate dads fire up your grills, head to the Rangers game or grab a cold one with your adult children this Sunday, say cheers to these dads who might run into their kids at the office or on job sites around town. Happy Father’s Day! Bisnow talked to six CRE reps about working in the same industry (and market) with their dads. Among those featured, Younger Partners’ very own Byron McCoy.

Here’s Byron and his son, JLL’s Caleb McCoy. Caleb tells Bisnow that he grew up looking at buildings with his dad, Younger Partners’ Byron McCoy. Byron is in office leasing and sales, and Caleb is in industrial, but that doesn’t stop the men from talking shop and learning from each other. “Growing up with a dad who was always able to make it to all my baseball, basketball and football games made brokerage an attractive career choice for me,” Caleb tells us.

Don’t forget to tell your dad Happy Father’s Day this weekend!

Congrats to Colliers International’s Billy Vahrenkamp for winning this Tumi suitcase at the NTCAR golf tournament last week.  Billy stopped by the Younger Partners’ offices today to claim his prize. Here’s Younger Partners’ Byron McCoy, Kathy Permenter and Garrett Marler with Billy (and his new suitcase – where are you going with it, Billy?)

Billy went three for three in our airplane toss game in honor of DFW Business Center and 3200 Airfield. Both office buildings are located on DFW Airport property and space available for lease. If you need to be close to (or on) the airport, give us a call. Kathy 214-294-4404, Byron 214-294-4417 or Garrett 214-294-4416.

Hanging out in Fort Worth this weekend & sharing the @YoungerPartners love with a little mobile advertising on the go with @rogerthewagon

Read all of Damon’s article here.

Younger Partners raised more than $1,000 for Carry the Load this Memorial Day. Check out some of the event snapshots:

Some of our walk team

YP’s Kathy Permenter, Tanja Ivandic and Davey McAleavey

Younger Partners Gives Back t-shirt

Our team members walking

More walkers

And more walkers

Younger Partners knows how to network and make deals (and have fun while doing it)! We made the most of  the NTCAR golf tournament on Monday by taking over the 16th tee on the Fazio course at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco. Here’s just a few of the fun snapshots from the day.

Sarah Savage, Byron McCoy and Kathy Permenter clown around with our airplane game. We were promoting the vacancies available at DFW Business Center at 3200 Airfield; which made an airplane game ideal.

Kathy was impressed by Brad Lipton’s choice of hats.

Byron McCoy & Kathy Permenter

Byron McCoy telling a group of brokers about the leasing opportunities available at DFW Airport.

We love our people! Byron McCoy & Tanja Ivandic

Super cool giveaways! Credit card sized bottle openers sporting the DFW Business Center logo.

Frisco EDC’s Jim Gandy, YP’s Moody Younger and Kathy Permenter, FEDC’s John Bonnot and YP’s Byron McCoy

Stream’s JJ Leonard flies an airplane.

Biel Partners’ John Bielamowicz

Byron and Kathy talking DFW Business Center leasing

Rosemont’s Kirby White

PMRG’s Kurt Cherry

paper airplanes

Intern Parker Morgan and broker Carson Rice

The party hole! YP’s Ally Price, Colliers’ Lindsay Wolcott, YP’s Savah Savage, Britnai Stegall and Tonie Auer

SRS’ Tyler Isbell

YP’s Trae Anderson shows his Sooner pride!

Lexington’s James Dudley, YP’s Trae Anderson and Sean Dalton, and Colliers’ Billy Vahrenkamp.

The Weitzman Group’s Bob Young, YP’s Moody Younger and Bob’s golf teammates

Some of the YP team: Carson Rice, Ally Price, Britnai Stegall, Lacey Queen, Moody Younger, Tonie Auer and Kathy Permenter

Is there anyone in DFW commercial real estate who doesn’t know our very own Trae Anderson? No? We didn’t think so. He’s larger than life and knows the ins and outs of dealmaking. Part of that is the art of the schmooze. We found him at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco (and so did Bisnow) yesterday networking on the Fazio course.

Here’s Lexington’s James Dudley, YP’s Trae Anderson (and those sweet red golf shoes) and Sean Dalton and Colliers’ Billy Vahrenkamp.

Trae even has his lucky OU golfball.

And, a Sooners golf club cover.

The lucky red shoes = a great shot.

And, then a little supervision of how Carson Rice should re-load the cooler with more beer and cold ice.

Here for you, any time – any day. This group of creative, ambitious and talented professionals is prepared for any situation. From start to finish we’ve got you covered.

Look for us in Bisnow DFW on Monday June 6.

Today, Younger Partners celebrated four years of serving DFW commercial real estate.

That deserves a toast!

Some highlights since our 2012 launch:

We originally started as an office leasing services firm and have since added industrial, property management, investment sales, and tenant representation.

We added industrial in 2013, investment sales in 2014, property management in 2014, multifamily investments sales in 2015, and established a tenant representation division in 2016.

Today, we lease and manage more than 7 million square feet of properties with 17 brokers and 50 employees (about half in brokerage and half in property management).

We’ll drink to that!

Cheers!

Memorial Day is more than just a day to barbecue and celebrate a day off work, but many people struggle to even know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Learn more below about Memorial Day history and the military, law enforcement, firefighters and rescue personnel we support – See more here.

Please consider giving. Younger Partners is endeavoring to raise $2,000. You can contribute here.

Do you need office space close to DFW Airport? How about on the airport property? We have a great place just for you and it was featured in Bisnow.

Our volleyball team killed it last night at the Sandbar Cantina. (And they look good doing it, too!)

Pictured: Davey McAleavey, Tanja Ivandic, Garrett Marler, Britnai Stegall, Nicole Musto and Carson Rice.

How will you honor our fallen on Memorial Day? Younger Partners is participating in Carry The Load and its mission to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day while raising funds for veterans and charities that support them and first responders.

Read the story of Rex Harrison St. John, just one of these fallen heroes we’ll be carrying and consider contributing to the cause.

Will you consider giving to our team?