Dallas News: Fashion retailer J. Hilburn leases a north Dallas HQ

Men’s fashion retailer J. Hilburn has rented space in a North Dallas office tower for its home office. The company leased 26,000 square feet in the Park Central 3 building on LBJ Freeway. Brant Landry of E. Smith Realty Partners negotiated the lease with Nora Hogan, Robert Deptula and Natalie Snyder of Transwestern and Kathy Permenter… Read more »

Dallas Business Journal – September 5, 2013 – Billingsley to begin work on ReachLocal office building

Dallas-based development firm Billingsley Co. will begin construction on its latest office project in Plano by the end of the month. Once developed, the 180,000-square-foot, three-story building at 6111 W. Plano Pkwy. will serve as the regional offices for Woodland Hills, Calif.-based online marketing firm ReachLocal Inc., which currently operates from the International Business Park…. Read more »

D Real Estate Daily: Carter Crow Joins Younger Partners

Younger Partners has tapped Carter Crow to help the company grow its industrial real estate services business. He’ll bring with him 1.2 million square feet of leasing assignments to the company, including Billingsley Co.’s Turnpike portfolio. Full article

DallasNews BizBeatBlog – Dallas real estate firm expands industrial operations

Dallas commercial real estate company Younger Partners is expanding its industrial property operations with the addition of a new exec. Carter T. Crow has joined the firm as a managing partner charged with growing the company’s warehouse business.  Full Article

Insight: Quick Stats – GDP

According to the final estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), real gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. grew at an annualized rate of 1.8 percent during the first quarter of 2013, a downward revision from the prior estimate of 2.4 percent annual growth. In comparison, real GDP growth was was a very… Read more »

Insight: Quick Stats – Texas Economic Analysis

All the world’s a stage, but if Texas were a country where would it rank on the global stage? One measure of comparison is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or total output of goods and services produced by a country or, in this case, Texas. According to statistics just released by the Bureau of Economic… Read more »

University of Oklahoma’s 2013 Regents’ Alumni Award Honoree – Trae Anderson

Presented by the OU Board of Regents and OU Alumni Association, the Regents’ Alumni Award honors the important roles of OU alumni and supporters to the life of the university. A committee formed by the Alumni Association selects the award recipients from nominations made by alumni, friends, and OU faculty and staff. Each year’s recipients… Read more »

RealPoints: Spec Office in the Works at Billingsley Co.’s Cypress Waters

Younger Partners will handle leasing for the new office facility, as well as build-to-suit projects. Moody Younger said market conditions favor the Cypress Waters development, and cited the project’s freeway access, proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and amenities like a 362-acre lake as key lures. “There are limited big-block vacancies, and transaction momentum increases… Read more »

Insight: Consumer Spending Rises Amid Signs of Optimism March 2013

Consumer spending has rebounded since the end of the last recession with the latest estimates released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showing that personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $18.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, in January 2013. While consumers pulled back on purchases of durable goods in January, expenditures on services increased by… Read more »

Dallas Morning News: Two Arts Plaza: Moody Younger and Kathy Permenter hired to market Two Arts Plaza

“It’s going to be a fun project to work on,” Younger said. “The business signage opportunities and the visibility on Woodall Rodgers and in the Arts District are second to none.”  See the full article.

Dallas Business Journal – DFW leasing brokers stung by moves in-house

There are three reasons why property owners decide to bring their building leasing and management in-house, said Moody Younger of Younger Partners. Those reasons include saving money on broker’s fees, increasing the attention on the property and the desire to create a brand for the building, he said. “I think this is cyclical,” Younger said…. Read more »

NTCAR 2012 Young Citizen Award Finalist – Sean Dalton, Younger Partners

Congratulations to Sean Dalton of Younger Partners named one of four finalists for NTCAR’s 2012 Young Citizen Award.   NTCAR’s Young Citizen Award recognizes an outstanding young professional who, through industry participation, volunteerism, and charity “contribute to the betterment of the commercial real estate community and society as a hole.”  RealPoints – NTCAR Names Stemmons… Read more »

Dallas Business Journal: Younger, Permenter build new real estate firm in Dallas

It’s been less than a month since Moody Younger and Kathy Permenter resigned from Grubb & Ellis, but in that time, the world has changed for the real estate duo.  Younger and Permenter — along with several former Grubb & Ellis brokers — have formed Dallas-based Younger Partners Commercial LLC, Dallas’ newest commercial real estate… Read more »