TREC Blog

Member Spotlight: Austin Sheahan, 2025 Casino Night Chair
Austin Sheahan is the 2025 Young Guns Casino Night Chair. He has been a member of TREC since 2021 and has previously served as Breakfast Groups Chair, Casino Night Vice-Chair, and on the Membership Engagement Committee. He is a Director at Newmark. What is your...

Market Matters Replay: Data Centers in DFW (Podcast + Video)
You may now watch or listen to our March 4 Market Matters event, "Data Centers in DFW." It featured David Liggitt (datacenterHawk), Brant Bernet (CBRE), Anthony Bolner (Stream Data Centers), and Bryan Loewen (CSR Capital Partners). Special thanks to sponsors Patterson...

What We Learned at RECsTX Lobby Day 2025
by Nick Walsh, The NRP Group The Texas Legislature is a frantic, 140-day sprint through politics and policymaking. Last month, a contingent of real estate leaders from across the state spent one of those days lobbying lawmakers on behalf of the industry. Members of...

Speaker Series Replay: Patrick Dumont of Las Vegas Sands and the Dallas Mavericks (Podcast + Video)
You may now watch or listen to our Feb. 13 Bank of Texas Speaker Series event with Las Vegas Sands President and COO and Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont. Dumont joined Hillwood CEO Todd Platt to talk about the trade that sent superstar Luka Dončić to the Los...

Welcome, New TREC Members: February 2025
Our membership base is crucial to our work in catalyzing community investment, influencing public policy, propelling careers, and developing the leaders of tomorrow. We are thrilled to have welcomed the following individuals to The Real Estate Council in February:...

Podcast: Community Land Trust Deep Dive With Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network
On this episode of TRECcast, we get a deep dive on “community land trusts,” or CLTs, with Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network. Over the last few years, TREC Community Investors has been hard at work developing the forthcoming Dallas Community Land Trust, and...