TREC Blog
Bank of Texas Speaker Series: The Sky’s The Limit (Event Replay)
On August 25, we held our latest virtual Bank of Texas Speaker Series event, "The Sky's the Limit," which focused on emerging innovations and emerging transportation markets that will affect how we design the airports, cities, and infrastructure of the future. The...
CRE Executive Roundtable: Tourism Update, the Dallas Fed’s Outlook & the Future of The Office
On our latest CRE Executive Roundtable, VisitDallas CEO Craig Davis updates the group on the hotel and hospitality industry, labor economist Pia Orrennius of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas details the Dallas Fed’s long-term outlook on the region’s coronavirus...
The Crane Report: Summer 2020
COVID-19 has led to a lot of challenging questions and unknowns for decision-makers. Some developers are pausing, and some say they are moving forward, but it remains to be seen how many spec office projects may kick off right now, beyond Jerry Jones’ new Phase IV at...
Bill Cawley: Finding Success by ‘Never Working Scared’
Growing up in a small town south of Chicago, Dallas developer [and 2020 TREC Chairman] Bill Cawley always knew he’d work in real estate someday, just like his dad. Aiming for bigger and better things, he moved to Texas in 1982. He took a job selling condominiums and...
TREC Talks With Dr. Eric A. Johnson (Event Replay)
When Dr. Eric Anthony Johnson joined the City of Dallas as its new Chief of Economic Development, Housing, and Neighborhood Services back in March, much of the city began shutting down due to a COVID-19 pandemic that was still in its infancy here in Texas. So not only...
TREC Policy Working Group to City of Dallas: Cut Commercial Parking Requirements
The City of Dallas requires too much parking. While city code requires three spaces per 1,000 square feet for offices, a Granite Properties study of more than seven million square feet of office space across five U.S. cities including Dallas revealed that just 2.17...