The Real Estate Council held its first educational program of 2019 alongside the Urban Land Institute – North Texas on Thursday with Bank of Texas Speaker Series: WalkUP Wake-Up With Christopher Leinberger. Leinberger, Chair of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University School of Business, debuted the study with Dr. Tracy Loh, also of George Washington University School of Business’s Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, before an audience of approximately 300 TREC members and guests during a luncheon at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel.
A panel consisting of Phil Myrick, President of the Project for Public Places in New York City; Scott Polikov, President of Gateway Planning; and Jennifer Vey, Senior Fellow at the Washington DC-based The Brookings Institution; and moderated by Brandon Palanker, Founder and President of 3BL Strategies, then analyzed Leinberger’s study.
We’d like to thank our sponsors, Bank of Texas, Stewart Title and The Dallas Morning News, for their support and the Urban Land Institute – North Texas for its partnership. We’d also like to thank Christopher Leinberger, Dr. Tracy Loh, Phil Myrick, Scott Polikov, Jennifer Vey and Brandon Palanker for their presentation and analysis.
You can read the full “WalkUP Wake-Up” study here and its executive summary here.
Check out photos from the event below.

Christopher Leinberger (fifth from right) and Dr. Tracy Loh (fourth from right) with Phil Myrick (right), Brandon Palanker (second from right), Jennifer Vey (third from right), Scott Polikov (fourth from left), and representatives from The Real Estate Council, the Urban Land Institute – North Texas, Bank of Texas and Stewart Title.

Christopher Leinberger (center), with Dr. Tracy Loh (fourth from right), our panelists, and TREC Chairman Jim Knight.

Christopher Leinberger (right), Dr. Tracy Loh (center), and Bank of Texas.

Christopher Leinberger (second from right) with Dr. Tracy Loh (second from left) and Stewart Title.

TREC Chairman Jim Knight opened our first Bank of Texas Speaker Series of 2019.

Shea Byers of J Street Companies introduced Christopher Leinberger.

Christopher Leinberger

Dr. Tracy Loh

Phil Myrick

Jennifer Vey and Scott Polikov