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    • TREC’s 2025 Year-in-Review

    by | Dec 15, 2025 | Leadership Development, Public Policy, TREC Community Investors, TREC News, Young Guns

    Thank you all for an amazing 2025!

    We are so grateful to the members, member companies, and community partners who fueled our work across The Real Estate Council and TREC Community Investors this year.

    We accomplished a lot together, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

    Thank you for your commitment to cultivating relationships in the commercial real estate industry, catalyzing community investment, influencing public policy, propelling careers, and developing the leaders of tomorrow.

    Thank you for your dedication to investing in the disinvested, energizing neighborhoods, and changing lives throughout our city.

    Check out our best highlights from the last year below, relive our biggest memories, and help us carry that momentum on into 2026:

    Membership & Programs

     

    • 81 percent of TREC members participated in at least one program, committee, or event
    • We procured $1.084 million in membership revenue
    • We created a Sponsorship Prospectus to share our full sponsorship offerings with members and member companies
    • We SOLD OUT all three Speaker Series events
    • Raised $1.51 million at FightNight XXXVI, surpassing both our fundraising and table sales goals

    Young Guns

     

    • 944 total Young Guns members
    • 187 new Young Guns joined TREC in 2025
    • 245 Young Guns participated in our Breakfast Groups program
    • 35 Young Guns were active with TREC’s Public Policy Committee
    • 18 Young Guns were TREC Political Action Committee (PAC) members
    • We sold out six Young Guns events this year, including the annual Rising to the Top and Forum
    • 58 Young Guns attended New Member Coffee events this year
    • We raised $58,548 toward the 2025 Young Guns TREC Community Investors Project during this year’s Casino Night

    Leadership Development

     

    • Completed the 29th program in Associate Leadership Council (ALC) history
    • Paired 56 mentors and mentees in this year’s Mentorship Program
    • 40 percent of mentors also served on a TREC board
    • 46 TREC members attended our Path to Civic Engagement event
    • 82 Leadership Alumni members participated in our second-annual Clash of the Classes
    • 238 Leadership Alumni members were active with TREC this year
    • 50 percent of 2025 TREC board members are ALC alumni

    TREC PAC & Public Policy

      

    • TREC PAC was comprised of 69 members at year-end
    • $48,500 in TREC PAC contributions raised
    • 25 TREC PAC members attended RECsTX Lobby Day in Austin
    • 11 of the 13 TREC PAC-endorsed Dallas City Council candidates won their respective races
    • Hosted a TREC PAC fundraiser at Hillwood in May with former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Ross Perot Jr. that raised more than $3,500 in contributions

    Public Policy Wins

    • TREC is being increasingly recognized as a regional commercial real estate policy resource, not only a Dallas-focused organization
    • We influenced municipal revisions to the Firefighter Air Replenishment System (FARS) guidance, resulting in clearer thresholds – over 75 feet, or two floors below grade – across Dallas and Collin counties. Typical savings for a building less than 75 feet that was previously included is $800,000.
    • The City of Dallas reduced or eliminated most minimum parking requirements, adopting several recommendations that TREC proposed.
    • TREC’s Planning and Development Working Group offered specific, actionable feedback to City of Dallas staff on the rollout of the DallasNow permitting and land-use management platform.

      TREC Community Investors

        

      • Submitted application documents for Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) recertification
      • Cut the ribbon on two Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City projects, South Dallas Fair Park ICDC (2024 Young Guns Project) and Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center (2024 ALC Project)
      • Began work on 2025 Young Guns and Associate Leadership Council (ALC) community investment projects with DISD and Frazier Revitalization, respectively
      • TREC members contributed 2,602 volunteer hours and $464,930 in in-kind and pro bono services
      • Cohosted the first Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City community meeting
      • Hosted a Mill City bus tour of proposed, completed, and ongoing projects
      • Collaborated with Frazier Revitalization’s Major Home Repair Program on two volunteer days to improve a longtime Mill City resident’s property
      • Hosted two lending webinars and streamlined our lending application process to better serve current and prospective borrowers
      • Received significant gifts from NexBank ($200,000), Hillcrest Foundation ($75,000), Capital One ($50,000), Rosewood Foundation ($25,000), HPI ($40,000), and Compatriot Capital ($15,000)