TREC Blog

TREC PAC Shares 2025 Dallas City Council Candidate Endorsements
DALLAS (April 3, 2025) – The Real Estate Council Political Action Committee (TREC PAC) announces its endorsement of 11 candidates in the upcoming Dallas City Council election. As part of its vetting process, TREC PAC carefully reviewed each candidate’s voting records,...

Welcome, New TREC Members: March 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 March: Andrew...

Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund to Celebrate Ribbon Cutting for Jaipur Lofts, a 71-Unit Mixed-Income Development in Old East Dallas Â
Developers O-SDA Industries and Across to host Grand Opening March 27 at Jaipur Lofts, which focuses on serving families earning between 30% and 80% of the area median income DALLAS— The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund (DHOF) announces the Grand Opening of one of its...

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...