Meet the Speakers

Young Guns Forum: Legacy West/Frisco

Meet the Speakers

MODERATOR

Kim Butler

Executive Vice President
HALL Group

Bio

Kim Butler leads the leasing efforts for HALL Park, HALL Group’s 2.2 million-square-foot, 15-building office park in Frisco, and previously for KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts, the 500,000 square-foot Dallas Arts District office tower the company sold in 2016. She is also a member of HALL Group’s development team.

Butler has more than 35 years of commercial real estate experience in Dallas – 25 of which were at Transwestern, where she was consistently a top producer and held several executive roles for the company.

Actively involved in the Dallas commercial real estate community, Butler has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Commercial Real Estate Women’s (CREW) Outstanding Achievement Award, Transwestern’s inaugural Founder’s Award and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ (NTCAR) prestigious Stemmons Service Award, the industry group’s highest honor.

Butler previously served as Chair of The Real Estate Council (TREC), the largest and most influential organization of its kind, representing 95 percent of the commercial real estate business in North Texas. She is also an active member of NAIOP, NTCAR, CREW, the Dallas Arts District and Downtown Dallas, Inc., and has previously held board positions with each. Butler serves on the advisory council of the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, and previously served on the associate board of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Butler’s charitable activities revolve around First United Methodist Church – Dallas.

Butler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

PANELIST

Bill Cawley

Chairman & CEO
Cawley Partners

Bio

Bill Cawley is the brand and vision behind Cawley Partners, a full-service, Dallas-based real estate company historically focused on commercial office product. Over the course of his career, Bill has owned all classes of commercial real estate in multiple markets across the country. He is continually recognized as one of the most influential business leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. This year, Bill received the Pioneer Award from D CEO Magazine for his contributions to the real estate industry over the course of his career. He was the 2022 inductee to the NTCAR (The North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals) Hall of Fame and in 2020 he was named Developer of the Year by D CEO Magazine. Bill has acquired and developed more than 15 million square feet of commercial office product. His company, Cawley Partners, has been the premier office developer along the Dallas North Tollway, developing more than $500 million of Class A office space and totaling more than 1.5 million square feet within the last 5 years.

Bill served as the 2020 Chairman of TREC (The Real Estate Council) and is a past board member of NTCAR. Bill is an active member of ULI (Urban Land Institute) and serves on the SMU COX Folsom Institute for Real Estate Advisory Board. In addition to his industry related committee positions, Bill supports numerous charitable organizations.

PANELIST

Elizabeth Malone

Managing Director
Eastdil Secured

Bio

Elizabeth Malone serves as a Managing Director on the Texas investment sales team at Eastdil Secured.

Prior to joining Eastdil, Malone was with Crow Holdings, where she was responsible for leasing and asset management of the Crow family’s office assets. Prior to Crow Holdings, she was a Director at HFF specializing in office sales in the Southwest, with a focus on the Texas market.

Over the course of her career, Malone has been involved in over $15 billion of commercial real estate transactions. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

PANELIST

Doug McDonald

Director of Economic Development
Plano Economic Development

Bio

Bidne joined Granite in 2007. He is responsible for all project development leadership, identification of development opportunities for investment, development underwriting, property entitlement, land acquisition, zoning, and project design and construction for all development projects. He has a Bachelor of Encvironmental Design and a BS in Construction Science from Texas A&M University. He enjoys traveling with his family, hunting, and fishing.

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