Category: News

You may have already seen the incredible news coverage on five male dancers from DISD’s Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts have been accepted into the prestigious Julliard School in NYC. Among those five is Todd Baker, the son of our very own Renee Baker. Here they are at last night’s Booker T. 40th anniversary celebration.

Here is just a sampling of the news coverage:

Dallas Morning News

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Fox 4

Congrats to Todd and his entire family from Younger Partners. Break a leg!

Kathy Permenter was among many CRE women supporting New Friends New Life yesterday at a fundraiser luncheon. NFNL is a non-profit that works to restore and empower formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and their children. The organization’s goal is to help women overcome backgrounds of abuse, addiction, poverty, and limited opportunities by providing access to education, job training, interim financial assistance and spiritual support. Kudos ladies!

Younger Partners is pleased to once again support Carry The Load. We have a team fundraising now. We invite you to join our walk team or contribute to this great cause by signing up on our team page here.  And, check out the fun we had last year honoring these heroes.

As usual, the NTCAR Hall of Fame Induction and Reunion brought out the icons of Dallas-Fort Worth commercial real estate. We caught up with good friends and colleagues to celebrate 2017’s newest inductees and lifetime achievement winner.

Snapping a photo of the past winners and the new inductees is always tricky business because these CRE leaders love to catch up with one another and seldom stand still anyway. YP’s Kathy Permenter and Robert Grunnah (near the middle on the left side of the handrail) serve on the Hall of Fame committee.

Here’s the newest NTCAR Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees: John Scovell of Woodbine Development Corp. and Transwestern’s Jack Huff on each side of the 2017 Michael McAuley Lifetime Achievement Award winner, John Crawford of Downtown Dallas Inc.

Kathy with fellow Hall of Fame committee member, Darrell Hurmis of Henry S. Miller.

YP’s David Hinson, Carter T. Crow and Moody Younger.

Looking dapper, YP’s Robert Grunnah preps for his part of the event.

YP’s Kathy Permenter with CRE icon Wayne Swearingen and his wife

The YP gang found a hall-of-famer (NTCAR and the NFL) with JLL’s Roger Staubach (center)

YP’s Nan Li, Renzo Cella and Josh Remington

Schmoozing before the event

YP’s Lew Wood, John St. Clair and Transwestern’s Jeff Givens

And, the evening isn’t complete without at least one selfie. Here’s YP’s Tanja Ivandic and Tonie Auer

Pictured: YP’s Carter T. Crow, developers Brian Flaherty and Eric Langford, and YP’s Byron McCoy. Not pictured: YP’s Trae Anderson

The Dallas Business Journal dug a little deeper behind the sale of the former Raytheon campus with this news report.

Here’s our news release:

Construction starts this summer on the Jupiter Miller Business Center, which will take the place of the former Raytheon campus on Jupiter Road in Garland. It was a deal that took months to complete complicated by various issues including two sellers – one of which is the iconic defense contractor. On the horizon: an 800,000-square-foot two-building industrial distribution center.

The forward-looking buyers, a partnership of Dallas-based developers Langford Property Co.’s Eric Langford and Flaherty Development’s Brian Flaherty, plan to build an industrial development covering 40 acres of the 70-acre property. Delivery is scheduled for 2018. The developers have hired Bob Moore Construction as the general contractor for the project.

Younger Partners’ Carter Crow, Byron McCoy, and Trae Anderson represented one of the sellers, Lexington, in the transaction. JLL’s Craig Phelps and Brad Selner represented the other seller, Raytheon.

The deal had many moving parts that required expertise to make the transaction occur, Langford says. “The existing facilities had both office and industrial people working together,” he says. “It was built on an old airport site, so that added to some issues.”

The property included eight buildings. One building had two separate owners, but shared a common wall and roof.  So, it couldn’t be sold by one without the other, McCoy says.  “There’s no question this deal had a lot of hair on it” Langford adds. “But, for an adaptive re-use, taking an office/manufacturing park that has outlived its usefulness and repurposing it into modern industrial is something Brian and I have done and we felt good about breathing new life into this site.”

“Land is becoming more valuable than the improvements; even after remediation, demolition, etc., these close-in, urban sites are becoming few and far between in the Dallas area,” Langford says.

North Dallas is becoming barren of large, industrial tracts that are desired by developers building manufacturing/distribution facilities, Flaherty adds.

“This location is great because of the good employment base, available hotel rooms, restaurants, daycare facilities, and all the things employees need. For the user, there are likely suppliers nearby, too,” he says.

The remediation challenges are not new to the development duo; they partnered on a project at 1111 W. Bardin Rd in Arlington that repurposed the former National Semiconductor property. That project will have 1.25 million square feet across three buildings. It had similar issues to the Raytheon site. For Langford and Flaherty, the clean-up and redevelopment is a niche they’ve comfortably navigated together. Flaherty also redeveloped the former Forum 303 (later Festival Marketplace) at Texas 360 and Pioneer Parkway in Arlington. He demolished the shopping center and turned it into the Pioneer 360 Business Center filled with warehouse and distribution facilities before flipping it to an institutional buyer.

Both the Arlington and Garland projects will be higher-finish industrial buildings that may be ideal for manufacturers because they will be designed to be more flexible state-of-the-art buildings, especially compared to nearby facilities are that are 20 years old or older.

The construction process includes asbestos abatement before the buildings can be demolished. Once remediation is done, construction will start this summer. The first part of the project along Jupiter Road will feature 800,000 square feet of modern manufacturing and distribution buildings on 40 acres of the 70-acre property, Langford says. The project should be completed by early summer 2018. More development along the property is likely to follow as the market demands it, he says.

“The infill location should appeal to users looking for a ready workforce,” McCoy says.

“Eric and Brian have the formula down for redevelopment projects like this,” says Crow. “They can overcome obstacles – and even anticipate them – to create fabulous urban infill projects and take obsolete sites and transform them into state-of-the-art redevelopment gems.”

“Dallas has continued to fill with industrial users and the most popular areas like Garland, Great Southwest, and Carrollton are all fairly full,” Flaherty says. “There’s space in South Dallas, but

companies also want to be close to the Metroplex’s great transportation network, a nearby labor base, and access to a DART line. Labor is huge component of a business.”

Younger Partners team members care about the community and giving back is a big part of our company culture. Michael Ytem rode a 36-mile route on April 22 as part of the Children’s Health Red Balloon Run and Ride to benefit Children’s Medical Center Plano. You can relive his route here.

Great job Michael!

Here’s the Younger Partners team Sunday morning at the Rise and Shine 5K/Walk to benefit the Rise School of Dallas. The non-profit provides the highest quality of early childhood education services to children with Down Syndrome and other developmental disabilities and to children without disabilities in an inclusive classroom setting with master’s level educators and on-staff speech, occupational, physical, and music therapists.

Great fun was had at the NTCAR Stemmons Service Award event last night at the Dallas Country Club. We cheered for our Kathy Permenter, who was one of four illustrious CRE veterans in the running for the event. Ultimately, CBRE’s Steve Berger took the award home. We’re proud of Kathy and loved celebrating her nomination with her. Check out our Facebook page for some event snapshots.

Kathy Permenter with Steve Mancillas and Dan Stansbury.

Menyon Capital Partners’ Bobby Jefferson, Kathy, 2012  Stemmons Service Award Winner Susan Arledge (E Smith Realty), 2014 Stemmons Service Award Winner  Kim Butler (Hall Financial Group) and NTCAR president Lynn Dowdle (Dowdle Real Estate).

Check out the rest of our photos on our Facebook page.

Our deals made the news! here’s the latest.

REBusiness News featured our deals at Park Central 3 & 4:

Younger Partners has arranged a pair of office leases totaling 27,979 square feet at Park Central 3 and Park Central 4 in Dallas. The deals included a renewal expansion and a new tenant. Younger Partners’ Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton represented the landlord, Pittsburgh-based McKnight Realty Partners, in the deals. In the first transaction, Holmes Murphy & Associates expanded its lease by 20,504 square feet to a total of 72,477 square feet at Park Central 4, located at 12712 Park Central Dr. in Dallas. Sarah Hinkley and T.D. Briggs of Peloton Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. In the second transaction, Supply Sanitation Systems LLC signed a new 7,475-square-foot lease at Park Central 3, located 12700 Park Central Drive Transwestern’s Nora Hogan and Jordan Wade represented the tenant.

Bisnow featured both our deals at Park Central 3 & 4, as well as deals at Dallas Communications Complex.

Younger Partners inked two deals totaling 34k SF at Park Central 3 and 4 in Dallas. Younger Partners’ Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton repped the landlord, Pittsburgh-based McKnight Realty Partners. Holmes Murphy & Associates expanded its lease by 21k SF to a total 72k SF at Park Central 4. Peloton’s Sarah Hinkley and TD Briggs repped the tenant. Supply Sanitation Systems signed a new 7k SF lease at Park Central 3. Transwestern’s Nora Hogan and Jordan Wade repped the tenant. Personal Economics renewed 6k SF at 3 Park Central in Dallas. Jackson Cooksey’s Art Leichner and Andrew Crikes repped the tenant.

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Nearly 24k SF of deals were inked at Dallas Communications Complex in Irving. Younger Partners’ Trae Anderson and Sarah Savage repped the landlord, Austin-based Capital Commercial Investments, across the three leases at the Class-B, 341k SF office/flex complex. Regus leased 19k SF in Building 3. CBRE’s Mike Cleary, Steve Rigby, Baron Aldrine, Mike Kay and Peter Danna repped the tenant. Maximal Health leased 2k SF in Building 2. E Smith Realty’s Christopher Schafer repped the tenant. TechnoLabs leased 2k SF in Building 2 in a direct deal.

Last year, approximately 40,290 US women died from breast cancer. Only lung cancer accounts for more cancer deaths in women, according to The American Cancer Society. Early detection and regular exams are crucial to fight this deadly disease.

That’s why Younger Partners sported pink this week to raise awareness as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For more information on breast cancer, early detection and treatment, go to http://ww5.komen.org/breast…/earlydetectionampscreening.html

#pinkpower

Congratulations Kathy Permenter on being named a finalist for the NTCAR 2016 Stemmons Service Award.

She’s in great company, too, with CBRE’s Steve Berger, Colliers International’s Greg Cannon, Carey Cox Co’s Bill Cox. The 2016 Stemmons Service Award will be presented on Thursday, January 26th, 2017 at the Dallas Country Club.

Don’t forget that today is North Texas Giving Day. If you contribute at least $25 to your favorite charity on the list, they get matching contributions. Make your donations multiply today! https://northtexasgivingday.org

Congrats and thanks to our team: Younger Partners was named one of the Dallas Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in North Texas. We finished No. 10 out of 28 in the small business category. It’s all about teamwork and great leadership.

Kathy Permenter & Moody Younger display the award.

Marketing team members Lacey Queen and Britnai Stegall with Kathy and Moody.

Congrats team!

The Rio Olympics had us daydreaming about the track and field skills of Usain Bolt, Mohamed Farah and Allyson Felix. But these CRE professionals don’t need to daydream. We rounded up marathoners, triathletes, ironmen and ironwomen, and extreme athletes who make the industry look fit as a fiddle. Here’s the Bisnow DFW feature on Younger Partners’ Ally Price, Tanja Ivandic and Autumn Stallings.

Younger Partners office leasing agent Ally Price constantly looks for ways to change up her workout routine as a runner, triathlete and CrossFit-er and instructor. She claims to keep a certain level of fitness to justify brunch and happy hours (as good a reason as any, in our book). She began triathlon training two years ago with her husband (pictured). The couple recently competed in the Kemah Olympic Triathlon, where she finished with a personal record. She’s also a 10K and half marathon junkie. “I am not an endurance athlete by nature, so each race is a big challenge,” Ally tells us.

Younger Partners industrial broker and sales associate Tanja Ivandic just started training for the Houston Marathon in January. Tanja ran cross country and track at TCU and started running marathons after graduation as a way to learn her way around Dallas. She competed in the 2014 Boston Marathon, the San Antonio Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and many others. “In 2012, I ran from Uptown to Plano for my first 20-mile run,” Tanja tells us. “That’s before I learned about White Rock Lake!” Here she is taking first place and breaking the tape at the Michelob Ultra Dallas 13.1 in 2014.

Younger Partners property assistant Autumn Stallings started running 5K and 10K races seven years ago and worked her way up to half marathons by 2012. “I never thought I would run in a full marathon, but after several halfs I decided ‘Why not?'” Autumn tells us. She’s now run four full marathons and will compete in an ultramarathon in February.

Way to go ladies. We’re proud of you!

Between 1,500 and 110,000 contiguous square feet available now at 122 West, a great location at 122 West John Carpenter Freeway in Irving. With major building renovations completed, there’s also a new deli operator with outdoor patio seating, tenant conference center & lounge with wifi, and a fitness Center with showers & lockers.

122 West features:
Garage parking
24×7 on-site security; property management on-site
Outstanding freeway visibility
Superior ingress/egress
Signage opportunities

Congratulations to Sean Dalton for taking home the title of Top Producer at Younger Partners for August!

Year-to-date, the top 10 producers so far are: Trae Anderson, Sean Dalton, Heather Shover, Todd Jones, Kathy Permenter, Sarah Savage, Hahn Franklin-Mitchell, Ally Price, Byron McCoy and Carter T. Crow. Well done team!

You can always find Younger Partners at the forefront of DFW commercial real estate and it was no different at the NTCAR Expo last week. Younger Partners was among the companies and organizations featured in Bisnow DFW. Check it out here.

It was a new venue, but the same old fun and networking as usual at the annual NTCAR Commercial Real Estate Expo Trade Show & Party on Sept 1 at North Hall at Market Center in Dallas. Younger Partners upped the ante with some Beer Pong, freebies and lots of smiles! Here’s just a few of the snapshots from the event.

Congrats to July Top Producer of the Month for Younger Partners: Heather Shover!

Congrats also to our Top 10 brokers through July:

Trae Anderson, Sean Dalton, Todd Jones, Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter, Sarah Savage, Hahn Franklin-Mitchell, Ally Price, Byron McCoy, and Carter T. Crow.