2013 Sponsors
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services is the nation’s largest commercial real estate brokerage firm and since 1971, has been the premier provider of investment real estate brokerage services. Our overall mission is to assure that owners and investors receive the most effective research, advisory and transaction services tailored to the nuances of each property type. We achieve this mission by providing our agents with specialized training, custom tools and research for each property type as well as ongoing organization and communication. Investors have come to rely on Marcus & Millichap for access to the nation’s highest-quality inventory of investment properties. Our inventory is one of the largest selections of investment options supported by a high standard of pricing and underwriting. Investors also benefit from our value-added services, including competitive financing and market research.
Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) is a new brokerage platform created to support the needs of institutional and sophisticated private multifamily investors. IPA is centered around a select national network of institutionally qualified brokerage professionals and supported by a robust technology platform and highly regarded research. IPA’s unique combination of real estate investment expertise, industry-leading technology, superior support services and acclaimed research will offer customized solutions for the acquisition and disposition of institutional multifamily properties and portfolios.
Beck Redden is a firm of courtroom lawyers. Litigation is the firm’s only practice, and the attorneys take special pride in advocating for clients before juries and judges. In a world of increasing legal complexity, Beck Redden remains committed to simple traditions of professionalism, integrity, and distinguished advocacy. The attorneys at Beck Redden have extraordinary accolades and experience and recently, the firm was named to National Law Journal’s Litigation Boutique Hot List for 2013. That standard of excellence runs through and through at Beck Redden. With victories earned across the nation, both bench and bar hold the firm in high regard. For clients, this experience comes hand-in-hand with efficiency. Beck Redden’s compact litigation teams are designed to move swiftly, confident in tactics they themselves have deployed with success in high-stakes environments. The firm is also proud to have pioneered alternative billing models, meeting complex legal challenges with innovation in every aspect of service.
Berkeley Point Capital LLC is one of the nation’s leading capital solutions providers. The firm boasts a 30+ year history and a servicing portfolio of over $28 billion, representing over 2,200 loans and almost 500,000 units in 45 states and the District of Columbia. This extensive and diverse national platform, that includes 12 offices and over 200 employees, allows us to provide clients with superior execution in every market in the country.
BSB Design was founded in 1966 to specialize in the planning and design of residential housing and communities. Our long history of successful residential design forms the background for the firm’s approach to multifamily communities. We strive to design homes that maintain a residential scale and feel, even in the largest communities. All of our multifamily designs encourage resident interaction, highlight individuality through architectural detailing, and provide the most inclusive amenities on the market. Through innovative methods of design and service, BSB Design has earned the reputation in the industry as a builder’s architect, one who understands the importance of service and marketable designs. Over the years, we have developed unique services like design reviews, client-led design charettes and CAD consultations to further assist builders in need of quality design services in a compressed time frame. With 7 offices across the country, BSB Design’s architects and planners have a time-tested understanding of regional markets resulting in cost-effective, market-sensitive architecture and community design. BSB Design’s architects and planners continue to develop solutions that help our clients achieve success with each new project.
Mark and Tim Cantrell, along with Bobby McCulloch, founded Cantrell McCulloch, Inc. (CMI) in December 2000. In their opinion, most traditional tax consulting firms were not thorough enough in their evaluations and overall level of service. From the beginning, CMI succeeded in reducing property taxes for clients that had unsatisfactory results using larger, more established firms. Even clients that appeared to have low assessments found that CMI often reduced valuations significantly in the first year of representation. Today, many well known and respected multifamily companies trust CMI with their property tax issues. In 2013, CMI represented over $5 billion in property assessments for multifamily alone, resulting in actual tax savings to our clients of over $20 million. Bobby, Mark and Tim have a unique multifamily background involving brokerage, ownership, management, construction, appraisal, and accounting allowing them the ability to determine the optimum approach to pursue when negotiating with the appraisal district. And their motivational philosophy is evident with each CMI consultants compensation being directly related to the results they generate.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Chicago Title’s National Commercial Services office is one of the largest and most experienced title and escrow organizations in the United States. It is staffed by highly-qualified title and escrow specialists with a broad range of experience in the title insurance profession. The Dallas National Commercial Services office is one of the top Full-Service Direct Operations in the nation. These organizations operate independently but in concert with parent Fidelity National Title Group’s nationwide operations. Local management and Underwriting Counsel are empowered with the full authority and resources to effectively respond to client requirements.
Hensley Lamkin Rachel, Inc. (HLR) is an AIA-member firm founded in the spring of 1991 primarily to serve as the exclusive architectural firm of a large, national student housing developer. Since then, principals David Hensley, Robert Lamkin and Bruce Rachel have worked with top development firms across the country to enhance communities through appropriate design for every life stage – student, multifamily and senior. HLR has become known as an industry leader in multifamily design and construction services and has been named one of the nation’s Top 100 Architects three times by Multi-Housing News. In 2013, they were named as one of the country’s top architecture firms and top multifamily architecture firms by Building Design + Construction magazine and one of the top design firms in Texas by Engineering News-Record. HLR has completed more than 300 projects with an emphasis in high-density multifamily and mixed-use developments, urban townhomes, and luxury and affordable apartments.
Journeyman Construction, Inc. was founded in 1996 to pursue consulting opportunities in the construction industry. In 2001, our firm began managing construction projects as a General Contractor. Headquartered in Austin, Journeyman Construction covers the state of Texas with regional offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Corpus Christi, and McAllen. Journeyman Construction was named by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing construction firms in the U.S. Annually Journeyman Construction and its affiliated companies generate approximately $120 million in revenue.
Lipscomb & Cathey Insurance is an independent insurance brokerage agency based in Dallas, TX and is home to 30 insurance professionals offering a full range of Property & Casualty, as well as Health & Benefits solutions for both commercial and personal lines clients. The agency is locally known for its approach to providing creative and cost effective solutions for its clients, with a heavy focus on multi-family and other complex real estate driven risks. At Lipscomb & Cathey Insurance, we realize that trust, a sense of urgency and innovative insurance solutions are paramount to a long and successful relationship between client and broker – it is not our ambition to be everything to all potential customers, but rather to bring high value and build lasting relationships with a select clientele. It is this approach that has given us the privilege of working with clients in some instances approaching 40 years and is a reputation we are proud to build upon.
Pierce-Eislen subscribers access up-to-the-minute market information on multi-family properties across 58 markets at two levels: The Individual property or; overview of market conditions critical to assessment of current, and prospective, market status required to make informed acquisition, development, lending, and investing decisions. Property-level information provides photographs, detailed physical characteristics description, prior sales, rental history, and property ownership/management detail needed to make contacts.
Refuse Specialists is a waste hauling and recycling consulting company that works with many of the largest real estate portfolios in the United States and Canada, across thousands of properties, to increase efficiency and greatly reduce our clients overall waste spend by more than 15%. Our proprietary software system then allows Refuse Specialists to audit every line of every invoice, every month, to ensure that our clients pricing remains low. Our simple, performance-based business model provides a risk-free, cost-free, in-sourced solution for our clients that allows us to truly align our interests and partner as an “internal” waste and recycling department for the companies we serve.
Texas Capital Bank is a commercial bank that delivers highly personalized financial services to businesses and private clients. The Bank has full-service locations in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. It is the primary subsidiary of Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ: TCBI), which is included in the Russell 2000® Index. For more information, visit www.texascapitalbank.com.
Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight has approximately 330 attorneys with offices in Texas, New York, California, and Michigan, and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, and Europe. As a full-service firm, Thompson & Knight provides legal solutions to public and private companies, governments, and individuals in all areas, including real estate, finance, oil and gas, litigation, corporate and securities, taxation, intellectual property, creditors’ rights, labor, and environmental matters, among others. Thompson & Knight is ranked among the top five firms in Texas for Real Estate in the prestigious Chambers USA 2013 directory by Chambers & Partners.
United Renovations was founded in 1984 for the purpose of providing commercial and multifamily real estate with a full spectrum of construction services. The majority of our projects are directed toward the redesigning and renovating of existing properties in order to extend their economic value. In 2009, our services expanded to include insurance/recovery and major re-roofing of structures in the multifamily and senior housing industry.
VIMA Décor is a discount volume supplier specializing in products that add value, efficiency, style and quality to multi-family renovations and new construction. Our products are designed as “solutions” for greater savings in material and labor costs, while offering prospects and residents an upscale lifestyle. We cater to distributors, commercial contractors, and property owners seeking upgrades in the multi-family industry.