Transwestern

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Transwestern
Founded1978  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Headquarters Houston, Texas
Key people
Robert Duncan, Chairman
Larry Heard, CEO
Mark Doran, COO
Adam Altsuler, CFO,
Steve Harding, CTO
Allison Allen, CHRO
Bruce Ford President, East Region
Chip Clarke, President, Americas
Number of employees
More than 2,100 [1]
Subsidiaries Ridge Development
Delta Associates
Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, L.L.C. [2]
Website transwestern.com

Transwestern is a privately held real estate firm providing Agency Leasing, Tenant Advisory, Capital Markets, Asset Services and Research to owners of commercial real estate.

Contents

Services

History

In 1978, the company was founded as a real estate development company [3] by Robert Duncan. [4]

During the recession of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company converted into a services business. [3]

Beginning in 1994, the company expanded into the West, Southwest and Midwest regions of the United States. [3]

In 1995, the company acquired Delta Associates, a provider of market research. [5]

In 1998, the company acquired Carey Winston, the largest commercial real estate broker in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. [3] That year, Transwestern Commercial [4] co-founder and chairman Randall K. Rowe was elected chairman of the National Realty Committee. [6]

In January 2001, the company brokered a $113 million, 15-year lease for Oblon in Arlington, Virginia. [7]

In January 2011, Transwestern acquired Fort Worth [8] -based NAI Huff Partners.

In September 2013, Transwestern acquired the Boston firm of Richards Barry Joyce & Partners LLC. [9] [10]

In January 2014, the company acquired Epic Realty Partners LLC, based in Chicago, Illinois, to grow its industrial business. [11]

In March 2014, the company formed a joint venture with the principals of Chicago-based Ridge Property Trust called Ridge Development to expand its industrial development platform. [12]

In February 2015, Transwestern Strategic Partners, the discretionary investment management arm of the company, acquired a property in Scottsdale, Arizona for $58.5 million. [13]

In March 2017, the company acquired Chicago-based tenant advisory firm Tru Office Advisors. [14]

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References

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  2. Form S-11 SEC. July 29, 2009, page 1. Accessed February 26, 2023.
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  13. Seemeyer, Kristian (February 18, 2015). "Lincoln Towne Center Trades for $59M". GlobeSt.com .
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