TRECcast

On this episode of TRECcast, we sit down with Dupree Scovell to commemorate 20 years of Young Guns! Dupree is managing partner and chief investment officer at Woodbine Development Corporation, and he was one of the panelists at last week’s Young Guns Rising to the Top. Subscribe to TRECcast on your favorite podcast app, follow TREC and TREC Community Investors on social media, and check out our ev...

On this episode of TRECcast, we’re continuing our year-long celebration of the Associate Leadership Council program’s 30th anniversary! Today, we’re joined by ALC founder Jeff Swope (Champion Partners), who chaired the program’s inaugural Class of 1996, and 2026 Chair Alex John Jr (Bennett Partners Architecture), for an in-depth look at the program’s early days, its growth in popularity, and how l...

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our Feb. 25 Speaker Series event, which focused on the economic impact of the nine FIFA World Cup matches that will be played in North Texas this summer, the most of any host city. The panel was moderated by Eric Prisbell of The Dallas Morning News and featured two members of the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee: Dan Hunt (FC Dallas) and Monic...

On this episode, we catch up with Alena Denisova (ARCO/Murray Construction) and Preston Zartman (Balfour Beatty), project managers of the 2025 ALC community investment project to transform the outdoor space at the nonprofit Frazier Revitalization for year-round use. The class will join Frazier in cutting the ribbon on the project during a community celebration on Friday, March 27.

On this episode, we sit down with Frazier Revitalization’s Felisa Conner to talk about the Mill City nonprofit’s recent projects with TREC Community Investors and our 2025 Associate Leadership Council (ALC) class. On Friday, March 27, the ALC team will join Felisa in cutting the ribbon on Frazier’s renovated outdoor space, which allows for year-round programming and enhanced digital connectivity.

On this episode of TRECcast, we check in with 2026 TREC Community Investors Chair Aaron Echols (Frost Bank) about how community investment fits into our strategic plan framework, the ways we’ve made our real estate lending program more accessible for potential borrowers, and what’s next for Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City after last year’s big wins.

On this episode of TRECcast, we chat with 2026 TREC Chair Jeff Matthews about the year ahead, including his priorities for the organization, the new strategic plan, and much more. Register for our upcoming Leadership Alumni Clash of the Classes on March 5 at recouncil.com/upcoming-events, and sign up to be a mentor or mentee at recouncil.com/mentorship.

On this episode, we chatted with Jamee Jolly about her first year as TREC President and CEO and the organization's new three-year strategic plan (recouncil.com/strategic-plan). Get your tickets for Speaker Series: The World Cup Comes to Dallas (Feb. 25) and Leadership Alumni Clash of the Classes (March 5), and register for our Mentorship Program starting Feb. 2. Learn more at recouncil.com/upcomin...

Happy holidays! Today's episode is a replay of last month's Market Matters event, which featured Mark Gibson and JLL Capital Markets-Americas and his 2026 capital markets update. Mark is a longtime TREC member and former chairman of the organization. He leads nearly 2,000 capital markets professionals throughout the Americas region and is a member of JLL’s global capital markets board, which helps...

On this episode of TRECcast, we sit down with Jessica Stroud (Stream Realty Partners) about the 2024 Associate Leadership Council (ALC) class project, which benefited the ongoing Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City. Jessica served as project manager for the class’s renovation of a former church building into a new headquarters for the nonprofit Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr. Community Outreach Center, whic...

On this episode of TRECcast, we catch up with 2026 ALC Chair Alex John Jr., who chatted with us about the program's upcoming 30th anniversary, his experience as a class member, and what he and the Steering Committee are looking for in candidates. To learn more about the program and submit your application, go to recouncil.com/full-alc-application.

This episode is a replay of our August 26 Bank of Texas Speaker Series conversation with Southern Methodist University (SMU) President Jay Hartzell. To check out links mentioned in this episode, go to recouncil.com/trec-blog.

On this episode of TRECcast, we catch up with Laurence Cole, who with his brother Richard are our boxing co-chairs for the upcoming FightNight XXXVI. Laurence chatted with us about his life in boxing, what to expect at this year’s FightNight, and the 2024 Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight at AT&T Stadium.

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our May 15 Bank of Texas Speaker Series fireside chat with Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert. For a list of events and programs detailed in this episode, click here:

On today's show, we're catching up with Matthew McManigle (Balfour Beatty) and Tanner Lloyd (Birch Construction), who were the project managers on our 2024 Young Guns Community Investors Project! The team recently completed an exterior renovation of Spring Plaza, located at 4907 Spring Avenue, which is home to the nonprofit South Dallas Fair Park Community Development Corporation (ICDC) and three...

On this episode of TRECcast, we're chatting with Rob Bowlby, who is the president of the insurance recovery firm GlobalPro's Texas office. Rob was instrumental in the development of TREC's Industry Insights event series, which returns this spring. To register for our May 15 Bank of Texas Speaker Series event with Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, go to recouncil.com/upcoming-events.

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our Market Matters panel, “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 Real Estate Advisory Group, Rogers-O’Brien Construction, D CEO, KFM Engineering & Design, Republic Title, and Stewart Title Nation...

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our Feb. 13 Bank of Texas Speaker Series conversation between Hillwood CEO Todd Platt and Las Vegas Sands President and COO/Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont. During their talk, Dumont detailed the trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers as well as the new ownership group’s plans for the team and its desire to build a state-of-the-art ho...

On today’s show, we get a deep dive on “community land trusts,” or CLTs, with Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network. Over the last few years, TREC Community Investors has been hard at work developing the forthcoming Dallas Community Land Trust, and Jason and Grounded Solutions Network were instrumental in this effort. Subscribe to TRECcast on your favorite podcast app, follow TREC and TREC Comm...

On this episode of TRECcast, TREC Public Policy Chair Evan Beattie joins us to preview our 2025 public policy advocacy priorities! The GFF Chairman and CEO sat down with Jennifer Schmiel, Senior Director of The Real Estate Council, to discuss the 89th Texas Legislature, the upcoming Dallas City Council election, and the issues we'll be monitoring throughout the year. If you'd like to get involved...

On today's show, we sit down with 2025 TREC Chairman Rick Perdue! We talked about his priorities for the year, teaching real estate at SMU, his involvement with The Loop, and much more. If you are interested in getting involved with TREC PAC this year, please contact Jennifer Schmiel at jschmiel@recouncil.com.

On this episode of TRECcast, we sat down with South Dallas/Fair Park Innercity Community Development Corporation (ICDC) Founder Diane Ragsdale and Executive Director Billy Lane! We talked about the 2024 Young Guns project to renovate ICDC's headquarters as part of Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City, as well as the history of the organization and how ICDC serves the Mill City community.

On this episode of TRECcast, JLL Capital Markets-Americas CEO Mark Gibson gives his annual capital markets forecast during our final Bank of Texas Speaker Series event of the year on Tuesday, November 12. Thank you to sponsors Bank of Texas, Stewart Title, GlobalPro, Southside Bank, Younger Partners, The Dallas Morning News-Medium Giant, Bob Moore Construction, CapRock Management Partners, and Rep...

On this episode of TRECcast, TREC President & CEO Jamee Jolly discusses her return to the organization after serving as its director of policy and programs earlier in her career, as well as the challenges facing the commercial real estate industry entering 2025 and her memories of working to bring the Klyde Warren Park project to life.

This episode of TRECcast is a replay of our October 1 Bank of Texas Speaker Series conversation with Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall. The first Black female CEO of an NBA franchise sat down with Kris Lowe of JLL Capital Markets to tell stories about her life and career as only she could. Special thanks to Speaker Series sponsors Bank of Texas, Stewart Title, GlobalPro, Republic Title, Younger P...