CENTRAL DIVISION
Wade Bowlin
EVP, Managing Director
Mr. Bowlin brings more than 24 years of experience in real estate with the last 16 years involved in the Houston Market. He has been responsible for the lease negotiation of many large transactions of over 100,000 square feet such as EPCO, Conoco Phillips, BP Amoco, Litton Loan Servicing, Burlington Resources, CAL-Dive, STM Mortgage in Dallas, Texas, and TCIM in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. Bowlin has been named a “Power Broker” by the CoStar Group over the past several years and one of Houston's “Heavy Hitter's” by the Houston Business Journal for the past ten years.
Mr. Bowlin is a graduate of Texas Tech University and serves on the Advisory Board of the Houston Office Guide and Black's Guide. He is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
wbowlin@pmrg.com | (713) 209-5753
Mr. Bowlin brings more than 24 years of experience in real estate with the last 16 years involved in the Houston Market. He has been responsible for the lease negotiation of many large transactions of over 100,000 square feet such as EPCO, Conoco Phillips, BP Amoco, Litton Loan Servicing, Burlington Resources, CAL-Dive, STM Mortgage in Dallas, Texas, and TCIM in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mr. Bowlin has been named a “Power Broker” by the CoStar Group over the past several years and one of Houston's “Heavy Hitter's” by the Houston Business Journal for the past ten years.
Mr. Bowlin is a graduate of Texas Tech University and serves on the Advisory Board of the Houston Office Guide and Black's Guide. He is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
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Bringing more than 28 years of experience in the Houston real estate market, Mr. Spafford has been consistently named one of the top 25 œPower Brokers and has been recognized throughout the community as a real estate Heavy Hitter. He has been responsible for leasing office buildings throughout Houston for M-M Properties and the General Electric Pension Trust, Kan Am, KBS Realty Advisors and ING Clarion. Mr. Spafford previously served as Leasing Manager for the First City Texas Houston office portfolio which included three office buildings in Downtown Houston comprising two million square feet, and has acted as consultant for firms such as Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan Chase and Bank One Texas.
Prior to joining PM Realty Group, Mr. Spafford served as Vice President and Partner for The Murphree Company, a national development firm headquartered in Houston.
Mr. Spafford is a graduate from The University of Texas and currently serves on several office leasing committees for the Central Houston/Downtown Management District.
As Executive Vice President in the Houston Leasing Division, Brad Sinclair is responsible for leasing a portfolio of office properties within the PM Realty Group (PMRG) Houston office.
Mr. Sinclair is an industry veteran with over 22 years experience in Houston real estate. Prior to joining PMRG, Sinclair worked as Senior Vice President and Account Manager at Transwestern representing a select group of clients ranging from large institutions to single building owners.
Mr. Sinclair has executed over 1,000 lease agreements including numerous transactions of over 100,000 RSF such as:
• SBM/Atlantia 171,000 SF
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers 165,000 SF
• Chicago Bridge & Iron 162,000 SF
• EVI/Weatherford, Inc. 146,000 SF
• US Attorney General 114,000 SF
• Merrill Lynch 101,000 SF
Mr. Sinclair has been named a “Power Broker” by the CoStar Group and has been recognized as one of Houston’s “Heavy Hitters” by the Houston Business Journal multiple times.
Mr. Sinclair holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas A&M University and a Texas real estate license.
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As Executive Vice President of the Dallas Region, Kurt Cherry oversees PMRG’s Property Services Division including property management, leasing and marketing initiatives and long-term strategies for the entire DFW portfolio.
As Senior Vice President of Development & Acquisitions, Mr. Demiano brings more than 25 years of industry experience involving the commercial, industrial and healthcare real estate markets, including all aspects of leasing, site acquisitions, development, financial analysis, and property/facilities management experience.
Mr. Demiano is the managing director of PMRG’s Healthcare Advisory Group and assists in relationship development with national Hospital Systems and Healthcare REIT’s, in regards to project development opportunities and acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Demiano represents numerous physician groups in regards to their lease representation and facility design & development.
Prior to joining PMRG, Mr. Demiano served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Real Estate for Amegy Bank of Texas (an affiliate of Zions Bancorporation). He was responsible for acquisitions, banking center distribution strategy and corporate office development for Amegy’s real estate portfolio, which totaled over a million square feet. He also worked with the bank’s REO group in repositioning assets and taking them to market for disposition.
Mr. Demiano holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Houston. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of Texas and is a member of the Building Owners and Manager Association (BOMA) and the urban Land Institute (ULI). He has also served on several Hospital System advisory boards within the state of Texas.
ddemiano@pmrg.com | (713) 209-5987
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Ms. Key brings more than 24 years experience in the real estate industry, ranging from oversight of property operations in both owner-managed and third party environments to financial analysis of real estate assets.
After beginning her real estate career with Gerald Hines in Houston, Ms. Key spent 13 years with Prentiss Properties in various positions, ultimately serving as Vice President. In addition to managing CBD high-rises, she was involved in development projects and new business development. During her tenure at Prentiss Ms. Key was instrumental in developing training classes and company-wide standards, and in her capacity as Vice President, she was responsible for the oversight of property operations and employees for the Southwest Region.
In addition to an extensive background in commercial property management, Ms. Key has experience in related real estate industries. She served as Executive Director for a retail facility management association, overseeing daily operations and coordinating an annual 3-day national educational conference. In this role, Ms. Key also oversaw the development, implementation and marketing of a professional certification program offered through the association. Prior to this role, she served as Vice President for SiteStuff, a real estate technology firm, where she was responsible for all customer facing operations and employees.
Ms. Key holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Houston, where she graduated with honors, and is a member the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA).
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Mr. Durham brings more than 11 years of experience in the Dallas real estate market, leasing over 4.1 million square feet throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. His recent accomplishments include the pre-leasing of Saint Ann Court, a Class AA Uptown new development to 44%. Signed tenants included Amegy Bank, Erasmus Advisors, Aldus Equity and McGuire, and Craddock & Strother. In addition, he obtained some of the highest rental rates in Dallas and increased occupancy to 100% at The Rolex Building, 2828 N. Harwood, The Centex Building and The Jones Day Building, which are all class AA developments in Uptown.
Prior to joining PMRG, Mr. Durham was Director of Leasing for Harwood International's Dallas Office Division where he was involved in over 1.65 million square feet of transactions from 1999 to 2007 in the majority of submarkets in the Dallas Region. He previously worked as a Leasing Representative and Leasing Analyst for Jones Lang LaSalle.
Mr. Durham holds a Management degree from The University of Texas at Austin and attended The University of Richmond on a football scholarship. He is a licensed real estate salesperson in the State of Texas, a member of the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC), the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR), The Real Estate Council (TREC) where he was selected to the 2003/2004 Associate Leadership Council, ALC Alumni and the Certified Commercial Investment Managers (CCIM) of America.
As Senior Vice President of Leasing for the Dallas Region, Ben Appleby is responsible for leasing PM Realty Group’s (PMRG's) existing office product as well as growing the leasing portfolio in the Dallas / Fort Worth market.
Prior to joining PMRG, Mr. Appleby led Duke Realty Corporation’s office leasing and development efforts where he was involved in over 1.75 million square feet of transactions from 2003 to 2009. His recent accomplishments include negotiating 240,000 square feet for T-Mobile’s regional headquarters, 182,700 square feet for American Home Mortgage Servicing corporate headquarters and 100,000 square feet for MedAssets corporate headquarters.
Black’s Guide named Mr. Appleby in its 2009 Top 35 Under 35 list, recognizing him as the top producing office real estate broker with 347,743 square feet of space leased in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. In 2009, he was awarded the NTCAR Young Citizen Award, designed to recognize an outstanding young professional who has worked through participation, volunteerism and charity to contribute to the betterment of the commercial real estate community and society as a whole. Additionally, he has been recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as a “Heavy Hitter” and by Black’s Guide on its “35 Under 35” list multiple times in his career.
Mr. Appleby holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR), the NTCAR Reunion and Hall of Fame Committee, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), The Real Estate Council (TREC), and has served as Chairman of the NTCAR Young Professional Forum and held a NTCAR Board of Director position.
bappleby@pmrg.com | (972) 421-3306
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Ms. Pritchett brings more than 20 years of accounting, budgeting, management, strategic planning, treasury, information system and human resources experience. Her special expertise includes application of the windows based technology platforms of Management Reports Inc. property accounting software.
Prior to joining PMRG, Ms. Pritchett served as Controller for regional firm Stanley Martin Commercial in Vienna, VA, and as CFO for Stout & Teague Management in Washington, DC. She maintained her own consulting practice from 1991 through 1995 after spending five years as Controller for Prentiss Properties. Ms. Pritchett began her career at Arthur Andersen and spent several years with Gerald D. Hines Interests as a Senior Accountant.
Ms. Pritchett holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas A&M where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.