Southeast Texas Commercial Real Estate

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Our Golden Triangle general contractors get to see the prodƵĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂďŽƌ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůLJ͘ ĞĐĂĚĞƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƐƟůů ƐƚĂŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ /ƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ǀĞƌLJ ƐĂƟƐĨLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨƵŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ playground of a school that you built. It is nice to go into a ďĂŶŬ Žƌ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ƵŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚĞƉŽƐŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ challenges of the project, and the ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ĨĞůƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ public. dŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƉĂƌĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘

ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŇŽǁ Žƌ ĐŽĚĞ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ďƵĚŐĞƚ.” :ĂŵĞƐ ƚŽŽŬ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĂƚŚ͘ KŶĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĂLJ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ĞĂƐLJ ƌŽĂĚ͘ Ɛ Ă LJŽƵŶŐ ŵĂŶ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞ ũŽďƐ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ͘ ,Ğ ƐǁĞƉƚ͕ ĐůĞĂŶĞĚ ƵƉ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĚĞďƌŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŶ ŐŽĨĞƌ ĞƌƌĂŶĚƐ͘ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƐ ǁĞĂƉŽŶ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚƌLJ ůĞǀĞů ũŽďƐ͘ ,Ğ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞĚ Ƶŵ >ĂƵĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ dĞdžĂƐ ΘD ŝŶ ĨŽƵƌ LJĞĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝŶ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ƚŽĚĂLJ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƟŵĂƟŶŐ ĚƵƟĞƐ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă > 'ƌĞĞŶ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ŝƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ dĞdžĂƐ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ > ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ >ĞĞĚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌƌĞƐƉŽŶĚŝŶŐ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ > ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ͘ > ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ buildings use less energy, ůĞƐƐ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ůĞƐƐ ĞdžƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƚŽ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŶĞdžƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ > ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽǀĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĞƌƟĮĞĚ͕ ^ŝůǀĞƌ͕ 'ŽůĚ͕ Žƌ WůĂƟŶƵŵ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ :ĂŵĞƐ ĐĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ LJŽƵ ŝŶ reaching your goal.

dŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŶLJ 'ŽƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶ :ĂŵĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ŽǁŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƌƵŶƐ 'ŽƐƐ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ /ŶĐ͕͘ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĞĂƵŵŽŶƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƌŬƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ dƌŝĂŶŐůĞ͘ dŚĞ Įƌŵ ŚĂƐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƐĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ͕ ůŝŐŚƚ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ƌĞƚĂŝů͕ ĂŶĚ ŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů͘ dLJƉŝĐĂůůLJ͕ ϴϬй ŽĨ their projects are design build or ŶĞŐŽƟĂƚĞĚ͘ >ŝŬĞ ŵĂŶLJ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ dĞdžĂƐ͕ dŽŶLJ 'ŽƐƐ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƚƌŽĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ Įƌŵ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ZŽŽƚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů LJĞĂƌƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ WŽƌƚ ƌƚŚƵƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůĞĂƌŶ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞdžĞĐƵƟŶŐ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ZŽŽƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĞƌǀĞ Śŝŵ ǁĞůů ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ launched Goss Building Inc. eighteen years ago. ,Ğ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ũŽLJ ŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌ͕ ƐƵŵŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Įƌŵ͕ ͞We are successful at ĞƐŝŐŶͬ ƵŝůĚ Žƌ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƚĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁĞ ďƵŝůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŽƵƌ ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͘ tĞ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞƐ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ͘ tĞ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͘ tĞ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ Ă

dŽŶLJ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůLJ ƌĞĨĞƌƐ ƚŽ :ĂŵĞƐ ĂƐ͕ ͞dŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽǁŶĞƌ of Goss Building Inc.” /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͕ LJŽƵ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ŬŶŽǁ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ local contractors.

KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŶŽƟĐĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĂǁĂLJ ĂďŽƵƚ dŽŶLJ 'ŽƐƐ ŝƐ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͘ DŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ dŽŶLJ ůŽǀĞƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ďƵŝůĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĂŶ ŽĸĐĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ƚĞĂŵ Ăƚ Ă ůŽĐĂů ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ ;ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ 'ŽƐƐ ĚŝĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ sĂůǀĞ ĂŶĚ ,LJĚƌĂŶƚ ũƵƐƚ Žī ϭϭth ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŝŶ ĞĂƵŵŽŶƚͿ Žƌ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž ŽĨ ŽĨĮĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ dĞdžĂƐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶLJ ;ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ 'ŽƐƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ 'ƵůĨ Ž͘ ŽŶ

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ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ dŽŶLJ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůLJ ĞŶũŽLJƐ ŝƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĐŚƵƌĐŚĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƐŚŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ ǁŚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ǁŽƌƐŚŝƉ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ dŽŶLJ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶũŽLJƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ Žƌ ƉĂƐƚŽƌĂů ƚĞĂŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƌĞĂƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ ƐƚĞǁĂƌĚƐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ dĞdžĂƐ churches.

dŽŶLJ͛Ɛ Įƌŵ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ͘ 'ŽƐƐ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ /ŶĐ͘ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ Ă ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂǁĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įƌŵ͘ dŚĞLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƌĞƉĞĂƚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͕ Ă ƚĞƐƟŵŽŶLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌŬ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĂƐƚ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ͘

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dŽŶLJ ĂŶĚ :ĂŵĞƐ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞLJ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞLJ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƐŽůŝĚ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂǀĂŐĞƐ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚ dĞdžĂƐ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞLJ ƚƌĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞLJ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƉŽĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĐŽƐƚƐ ŝŶ ĐŚĞĐŬ Ăƚ ĞĂĐŚ ƉŚĂƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘ dŽŶLJ ĂŶĚ :ĂŵĞƐ ǁŝůů ǁŽƌŬ ǀĞƌLJ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͘

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