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On the Cover: Beyond the Farthest Star

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Inspired by a film called Beyond the Farthest Star (released in 2015), this painting was a collaborative effort started by Thomas Kinkade. Thom was a friend of the producer and had planned to create a painting for the movie’s release. Unfortunately, Thom passed away before the project was complete, so Zac Kinkade took his uncle’s sketch and color study and created the oil painting. In the image, a small family gathers at an overlook to their small town. Above them stretches the infinite heavens and a singular question. What lies beyond the farthest star?

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Contributors

ERIC TYSON (P. 47)

is the author of Small Business Taxes For Dummies®, Second Edition). He is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling personal fnance author, counselor, and the author of fve national best-selling fnancial books. He has appeared on NBC’s Today show, ABC, CNBC, FOX News, PBS, and CNN, and has been interviewed on hundreds of radio shows and print publications.

HANNAH SLODOUNIK (P. 18)

ANTHONY BARBIERI (P. 50)

is a Sustainability Services Associate II at LORD Green Real Estate Strategies. She works with property teams across the globe to benchmark and optimize building performance. Her passion for sustainability in commercial real estate stems from her commitment to ensuring everyone can live, work and play in a healthy environment. She has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Redlands, a Graduate Certifcate in Sustainability from Wake Forest University, and is a LEED AP in Operations and Maintenance.

is a shareholder at Kessler Collins, where he enjoys a broad legal practice. He has been a speaker for ICSC, IREM, and BOMA, has taught continuing-legal education seminars, and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star for many years, as well as being a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He and his wife, Cathy, enjoy traveling and spend- ing time with their extended families, getting involved in their church and supporting the community through various pro- grams –including raising awareness of muscular dystrophy, education and exercise to fght heart disease, providing care and treatment for autism, and counseling domestic-violence victims. He is also a Contributing Editor of the network.

TOM DELARK (P. 36)

is the Chief Marketing Offcer for Hub International’s national real estate practice. He is responsible for overseeing carrier relationships and implementing strategic marketing initiatives. In this role, he focuses on key underwriting partners, while acting as a liaison between the frm’s clients and the insurance marketplace. He has an MBA in General & Strategic Management from Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Penn State University.

CHRIS DUNLAP (P. 36)

is Vice President and Senior Risk Consultant with global insurance broker Hub International’s real estate division. He is a subject matter expert for the industry and leads a team that develops unique services specifc to residential and commercial real estate clients, including developers and owners with large construction projects. He has a B.S. from Rutgers University School of Business and an M.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

ROSE-MARY RUMBLEY (P. 48) holds a Ph.D. in communications from the University of North Texas. She is a well-known speaker in Texas and enjoys researching each and every topic. She is a Contributing Editor of the network and Herstory appears in every issue.

ANGELA O’BYRNE (P. 32)

is the president of national architecture, design-build, and real estate development frm Perez, APC. She champions the principles of smart growth in her home community of New Orleans and in her frequent travels across the country and abroad. Born in Cali, Colombia. Angela is a licensed architect in over a dozen states, a licensed general contractor in Louisi- ana, a Fellow of the American Institute of Ar- chitects, and a member of the National CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Women) Board of Directors. A singer, golfer, music- lover, and globetrotter, she relishes spending free time with her three grown children and large extended family. She is a Contributing Editor of the network and her Amazing Build- ings feature appears in every issue.

MIKE EBBITT (P. 34)

is the director of the Lee & Associates offce tenant representation team based in DFW where he oversees the building and growth of the specialty group which provides end-toend occupier representation services (including relocation, expansion, consolidation, sublease, acquisition and disposition) throughout the Metroplex and across the nation.

BRAD WOLFF (P. 46)

specializes in workforce and personal optimization. He is a speaker and author of People Problems? How to Create People Solutions for a Competitive Advantage. As the managing partner for Atlanta-based PeopleMax, he specializes in helping companies maximize the potential and results of their people to make more money with less stress. His passion is empowering people to create the business success they desire in a deep and lasting way.

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Things I Must Remember As A Dog

(in order to keep my present living arrangements)

The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I’m lying under the coffee table.

I will not roll my toys behind the fridge, behind the sofa or under the bed.

I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house.

I will not eat the cats’ food, before they eat it or after they throw it up.

I will stop trying to fnd the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to get sick.

I will not throw up in the car.

I will not roll on deal seagulls, fsh, crabs, etc. just because I like the way they smell.

I will not munch on “leftovers” in the kitty litter box; although they are tasty, they are not food.

I will not eat any more Kleenex or napkins and then redeposit them in the backyard after processing.

The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.

I will not chew my humans’ toothbrushes and not tell them.

I will not chew crayons or pens, especially not the red ones, or my people will think I am hemorrhaging.

When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it’s raining outside.

We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on the TV.

I will not steal my Mom’s underwear and dance all over the backyard with them.

The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mom & Dad’s laps.

My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

I will not bite the offcer’s hand when he reaches in for mom’s driver’s license and car registration.

I will not play tug-of-war with Dad’s underwear while he’s on the toilet because I do not want a string hanging out of my butt. I will not roll around in the dirt right after just getting a bath. Sticking my nose into someone’s crotch is not an acceptable way of saying hello.

I will not hump on any person’s leg just because I thought it was the right thing to do.

I will not fart in my owners’ faces while sleeping on the pillow next to their head.

I will not come in from outside and immediately drag my butt across the carpet.

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Frank Gehry’s work is amazing. Your piece made me search for bigger pictures, three of which are now on my bulletin board.

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Collated from SAT tests given to 16-yearold students in Springdale, AR

Q: Name the four seasons.

A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.

A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?

A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What is a planet?

A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?

A: The tides are a fght between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to fow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fght.

Q: What are steroids?

A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Q: What happens to your body as you age?

A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q; Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.

A: Premature death.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?

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Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g., abdomen.)

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Q: What is the Fibula?

A: A small lie.

Q: What does “varicose” mean?

A: Nearby.

Q: Give the meaning of the term “Caesarean Section.”

A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome.

Q: What is a seizure?

A: A Roman emperor.

Q: What is a terminal illness?

A: When you are sick at the airport.

Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is its characteristic feature?

A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.

Q: What does the word “benign” mean?

A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

Q: What is a turbine?

A: Something an Arab wears on his head.

Q: What is a Hindu?

A: It lays eggs.

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Texas Ranks Fifth in U.S. For LEED Green Building in 2018

U.S. Green Building Council Announces Texas Ranks Fifth in U.S. For LEED Green Building in 2018

The state returns to the ranking for the first time since 2016

The state returns to the ranking for the first time since 2016

n February 4th, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world’s most widely used green building rating system. Texas came in at number fve on the list, which ranks states based on the number of LEED-certifed square feet per person. The growing adoption of LEED across the state propelled Texas into the top fve in 2018.

OOn February 4th, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the world’s most widely used green building rating system. Texas came in at number fve on the list, which ranks states based on the number of LEED-certifed square feet per person. The growing adoption of LEED across the state propelled Texas into the top fve in 2018.

“Over the past 25 years, the U.S. Green Building Council, its member companies and the green building community have come together to make our planet stronger, greener and more sustainable through LEED,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO, USGBC. “These Top 10 states are examples of how we can create lasting, measurable change and improve the quality of life for everyone in our communities. A better future requires a universal living standard that leaves no one behind—and that future would simply not be possible without the extraordinary work being done in these states.”

“Over the past 25 years, the U.S. Green Building Council, its member companies and the green building community have come together to make our planet stronger, greener and more sustainable through LEED,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO, USGBC. “These Top 10 states are examples of how we can create lasting, measurable change and improve the quality of life for everyone in our communities. A better future requires a universal living standard that leaves no one behind—and that future would simply not be possible without the extraordinary work being done in these states.”

The states that made this year’s Top 10 are home to 128 million Americans and the more than 1,800 buildings that certifed in 2018 represent more than 468 million gross square feet of space. Buildings that are LEED-certifed create healthier spaces for people, as well as use less energy and water, reduce carbon emissions and save money for families, businesses and taxpayers.

Texas certifed 277 green buildings in 2018, representing 3.52 gross square feet of LEEDcertifed space per resident.

The states that made this year’s Top 10 are home to 128 million Americans and the more than 1,800 buildings that certifed in 2018 represent more than 468 million gross square feet of space. Buildings that are LEED-certifed create healthier spaces for people, as well as use less energy and water, reduce carbon emissions and save money for families, businesses and taxpayers.

Texas certifed 277 green buildings in 2018, representing 3.52 gross square feet of LEEDcertifed space per resident.

Notable Projects that certifed in Texas in 2018 include:

environmental stewardship of the ocean.

• Austin Animal Center Kennel Addition, LEED Silver, which expands upon the existing LEED Gold “No Kill” animal center to meet the community’s growing pet adoption needs, and provides an additional 44 kennel spaces, as well as play yards and adoption rooms;

tasks and skills in boating or water activities, while promoting environmental stewardship of the ocean;

• Austin Animal Center Kennel Addition, LEED Silver, which expands upon the existing LEED Gold “No Kill” animal center to meet the community’s growing pet adoption needs, and provides an additional 44 kennel spaces, as well as play yards and adoption rooms;

• Milby High School, LEED Silver, one of the frst public high schools ever constructed in Houston, which maintained the original 1926 building structure during renovations, but incorporated modern and innovative design tactics to enhance students’ learning environments; and

• Milby High School, LEED Silver, one of the frst public high schools ever constructed in Houston, which maintained the original 1926 building structure during renovations, but incorporated modern and innovative design tactics to enhance students’ learning environments; and

• NASA Human Health & Performance Laboratory, LEED Silver, which is a human health

• Sea Star Base Galveston, LEED Platinum, a seaside facility designed to teach people of all ages, especially children, different tasks and skills in boating or water activities, while promoting

Projects that certifed in Texas in 2018 include:

Notable

• Sea Star Base Galveston, LEED Platinum, a seaside facility designed to teach people of all ages, especially children, different

• NASA Human Health & Performance Laboratory, LEED Silver, which is a human health and environmental sciences laboratory, think tank, inventors’ workshop, and outreach center designed to study human life on earth and in space.

and environmental sciences laboratory, think tank, inventors’ workshop, and outreach center designed to study human life on earth and in space.

“We’re proud that Texas has made it back into the Top 10 States list for 2018. We’ve done a lot to advance green building across the state, and are gearing up for another busy year to build upon our success and keep

“We’re proud that Texas has made it back into the Top 10 States list for 2018. We’ve done a lot to advance green building across the state, and are gearing up for another busy year to build upon our success

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can nd Kuwait.” (A. Whitney Brown)

raising the bar for LEED in Texas,” said Rhiannon Jacobsen, vice president of strategic relationships at USGBC. “We hope that with LEED v4.1, the expertise of builders and developers, and the dedication of our USGBC members, we can continue to lead the growth of green building in the country in the coming year.”

“We’ve worked hard in Texas to make LEED and green buildings as accessible as possible for our communities, our local policymakers and our citizens,“ said Jonathan Kraatz, executive director of the USGBC Texas Chapter.

Now in its ninth year, the 2018 Top 10 States for LEED list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional green building projects that earned LEED certifcation in 2018. The full rankings are as follows:

USGBC calculates the list using per capita fgures to allow for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with signifcant differences in population and number of overall buildings. In the U.S., 2,886 commercial projects certifed in 2018. Globally, there are currently more than 96,275 registered and certifed LEED projects in 167 countries and regions around the world.

Recently, USGBC introduced LEED v4.1, the latest update to the rating system, and released beta versions for existing buildings (LEED v4.1 O+M), new construction (LEED v4.1 BD+C) and interiors (LEED v4.1 ID+C). LEED v4.1 emphasizes human health and integrates performance metrics using Arc to encourage ongoing tracking. Recent research shows green building will continue growing through 2021. Client demand remains the top reason to build green in the U.S. and occupant health and well-being emerged as the top social factor. Through LEED, USGBC pushes the market toward higher performing buildings that also improve quality of life.

*Included in 2017 Top 10 States for LEED list

**Washington, D.C. is not ranked as it is a federal district, not a state

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A group of kangaroos is called... a mob

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A group of owls is called…a parliament

A group of ravens is called ... a murder

A group of rhinos is called ... a crash

A group of toads (not frogs) is called... a knot

A group of unicorns is called... a blessing

A group of whales is called... a pod

The impact of buildings, cities and communities on people continues to be a priority for USGBC and across industries. In an effort to expand USGBC’s global green building efforts and ensure that LEED is not only the de facto leadership standard, but also the pre-eminent living standard, USGBC launched the Living Standard campaign at 2018’s Greenbuild in Chicago. Focused on the belief that storytelling can lead to a more sustainable world, the campaign aims to highlight stories – big and small – that capture how USGBC, LEED and other sustainability programs are raising the quality of life for people around the world. By visiting livingstandard.org, individuals and companies can join the campaign and submit stories.

Jonathan Kraatz

Why Doesn’t the U.S. Use the Metric System?

Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution gives Congress the power to “fx the standard of weights and measures.” And deciding on a system to regulate how objects would be measured and weighed and how lengths would be compared was important to our Founding Fathers.

Around 1790, the newly developed French metric system made its way to the attention of (the frst U.S.) Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson (and even France until 5 years later) decided against it, and the U.S. adopted the British Imperial System of measurement (the one still used today). Since then, the U.S. has had many opportunities to change to the metric system, the one that is used by a majority of the world and that is said

to be much more logical and simpler –but change doesn’t come easily.

The most important reasons the U.S. hasn’t adopted the metric system are time and money. When the Industrial Revolution began in the U.S. (see sidebar), manufacturing plants became a main source of American jobs and consumer products. Because the Imperial System (IS) of measurements was in place at this time, the machinery used in these factories was developed to size in those units and the workers were trained to deal with those units.

The frst Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 and was mostly confned to Britain. The second Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century and took place in Britain, continental Europe, North America, and Japan.

Whenever the prospect or consideration of switching unit systems comes up in Congress, bills favoring the metric system ae defeated by big businesses and American citizens who don’t want to go through the expense (and learning exercise) of changing the country’s entire infrastructure. Many also believe that the U.S. should keep its own system, setting it apart from other countries and symbolizing its status as a leader rather than a follower.

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Today, many have accepted a joint system—teaching children both the IS system and the metric system. This is why rulers and yardsticks contain both inches and centimeters.

I always wondered what the job application is like at Hooters. Do they just give you a bra and say, “Here, ll this out?”

Thomas Jefferson

Miles and Light Years YOU NEED TO KNOW

Stars other than our sun are so far distant that astronomers speak of their distances not in terms of kilometers or miles – but in light-years. Light is the fastest-moving stuff in the universe If we simply express light-years as miles and kilometers, we end up with impossibly huge numbers. But the 20th century astronomer Robert Burnham Jr. – author of Burnham’s Celestial Handbook – devised an ingenious way to portray the distance of one light-year and ultimately of expressing the distance scale of the universe, in understandable terms. He did this by relating the light-year to the Astronomical Unit – the Earthsun distance. One Astronomical Unit, or AU, equals about 93 million miles. Another way of looking at it: the Astronomical Unit is a bit more than 8 light-minutes in distance. Quite by coincidence, Burnham noticed that the number of astronomical units in one light-year and the number of inches in

one mile are virtually the same. There are 63,000 astronomical units in one light-year, and 63,000 inches in one mile. (Of course, Burnham discovered all this using metric measurements.)

This wonderful coincidence enables us to bring the lightyear down to Earth. If we scale the astronomical unit – the EarthSun distance – at one inch, then the light-year on this scale represents one mile. The closest star to Earth, other than the sun, is Alpha Centauri at some 4.4 light-years away. Scaling the Earth-Sun distance at one-inch places this star at 4.4 miles distant.

Light travels at an incredible 186,000 miles per second! That’s very fast. If you could travel at the speed of light, you would be able to circle the equator about 7.5 times in just one second! A light-second is the distance light travels in one second, or 7.5 times the distance

around Earth’s equator. A lightyear is the distance light travels in one year. How far is that? Multiply the number of seconds in one year by the number of miles or kilometers that light travels in one second, and there you have it: one light-year = about 5.88 trillion miles. And a light year is 63,241 astronomical units (1 astronomical unit, or AU is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun).

There are 6 trillion miles in a lightyear (approximately), but a light year isn’t the largest measurement tool astronomers have. That’s a parsec. 1 parsec = 3.26156 light years.

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Robert Burnham, Jr.

Buzz Lightyear

Adaptive Re-Use

From Seattle to Seoul, creative designers are recycling and converting everything from tires to window frames and doors into functional buildings.

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The “Junk Castle” designed by Victor Moore is made entirely out of scrap materials. The whole thing (constructed in 1970) cost only $500 and was put together with materials salvaged from the nearby junk yard.

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Starbucks created a new branch out of 4 recycled shipping containers, in Tukwila, Washington as part of the company’s branding strategy, which emphasizes reducing energy and material use AND it was designed to meet LEED certifcation.

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This charming Swedish building is made from cinder blocks and 36 reclaimed window frames. Designed by Karin Matz, the waterfront cottage is a minimallyfurnished rustic getaway.

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This ten-story building designed by Choi JeongHwa in Seoul is wrapped in recycled doors (1000 in all), transforming a bland facade into a colorful, pixelated structure that relied only on existing materials.

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A building made out of giant Texaco signs, ironing boards, and window screens? Yupthe result of a 10week design workshop in North Carolina became a learning pavilion for the Burton Street Community Peace Garden. Not only was it made of salvaged materials found on site, but it also incorporates passive solar design and harvests rainwater.

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The funky Maisongomme garden offce is made of locally-sourced scrap is both an offce and a storage shed for a someone who wants to maintain a small environmental footprint.

Two Iconic Dallas Properties Go Greener

In February, Crescent Real Estate LLC announced that McKinney & Olive earned additional recognition as an environmentally friendly and customerfocused building when it secured LEED® v4 for Building Operations & Maintenance: Existing Buildings Gold certifcation from the U.S. Green Building Council. USGBC LEED v4 certifcation is the most rigorous of the green building program designations.

McKinney & Olive achieved LEED certifcation for implementing practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in sustainable site development, water savings, energy effciency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. The LEED v4 O+M: EB certifcation cited McKinney & Olive for indoor environmental quality, water effciency and energy and atmosphere improvement. Inside water use was reduced by 35 percent and outdoor water use reduced by 68 percent compared to the LEED baseline. McKinney and

Olive also ranks in the top 10% in energy effciency among similar properties. USGBC also recognized The Crescent®

the renaissance of Uptown Dallas when the three-tower, mix-use retail facility opened in 1986.

In 2016, The Crescent® completed a $33 million dollar upgrade that opened the offce towers and mix-use retail space to the community. Outdoor courtyards with open gardens and terraces serve as gathering spaces. Treelined walkways, retail storefronts and restaurants with street entrances facilitate community access. Upgrades also included additional energy effciencies and water savings for the offce towers.

with a LEED silver-certifcation for an existing building, LEED-EB: O&M v2009. This designation recognizes existing buildings that continue to evolve with green building standards. The Crescent® is widely credited with starting

Summer’s Reading List (March-April)

Self-Help/Exercise

In ammation, Please by Arthur Itis

Get Moving! by Sheik Aleg

Housework by Dustin Cook

Biography

Dostoyevsky Revisited by Warren Peace

My Life With Annette by Amos Kateer

e Chuck Berry Story by Judy Frudy

e Lady Pirate by Peg Legg

Cooking

I Like Fish by Ann Chovie

How to Cook a Steak by Porter House

Cooking Pasta by Al Dente

Ethnic Irish First Aid by R.U. O ‘Kaye

Italian Delicacies by Liz Onya

Romance

Still Looking For My Heart by Sam Francisco

How to Find a Husband by Amanda Kiss

True Love is Within Your Grasp by Jack Imho

e Art of French Kissing by Sam Paypa Tong

“McKinney & Olive and The Crescent LEED certifcations demonstrate tremendous green building leadership,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO, USGBC. “LEED was created to make the world a better place and revolutionize the built environment by providing everyone with healthy, green and high performing buildings.

McKinney & Olive and The Crescent serve as prime examples of how the work of innovative building projects can use local solutions to make a global impact on the environment.”

(Also in February, McKinney & Olive won BOMA’s local TOBY competition for buildings between 500,000 and 1,000,000 square feet. See page 26.)

McKinney & Olive

The Crescent

Mahesh Ramanujam

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By the Numbers

GUNS

27 Number

In 2015, Texas denIed less Than 0.5% of applIcaTIons for concealed handgun lIcense

of

CHILDREN SHOT TO DEATH PER YEAR

in Harris County between 2011 and 2014. Gun deaths are now the second-leading cause of accidental child deaths, behind car accidents

$977,500

The record sale price for an 1836 Colt Paterson Texas model revolver, auctioned in Dallas in 2011.

HOLDERS OF CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMITS.

To buy a gun in Texas, a person need only be a legal resident and at least 18 years old.

MEN ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WOMEN TO OWN A GUN, ACCORDING TO PEW. ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF MEN SAY THEY OWN A FIREARM, WHILE 22 PERCENT OF WOMEN DO. A CLOSER ANALYSIS OF THIS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REVEALS THAT ABOUT 46 PERCENT OF GUNS ARE OWNED BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, WHILE JUST 19 PERCENT OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS DO. THE MAJORITY OF GUN OWNERS ARE ALSO OLD. ABOUT 66 PERCENT OF FIREARMS IN THE U.S. ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE AGED 50 AND OLDER.

7: NUMBER OF MUSCLES YOU USE TO PULL A TRIGGER

Politically, Republicans are twice as likely as Democrats to own a gun.

People aged 30 to 49 own about 28 percent of the nation’s guns, with the rest belonging to the18 to 29 group.

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1. Oswald’s Rifle

It’s a misdemeanor in Texas to be intoxicated and carry a handgun in public, but it is legal to carry long gun.

Article 1, Section 23 of the Texas Constitution states: “Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime.”

A 2017 survey by the Pew ReseaRCh CenteR Reveals some more interesting stAts About guns in the u.s. handguns aRe the mOst COmmOn ChOiCe Of fiReaRm amOng gun OwneRs, esPeciAlly those Who only oWn one WeAPon. the sOuth is the RegiOn with the mOst guns (About 36 Percent), folloWed by the midWest And West (32 And 31 Percent, resPectively) And the northeAst (16 Percent).

On March 12, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald ordered a surplus Italian carbine from an ad in the American Rifeman for $19.95 plus shipping. The Carcano M91/38 he received was manufactured for only one year, 1940. The rife is now stored in the National Archives; the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas has a replica.

2. BOnnie and Clyde’s PistOls

After the outlaws’ deaths, in 1934, Clyde Barrow’s Colt 1911 .45 and Bonnie Parker’s snub-nosed .38, which she had taped to her inner thigh, were given to famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who had led the manhunt. In 2012 the guns were auctioned off to an anonymous Texas collector for more than $504,000.

3. diCk Cheney’s shOtgun

The shot heard round the late-night circuit.

On February 11, 2006, the sitting vice president accidentally shot attorney Harry Whittington

T as has no laws reg ding the c ying of l g guns (rifles shotguns) in mot vehicles. T as does not requ e a p s to have a valid handgun license in d to c y a loaded handgun in a mot vehicle wat aft if the vehicle is ned by the p s und the p s ’s c .

IN TEXAS IT IS LEGAL TO CARRY A LOADED GUN IN A VEHICLE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IT IS LEGAL TO KEEP A FIREARM LOADED AND WITHIN REACH OF THE DRIVER IN A VEHICLE UNDER THE MOTORIST PROTECTION ACT. DRIVERS MUST CONCEAL HANDGUNS, BUT LONG GUNS LIKE RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS DO NOT REQUIRE CONCEALMENT.

A person is presumed justifed in using deadly force to protect themselves against an unlawful, forceful intrusion into their dwelling, or to prevent an unlawful, forceful attempt to remove a lawful occupant from the dwelling, or to prevent certain serious felonies such as burglary or arson. There is no duty to retreat from any place where the shooter has a legal right to be.

in the face while they hunted quail on the Armstrong Ranch, in South Texas. Whittington recovered, but the fate of the gun was never made public.

4. tOePPeRwein’s winChesteR

In 1907 Texas sharpshooter Ad Toepperwein set a world record by fring at 72,500 tossed blocks of wood with Winchester Model 1903 .22-caliber rifes and hitting all but 9 of them.

5. the gun that shOt J.R.

Perhaps the most famous gun in recent Texas history is a prop: the revolver used to shoot J.R. Ewing in the 1980 Dallas cliffhanger. It’s on display at the Southfork Ranch, near Dallas.

6. RiCk PeRRy’s COyOte killeR

The former governor claimed in 2010 to have used his .380 laser-sighted Ruger pistol to kill a coyote that was threatening his dog. Ruger later released a version of the gun dubbed the Coyote Special.

Based on 2017 gun registration statistics from the atf, as compiled By huntingmark com. states (plus Washington d.c.) are ranked By guns per capita if you Were to rank states By total guns registered, texas Would Be no. 1.(588,696 guns registered)

Possession of destructive devices, automatic frearms (machine guns), short-barrel shotguns (SBS), short-barrel rifes (SBR), suppressors, smoothbore pistols and other such NFArestricted weapons is permitted by Texas law as long the owner has registered the item(s) into the NFA registry.

TEXAS HAS MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION RESIDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVE

According to the WAshington Post, there Are more thAn 350 milliOn guns in the u.s.

Commissioned by Luxembourg as a gi for the United Nations (and aptly located next to the headquarters in New York City), the sculpture has come to represent hope for a non-violent future.

Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.

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Hannah Slodounik is a Sustainability Services Associate II for LORD Green Strategies

Student Energy Reduction Competition

March 1st - 31st

1. Unplug rechargable electronics once they are fully charged.

2. Plug all electronics into a power strip and switch o the power strip when you are one using them.

3. Plug small kitchen appliances into a power strip and switch it o when you leave for the day.

4. Always turn o the lights when you leave a space.

5. Clean or replace all filters in your home regularly.

Hannah Slodounik, LEED AP O+M is a Sustainability Services Associate II at LORD Green Strategies

Student Housing is a popular sector of real estate investment that many argue will continue to grow with the impending recession and subsequent increase in college enrollment. Although only time will tell whether or not that will be the case, ower strip and switch off the power one thing is defnite – student housing offers a unique potential to implement portfolio-wide sustainability measures while making a lasting impact on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects of students’ lives.

Unlike traditional multifamily properties, student housing targets a niche audience that may only have lived away from home for a few years. These young students are forming their own lifestyle behaviors and habits for the frst time. Common characteristics of stu- dent housing include greater accessibility to an active commute, furnished spaces, and curated community events. These attributes allow for more infuence over sustainable behaviors and greater control over material resources.

Privately owned student housing can beneft from hosting simple energy, water, and waste conservation competitions like those on campus-owned residence halls. During property-wide competitions and curated educational events, residents can learn to be envi- ronmentally-conscious while building a social community with their peers.

Reducing energy and water consumption typically results in decreased costs to the tenant and/or owner, depending on how utilities are set up. Recommended action items for reducing consumption can be simple:

•Turn off lights in unoccupied rooms

•Take advantage of natural daylight

•Keep windows closed when the heater or air conditioner is running

•Always adjust your washer’s load setting to match your laundry load size

•Report any malfunctioning toilets or dripping faucets to community management

•Take short showers

In addition to saving resources and money, implementing such action items can be a strategy for properties to continue to compete with other student housing options and address affordability issues within the sector. Texas is a prime example of the competitive student housing market between privately-owned properties and colleges and universities. University of North Texas, Texas Tech University, and Trinity University are building new residence halls on their campuses to meet LEED certifcation standards.

It is not uncommon for universities in city or urban settings to lease spaces within off-campus housing when they cannot meet on-campus demand. Providing built-in programming that the university is implementing elsewhere on campus can be an added value to university tenants.

Existing properties regularly implement sustainable operations and maintenance and encourage tenants to practice sustainable behaviors. However, student housing offers an incomparable opportunity for owners and property managers to instill sustainable behaviors in their residents that will continue well after graduation.

Additional benefts could include a strengthened relationship with the nearby campus sustainability department and a visible commitment to higher level ESG initiatives. So, make sure those LED fxtures are installed, but don’t forget to also incentivize students to turn them off when they leave the room.

A residence hall at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville celebrates winning an energy and water conservation competition

One Angel Square

Completed in February 2013, One Angel Square is an offce building in Manchester, England was. At 237.8 feet tall, it is one of the most sustainable large buildings in the world and is built to a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating. It is powered by a sustainable cogeneration heat and power plant that uses biofuel and waste cooking oil. Its computer systems recycle waste heat. The building has a used water recycling system and rainwater harvesting. Thermal mass materials which have a high density such as concrete are used to control temperature fuctuations.

reasons; it also allows for greater control of heating and ventilation, and accentuates the three curved corners of the building.

The building’s distinctive form created by architects 3DReid has earned it the nickname the the ‘sliced egg’. It is also an energy-plus building, producing surplus energy and zero carbon emissions. More than 4,000 workers from over 90 companies were involved in the its construction

The building has 327,643 square feet. Its exterior has a double skin facade with a cavity between its inner windows and the outer glass panel structure for sustainability and aesthetic

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is the world’s longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings. More than 250,000 buildings have been BREEAM-certifed and over a million are registered for certifcation – in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Welcome to the CIA Adam

Adam was walking around in the garden of Eden, very sad, and God called to him, ‘What’s wrong?”

Adam said, “I’m lonely. I don’t have anyone to talk to.” God said, “I’ll fx that. I’ll create a companion for you and call her woman.

This companion will gather food for you, cook for you and, when you invent clothes, she will wash them for you. She will always agree with your decisions, make passionate love to you, never have a headache, bear your children, never make you get up with them in the middle of the night, not nag, admit that she was wrong when you have an argument, and be the light of your life.”

Adam said, “Wow! Sounds great! What would a woman like that cost?”

God said, “An arm and a leg.”

Adam said, ‘What could I get for a rib?” The rest is history.

The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three fnalists - two men and one woman. For the fnal test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room you will fnd your wife sitting in a chair. You have to kill her.”

The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.”

The agent replied, ‘Then you’re not the right man for this job.” The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about fve minutes. Then the agent came out with tears in his eyes. “I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.” The agent replied, “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.”

Finally, it was the woman’s turn. Only she was told to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, “You guys didn’t tell me the gun was loaded with blanks. I had to beat him to death with the chair.”

The Pixel Building

Completed in 2011 in Melbourne, Australia, this building is a green icon in the city. It has low emissions and low operating costs, and the colorful panels are optimized for maximum daylight, shade, and glare control. It is also Australia’s frst carbon neutral building.

Scoring a perfect 105 points on the Australia’s Green Star rating system, the 4-story offce building designed by Studio505 is an amazing example of what is possible in terms of energy effciency, renewable energy, water collection, waste

reduction and green roofs. Capable of collecting all of its own water and generating all of its own energy, the funky, colorful pixelated building is totally self-sustaining.

The project achieved a perfect score of 100 through the Green Star rating system and earned an extra fve points for innovation for achieving carbon neutrality and including a vacuum toilet system, the anaerobic digestion system and reduced car parking

The offce building includes a nativeplanted green roof that harvests and collects rainwater. It is capable of harvesting all the water it needs inside the offce, making this building water neutral as well. Energy effcient design, which includes the use of the pixelated shade screen facade, double glazed windows, daylighting and natural ventilation minimize the need for energy. Solar panels and vertical axis wind turbines on the roof generate enough energy to offset the building’s electricity use. Its vibrant facade gives it a unique identity and sets it apart from the neighboring structures, and its super sustainable strategies set it

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Lexophiles Revisited

above most buildings in the world.

A LEXOPHILE describes someone who has a love for words, such as “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fsh,” or “To write with a broken pencil is pointless.” An annual competition is held by the New York Times to see who can create the best original lexophile. 2018’s winning submission is the last one shown here.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery. If you don’t pay your exorcist, you can get repossessed.

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can’t put it down. I didn’t like my beard at frst. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the crossed-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble. When chemists die, they barium. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

This girl today said she recognized me from the Vegetarians Club, but I’d swear I’ve never met herbivore.

I know a guy who’s addicted to drinking brake fuid, but he says he can stop any time.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.

I got some batteries that were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married They fought tooth and nail.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Did you hear about the fellow whose entire left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

A bicycle can’t stand alone; it’s just two tired

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered. He had a photographic memory but it was never fully developed.

When she saw her frst strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.

Those who get too big for their pants will be totally exposed in the end.

Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn’t know his wife until he marries her? Dad: at happens in every country, son.

At the chapter’s February luncheon: (LR) Calvin Wong, CCIM, Brad Crumpecker, CCIM, Dr. Jim Gaines, Howard Fuerst, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Susan McClure, CCIM

The chapter’s February luncheon. (L-R) Calvin Wong, CCIM, Brad Crumpecker, CCIM, Dr. Jim Gaines, Howard Fuerst, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Susan McClure, CCIM

The chapter’s February luncheon. (L-R) Calvin Wong, CCIM, Brad Crumpecker, CCIM, Dr. Jim Gaines, Howard Fuerst, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Susan McClure, CCIM

IIInnovative city building will be front and center at the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2019 Spring Meeting, from April 16-18 at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville. A major focus for the gathering will be the reinvention of urban areas into thriving places that are drawing talented workers and businesses, and which are becoming magnets for investment. The Nashville metropolitan area, which is experiencing extraordinary growth, is a prime example of this urban evolution.

nnovative city building will be front and center at the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2019 Spring Meeting, from April 16-18 at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville. A major focus for the gathering will be the reinvention of urban areas into thriving places that are drawing talented workers and businesses, and which are becoming magnets for investment. The Nashville metropolitan area, which is experiencing extraordinary growth, is a prime example of this urban evolution.

nnovative city building will be front and center at the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2019 Spring Meeting, from April 16-18 at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville. A major focus for the gathering will be the reinvention of urban areas into thriving places that are drawing talented workers and businesses, and which are becoming magnets for investment. The Nashville metropolitan area, which is experiencing extraordinary growth, is a prime example of this urban evolution.

ULI’s Spring Meeting routinely draws nearly 3,000 of ULI’s most engaged members, including renowned industry experts from around the world sharing insights on all aspects of real estate. Lessons learned from transformative development, with an emphasis on examples in Nashville, will be discussed within the context of a wide range of urban issues such as housing affordability, gentrifcation, social equity, workplace trends, technology advancements, and demographic shifts, all with a focus on the short- and long-term implications for cities.

ULI’s Spring Meeting routinely draws nearly 3,000 of ULI’s most engaged members, including renowned industry experts from around the world sharing insights on all aspects of real estate. Lessons learned from transformative development, with an emphasis on examples in Nashville, will be discussed within the context of a wide range of urban issues such as housing affordability, gentrifcation, social equity, workplace trends, technology advancements, and demographic shifts, all with a focus on the short- and long-term implications for cities.

ULI’s Spring Meeting routinely draws nearly 3,000 of ULI’s most engaged members, including renowned industry experts from around the world sharing insights on all aspects of real estate. Lessons learned from transformative development, with an emphasis on examples in Nashville, will be discussed within the context of a wide range of urban issues such as housing affordability, gentrifcation, social equity, workplace trends, technology advancements, and demographic shifts, all with a focus on the short- and long-term implications for cities.

The meeting’s real estate sessions are renowned as a source of timely and relevant industry analyses, and for providing access to some of the nation’s most infuential real estate leaders. Each day of the meeting will offer different highlights:

Chapter President Janet Shipley, CPM (CBRE) installing new designees. (L-R) Jane Carelton (Lincoln Harris CSG) CPM; Perlita Gracian (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; Tijana Pasic (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; and Robert Lopes, ARM, ACoM, CPM (Relik Realty) AMO

The meeting’s real estate sessions are renowned as a source of timely and relevant industry analyses, and for providing access to some of the nation’s most infuential real estate leaders. Each day of the meeting will offer different highlights:

The meeting’s real estate sessions are renowned as a source of timely and relevant industry analyses, and for providing access to some of the nation’s most infuential real estate leaders. Each day of the meeting will offer different highlights:

Tuesday, April 16, will feature tours of the metro region’s most innovative developments led by those directly involved with the projects. Tours include: the reclaimed Cumberland Riverfront; Nashville’s urban neighborhoods; the Gulch; cycling through the city on its new bike lanes; health-oriented developments; iconic music venues; area universities; civil rights landmarks and historically signifcant neighborhoods; urban manufacturing facilities; affordable housing developments; urbanized suburbs; and the downtown central business district.

Tuesday, April 16, will feature tours of the metro region’s most innovative developments led by those directly involved with the projects. Tours include: the reclaimed Cumberland Riverfront; Nashville’s urban neighborhoods; the Gulch; cycling through the city on its new bike lanes; health-oriented developments; iconic music venues; area universities; civil rights landmarks and historically signifcant neighborhoods; urban manufacturing facilities; affordable housing developments; urbanized suburbs; and the downtown central business district.

Tuesday, April 16, will feature tours of the metro region’s most innovative developments led by those directly involved with the projects. Tours include: the reclaimed Cumberland Riverfront; Nashville’s urban neighborhoods; the Gulch; cycling through the city on its new bike lanes; health-oriented developments; iconic music venues; area universities; civil rights landmarks and historically signifcant neighborhoods; urban manufacturing facilities; affordable housing developments; urbanized suburbs; and the downtown central business district.

Wednesday, April 17, will feature an update on industry trends, including building for health; a real estate and economic forecast through 2021; an overview of affordable, sustainable housing; improving urban resilience; tenant preferences in offce space; and solutions to housing affordability challenges.

The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) Reuse Council is hosting its second annual City Reuse Tour of Fort Worth on May 2-3, 2019. They will be visiting a variety of reuse businesses in Fort Worth to learn, workshop, and network. Tentative businesses include Repurposed Materials, The Welman Project, Goodwill Fort Worth, and more! Registration will be opening soon and will include cost of lunch and transportation around town. For more information, please email reusecouncilstar@gmail.com.

Board President Terry Shultz (R) welcomes guests to an event entitled A Constructive Discussion on the Climate

Board President Terry Shultz

welcomes guests to an event entitled A Constructive Discussion on the Climate Change Debate

Wednesday, April 17, will feature an update on industry trends, including building for health; a real estate and economic forecast through 2021; an overview of affordable, sustainable housing; improving urban resilience; tenant preferences in offce space; and solutions to housing affordability challenges.

Wednesday, April 17, will feature an update on industry trends, including building for health; a real estate and economic forecast through 2021; an overview of affordable, sustainable housing; improving urban resilience; tenant preferences in offce space; and solutions to housing affordability challenges.

Thursday, April 18, will spotlight Nashville in sessions on privately-owned public space as a community amenity; the rise of urban manufacturing; revitalizing the downtown core; economic diversifcation; and building for inclusivity.

Thursday, April 18, will spotlight Nashville in sessions on privately-owned public space as a community amenity; the rise of urban manufacturing; revitalizing the downtown core; economic diversifcation; and building for inclusivity.

Thursday, April 18, will spotlight Nashville in sessions on privately-owned public space as a community amenity; the rise of urban manufacturing; revitalizing the downtown core; economic diversifcation; and building for inclusivity.

The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) Reuse Council is hosting its second annual City Reuse Tour of Fort Worth on May 2-3, 2019. They will be visiting a variety of reuse businesses in Fort Worth to learn, workshop, and network. Tentative businesses include Repurposed Materials, The Welman Project, Goodwill Fort Worth, and more! Registration will be opening soon and will include cost of lunch and transportation around town. For more information, please email reusecouncilstar@gmail.com.

The State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) Reuse Council is hosting its second annual City Reuse Tour of Fort Worth on May 2-3, 2019. They will be visiting a variety of reuse businesses in Fort Worth to learn, workshop, and network. Tentative businesses include Repurposed Materials, The Welman Project, Goodwill Fort Worth, and more! Registration will be opening soon and will include cost of lunch and transportation around town. For more information, please email reusecouncilstar@gmail.com

Chapter President Janet Shipley, CPM (CBRE) installing new designees. (L-R) Jane Carelton (Lincoln Harris CSG) CPM; Perlita Gracian (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; Tijana Pasic (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; and Robert Lopes, ARM, ACoM, CPM (Relik Realty) AMO

Jo D. Miller, the IREM Houston Executive Director (center) in Chicago with the Institute of Real Estate Management CEO and COO respectively.

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Attached is a photo from our February luncheon. In the photo from left to right is Calvin Wong, CCIM, Brad Crumpecker, CCIM, Dr. Jim Gaines, Howard Fuerst, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Susan McClure, CCIM

Board President Terry Shultz (R) welcomes guests to an event entitled A Constructive Discussion on the Climate Change Debate

Chapter President Janet Shipley, CPM (CBRE) installing new designees. (L-R) Jane Carelton (Lincoln Harris CSG) CPM; Perlita Gracian (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; Tijana Pasic (Wilkinson Asset Management) ARM; and Robert Lopes, ARM, ACoM, CPM (Relik Realty) AMO

Jo D. Miller, the IREM Houston Executive Director (center) in Chicago with the Institute of Real Estate Management CEO and COO respectively.

Attached is a photo from our February luncheon. In the photo from left to right is Calvin Wong, CCIM, Brad Crumpecker, CCIM, Dr. Jim Gaines, Howard Fuerst, CCIM, Debi Carter, CCIM and Susan McClure, CCIM

Change Debate

Jo D. Miller, the IREM Houston Executive Director (center) in Chicago with the Institute of Real Estate Management CEO and COO respectively.

FLOATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A DILAPIDATED MANHATTAN PIER

New York architecture studio DFA (which stands for D Form A) has conceptualized latticed apartment towers for Manhattan’s square-shaped Pier 40 on the Hudson River. The buildings are part of a series of projects that imagine a better future of the New York City and would be able to remain above water in the event of rising sea levels. The firm has also proposed a prefabricated timber tower for New York’s Central Park that would provide views over the city and filter a contaminated reservoir.

The conceptual proposal calls for the construction of a complex of housing, recreational and commercial facilities on the pier and would extend 820 feet over the river. The pier currently houses car parking facilities and a football field. By adapting the existing pier – which was built in 1962 and fallen into disrepair – the architecture studio is offering a response to a lack of affordable housing and resiliency to flooding due to climate change.

“We see so many projects going up in New York that are quick, chart-driven

responses to serious problems,” said DFA founding principle Laith Sayigh. “These short-term resolutions will not safeguard the city from rapid changes in the environment or protect future generations of people.”

The concept envisions 19 cylindrical high-rises, wrapped in golden netshaped window frames and planting. These would house a total of 450 living units, which would be sold at price points from affordable to luxury. Ranging from 96 to 455 feet tall, the towers would be set in 11 clusters that the architecture firm based on analysis of the pier’s structural base –comprising thousands of steel H-pile girders reinforced with concrete and sunk into the river.

Laith Sayigh

The residences in the towers would be elevated 60 inches above expected storm surge levels as one of a series of ways to protect the complex from flooding caused by sea-level rise. An elevated undulating pathway would wrap around the bases of the clusters, over a series of public pavilions. These would remain open until 2050, when water levels are expected to increase between 11 and 30

inches.

But 50 years later, when the tidal river could be 50 to 75 inches higher, the pavilions would be completely submerged by water. In this scenario, the platform above would provide the new access for the complex. “Beyond 2050, as regular flooding begins to engulf

the coastline as we know it, the landscape deck transforms into a floating island with new pathways built to connect the evolved wetland ecosystem to Manhattan,” said DFA. Other resilient features of the complex include a series of pods that will float around the pier to act as a buffer to damage during storms.

2019 Texas Fellows Named

The American Institute of Architects elevated ten Texas architects to the College of Fellows in 2019. (115 AIA members were elevated in total.). The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society, and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Out of a total AIA membership of over 94,000, approximately 4 percent are distinguished with the honor of fellowship and honorary fellowship.

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Tree House Hotel

The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form a part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. There, Milan-based Peter Pichler Architecture (led by architects Peter Pichler and Silvana Ordinas) designed the Tree House structures to serve as hotel rooms, offering guests the opportunity to connect with nature.

“The project is conceived as a ‘slow down’ form of tourism, where nature and the integration of architecture within it plays the primary role,” said the studio.

The treehouses will range between 375 and 485 square feet in area, and each one has the same steeply pointed roof and base, intended to echo the forms of surrounding fir and larch

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trees. The structures are built almost entirely from locally sourced larch and fir wood. Each one will rest on small concrete foundations, with additional structural support provided by the structural glass walls.

The lower level will contain a reading and lounge area, alongside a bathroom and an open-tread stair that leads to the upper level - a dedicated sleeping area, with beds orientated to look out over the mountainscape.

Each treehouse has a tank for collecting and reusing rainwater, while geothermal heat pumps will be used for heating in the winter months.

Out of the millions of creatures on Earth, humans are only 1 of 3 species capable of laughter, the other 2 being chimpanzees and rats.

Darren L. James, FAIA

Robert E. Bullis, FAIA

Norman R. Alston, FAIA

Peter R. Brown, FAIA

Jeffrey J. Gunning, FAIA

Tushar Gupta, FAIA

Pete Ed Garrett, FAIA

Anzilla Gilmore, FAIA

Mark Schatz, FAIA

Bart Shaw, FAIA

If you sneeze while travelling at 60 mph your eyes are closed for an average of 50 feet.

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Political Corner

The TOBY award is more than the result of a one-year competition. It is the reward of many years of dedication and attention to detail and of relentless passion for excellence. It is truly evidence of the character of all of those who contribute to making it happen. A reputation is the opinion of others — and all the nominees have earned an outstanding reputation. Character is who you are.

The TOBY award is more than the result of a one-year competition. It is the reward of many years of dedication and attention to detail and of relentless passion for excellence. It is truly evidence of the character of all of those who contribute to making it happen. A reputation is the opinion of others – and all of the nominees have earned an outstanding reputation.

Since 1985, e Outstanding Building of the Year Award has been recognizing excellence in building management, operating e ciency, tenant retention, emergency planning and community impact. It is unquestionably among the most prestigious and comprehensive programs of its kind. Every building in the competition (as well as each individual who leads a management or service team that supports these buildings) is a winner!

Since 1985, the Outstanding Building of the Year Award has been recognizing excellence in building management, operating efficiency, tenant retention, emergency planning and community impact. It is unquestionably among the most prestigious and comprehensive programs of its kind. Every building in the competition (as well as each individual who leads a management or service team that supports these buildings) is a winner!

Featured on these two pages are the winners of the local competition selected by the Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio BOMA chapters. ( e Fort Worth chapter did not have any entries this year.) Each chapter’s judges scrutinize many aspects of a building’s management over the course of a year. Photographs, building standards, oor plans and the owner’s goals are all part of the appearance portion of the judging. That’s the part we get to see, but collectively these elements constitute only 5 % of the score a building receives. The remaining 95% is based upon tenant relations, community impact, emergency and security standards, environmental and regulatory policies, energy management systems, and personnel training and quali cations.

Suburban Office Park Low-Rise Eilan Promenade One & Two CBRE, Inc. Manager: Kelly Mizell

250,000 - 499,999 Square Feet

Americas Capital Partners Manager: Susan Roberts

Dallas Greenhill Towers

250,000 - 499.999 Sq Ft Crescent Real Estate Manager : Jonathan JJ.Jones

100,000 - 249,999 Square Feet

Legacy Center

Cawley Management, LLC

Manager: Lisa Rutherford

Historical Building

The Sharyland Building

Featured on these pages are the winners of the local competition selected by the Dallas and San Antonio chapters. (The Houston, Austin and Fort Worth chapters did not have entries this year.) Each chapter’s judges scrutinize many aspects of a building’s management over the course of a year. Photographs, building standards, foor plans and the owner’s goals are all part of the appearance portion of the judging. That’s the part we get to see, but collectively these elements constitute only 5% of the score a building receives. The remaining 95% is based upon tenant relations, community impact, emergency and security standards, environmental and regulatory policies, energy management systems, and personnel training and qualifcations.

Hunt Office Management Manager: Scott A. Schutz, RPA, FMA

These winners will now compete in the regional round and the winners will be announced at BOMA’s Southwest Conference in Rogers, Arkansas in the first week of April. Look for those pictures in the next issue of the network.

500,000 - 1,000,000

Andeavor Headquarters Campus

Newmark Knight Frank Manager: Sally Flanagan, CPM

100,000 - 249,999 sf

Prominent Pointe

Peloton Commercial Real Estate LLC

Dallas International Business Park Billingsley Manager : Kailie Quigley

Manager: Marty Timmerman

Renovated Building Lakeside Campus

Cawley Management, LLC

Manager: Teresa Shiller,

Dallas Knoll Trail Plaza

100,000 - 249,999 Sq Ft Cawley Management, LLC Manager : Denise Goins

February used to be the last month of the year, which is why it has the shortest number of days.

Suburban Office Park (Low Rise)

International Business Park

Billingsley Property Services Manager: Kailie Quigley

A Manager: Adam Bernhardt, CPM

Suburban Office Park Low-Rise Las Cimas II and III

Peloton Commercial Real Estate LLC

Manager: Adam Benoit

Sister Cities of Houston

Sister Cities International Annual Conference

In the last issue, we introduced six of Houston’s SisterCity relationships: Baku, Azerbaijan; Grampian Region, Aberdeen, Scotland; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Leipzig, Germany; Stavanger, Norway; and Tampico Mexico. This is the second installment in that three-part series. (San Antonio’s sister cities, scheduled to appear in this issue, will appear at a later date.)

The sister cities concept started in 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed linking (“twinning”) American cities with cities in other countries to exchange people, ideas and cultures.

President Eisenhower’s purpose was to involve individuals at all levels of U.S. society in citizen diplomacy in the hope that these people-to-people relations would lessen the chance of future world conficts. Twinning has fostered friendship and understanding between different cultures while also promoting trade, tourism and forming international business links between two twin cities. Since 1956, Sister Cities International (SCI) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonproft which serves as the national membership organization for individual sister cities, counties, and states across the U.S. encompassing over 2,000 US cities and counties, states and partners in over 140 countries worldwide.

Locally, the offcial city-to-city relationships are supported by the Houston Mayor’s Offce of Trade and International Affairs along with volunteer associations for Houston’s 18 sister cities. Working together, the Mayor’s offce and the associations promote people-to-people diplomacy to help develop mutual trust and understanding through commercial, cultural, educational, and humanitarian exchanges and interactions. In 1993, Sister Cities of Houston was formed as an umbrella organization to improve effciency and collaboration among each individual association and the Mayor’s offce. Houston Sister Cities showcases multiple annual events each year, including the Fall Concert, Youth Talent Contest and Showcase, annual Thanksgiving Day Parade and Dinners with Consul Generals and lunches with Diplomats.

This issue is part two of a three-part series of Sister Cities Houston featuring six Sister Cities Associations and their foreign counterparts. The associations are presented chronologically and more information about each association can be found at the link provided.

Houston is the host city for the 2019 Sister Cities International Conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel from July 17–19. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Cities Mean Business” with particular emphasis on China, Germany, Mexico, and Japan, the countries with the most sister cities affliations. In keeping with the business theme, there will be an African Symposium. Also, there will be discussions of the Silk Road sea routes. Invitations have been extended to numerous mayors in cities around the world, and we are expecting large contingents coming from the four targeted countries. It is anticipated that there will be special guests at the Mayor’s reception, with the theme to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man’s landing on the moon. Join the festivities, become a member of Sister Cities of Houston or one of Houston’s individual 18 sister city associations, and register for this annual conference by visiting Sister Cities International’s website at: www.sistercities.org

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, with the second largest population of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has evolved from a quiet town whose main industry was pearl diving into a bustling city with one of the highest GDPs in the world. After its independence from Britain in 1971, the city transformed rapidly into what it is today. In 2001, the relationship between Houston and Abu Dhabi was approved, and the following year the sister city agreement was signed. The two municipalities have a variety of common interests, including the oil industry and energy sectors, medicine, education, ports, and even weather. An increasing of common interests, including

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the oil industry and energy sectors, medicine, education, ports, and even weather. An increasing number of Houston-based corporations have offces or joint ventures in Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi citizens are involved in the

relationship between Chiba and Houston is the Annual Youth Ambassador Exchange.Through the years, Houston and Chiba City have exchanged many delegations of visitors of every age group. The annual middle school student exchange program has been active for over thirty years emphasize the strong relationship between Chiba and Houston is the Annual Youth Ambassador Exchange.

Through the years, Houston and Chiba City have exchanged many delegations of visitors of every age group. The annual middle school student exchange program has been active for over thirty years.

Houston economy. In addition, students from Abu Dhabi attend universities in Houston and many patients from that area are referred to the Texas Medical Center for treatment. It was the frst American sister city linked to one from the Middle East Gulf region.

The highlight of each year is the Houston-Abu Dhabi Sister City Kickoff Breakfast for UAE delegates to the Annual Offshore Technology Conference. It gives guests an opportunity to network with local, national, and international attendees in a quiet setting, rather than at the show where time with vendors is limited. Guest speakers who have addressed the audience include United States Ambassadors to the UAE, State Department and Energy Department offcials, congressmen, and Abu Dhabi National Oil executives.

Chiba, Japan

The Houston—Chiba sister city relationship was established in 1972. Over the past 47 years, there have been many offcial and private exchanges and visitations between citizens of the two cities. As a two-way program, shared by both communities, the sister city relationship brings together both municipal and volunteer community resources, and offers a mechanism for individuals and organizations, youths and adults, to be involved in the rewarding feld of international relations.

One of the highlights at Houston-Chiba Sister City Association that emphasize the strong

In alternating years, middle school students and a chaperone from each city participate in a homestay for two weeks. Participants gain new insights into another culture as well as their own, increase maturity and independence, make life-long friends, and become a part of a global community. Students are selected based upon their ability to demonstrate fexibility and an open mind, have an above-average academic record, and are involved in community and extracurricular activities.

Houston-Chiba sister city relationship has received signifcant recognition nationally for its educational and community programs. In 1982, Houston receives from Sister Cities International the International City Award for its Sister City program with Chiba, with a “special achievement” honor for its annual youth education exchanges. In 2017, Members of Houston Ballet perform in Chiba to mark 45 years of the Houston-Chiba Sister City relationship. In 2018m Second Lady Karen Pence Visits Chiba City to meet the 2017 Youth Ambassadors who were in Houston when Harvey hit.

Karachi, Pakistan

The Houston-Karachi Sister City Association (HKSCA) was founded in 2009 to promote mutual understanding, appreciation & cooperation between the citizens of Houston, Texas and Karachi, Pakistan.

Karachi is the largest city and former capital of Pakistan, SE Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta. The capital of Sind province is Pakistan’s chief seaport and industrial center, a transportation, commercial, and fnancial hub, and a military headquarters. It has a large automobile assembly plant, an oil refnery, a steel mill, shipbuilding, railroad yards, jute and textile factories, printing and publishing plants, media and entertainment industries, food processing plants, and chemical and engineering works. Karachi airport is one of the busiest in Asia.

In Japan, you are equally likely to die from being struck by lightning as you are from being shot by a gun.

Karachi is the fnancial capital of Pakistan; it accounts for the lion’s share of GDP and revenue. It generates approximately 65% of the total national revenue (federal and provincial taxes, customs and surcharges) On the Gross regional product (GRP) front, Sindh’s share almost comprising 28% of the total GDP Karachi produces about 42 percent of value added in large scale manufacturing. Recently in February 2007, World Bank has termed Karachi the most business-friendly city in Pakistan.

Besides being the banking and fnance capital of the country, Karachi also hosts the offces of almost every major foreign multinational corporation as well as corporations based in Pakistan. It is home to the largest stock exchange in Pakistan: the Karachi Stock Exchange, which was considered by many economists to be one of the prime reasons for Pakistan’s 8% GDP growth across 2005. The Port of Karachi and nearby Port Qasim are the two main seaports of Pakistan, and Jinnah International Airport is the largest & the busiest airport in Pakistan.

Nice, France

The Houston-Nice Sister City Committee was founded in 1973. It has the primary mission to build up the friendship between Houston and Nice as well as promote cultural and commercial ties between both cities. It seeks to facilitate productive partnerships with cultural, educational, and commercial entities. The committee promotes long term people to people relationships, friendships, and understanding through the leadership of the cities of Houston and Nice.

The ancient city of Nice is the capital of the Riviera province and is similar to Houston in that both are relatively large. Nice is the ffth largest city in France, and Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States. Located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, facing the Bay of Angels and surrounded by the spectacular scenery typical of the Côte d’Azur region. Nice is known for its beaches, museums, and the infamous Promenade des Anglais,

Nice’s relationship with Houston and the U.S. continues to grow throughout the years. Some of the highlights include: Houston-Nice Sister City Association (HNSCA) has participated in the Alief International Parade with Spain and Mexico and represented Nice in the Houston Brazilian Festival; HNSCA Gala; 4th annual Carnaval de Nice celebration at the French Cultural Festival in March of 2013.

As 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of Houston-Nice sister city relationship, HNSCA worked closely with Mr. Rudy Salles, Vice-Mayor of Nice, for international relations and tourism, to organize a visit to Houston by Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, and a delegation in the fall of 2013. The focus of this delegation will be to recognize this important milestone in our relationship and to promote tourism and business.

Taipei, Taiwan

The HoustonTaipei Society (HTS) has the distinction and honor as Houston’s frst “twinning” in 1961. The most populous city in Taiwan is also the capital of Taiwan and home to the former tallest building in the world - Taipei 101. Taipei is also home to the National Palace Museum featuring a permanent collection of over 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artwork covering 8,000 years of Chinese art. Popular attractions also include the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and the Grand Hotel. Travel from Houston to Taipei is convenient as Taiwanbased EVA Airlines offers a direct non-stop fight. In 1976, the HTS, on behalf of the City of Houston, accepted the Houston-Taipei Friendship Pavilion currently situated inside the McGovern Centennial Gardens at Herman Park. The Houston and Taipei sister city relationship is strong, and continues the Sister Cities International goal of citizen diplomacy through cultural exchanges and mutual understanding to exchange people, ideas and cultures of Houston and Taipei.

Tyumen, Russia

Sister Cities relationship between Houston and Tyumen began in 1995. Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Region, Russia, located on the Tura River, 2,500 kilometers (1,600 mi) east of Moscow. The U.S. Russia Chamber of Commerce (USRCC) has been charged with administering the Houston -Tyumen Sister Cities Partnership on behalf of the City of Houston. The USRCC established the Houston Tyumen Sister Cities Committee which is responsible for developing and overseeing all the activities that aim to strengthen cooperation between the two cities in the areas of education, entrepreneurship, regional tourism, healthcare, oil and gas, municipal – private partnership and infrastructural projects. Tyumen is the oil & gas capital of Russia.

Tyumen’s relationship with Houston and the U.S. continues to foster throughout the years. Some of the highlights include: Visit of the USRCC Houston –Tyumen Sister Cities Committee Chair to Tyumen to discuss areas of future cooperation with Tyumen City offcials; USRCC Houston-Tyumen

Sister Cities Committee member signed the MOU with the Tyumen Oil and Gas University on behalf of the University of Houston; USRCC participated at Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum at U.S.-Russia Mayors Summit during 61st Sister Cities Annual Conference in 2017; USRCC’s Reception in Honor of the Russia Healthcare and Agricultural Delegations.

First guy (proudly): “My wife’s an angel!”

Second guy: “You’re lucky. Mine’s still alive.”

On Saturday, February 2, the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Dallas presented the Lone Star Awards honoring the persons in the industry who exemplify the highest levels of professionalism.

Outstanding Member of the Year

Bill Moebius, Peloton Commercial Real Estate

President’s Award

Andrea Saccomanno, GuardTexas

Award of Excellence

Four Seasons Decorations

Senior/Portfolio Manager of the Year

David

Sansom, JLL

Property Manager of the Year

Kristine Lang, Crescent Real Estate LLC

Assistant Property Manager of the Year

Corey Best, Granite Properties

Administrative Assistant of the Year

Maria Moreno, CBRE

Chief Engineer of the Year

Larry Butts Cushman & Wakefeld

Assistant Chief/Lead Engineer of the Year

Oscar Cardenas, JLL

Building Engineer of the Year

Fernando Valdez, Granite Properties

uses for the building; it was alternately proposed as a police headquarters, a customs processing center, and a trucking hub. In 2009, it was confrmed for demolition by Detroit’s City Council and then saved by a lawsuit claiming its historic signifcance.

But mostly, the building decayed. It became a destination for vagrants, graffti artists, urban explorers, and even paintball enthusiasts. Looters snapped up the building’s decorative embellishments and scrappers stripped its copper wiring and brass fxtures. Michigan Central became a prominent symbol for the fall of once-mighty Detroit, an imposing marvel of broken-windows and an elegy for a lost mode of transportation.

However, in 2018 the building found an ironic savior: the Ford Motor Company. Paying $90 million for the site, the

automaker plans to turn the station into the centerpiece of a new 1.2 million square-foot mixed-use campus, with room for 5,000 total workers (including 2,500 of Ford’s). When it is complete in 2022, the Ford’s workers will be focused on developing autonomous and electric cars and various “mobility solutions” (although there’s no word on whether they’ll be developing trains).

The four-year renovation effort will need to combat decades of weather damage, as decades of water and Detroit’s infamously harsh winters have taken their toll on the structure. At the heart of the project is the station’s famous waiting room. The vision is not to repurpose it but to restore it to its original grandeur, replacing broken plaster using 3D modeling technology and restoring gaps in the 21,000 square feet of the waiting room’s breathtaking Guastavino ceiling tile.

Ultimately, the company hopes to establish a thriving corridor in Corktown (Detroit’s oldest neighborhood), acquiring a handful of other historic buildings in the area. The station’s concourse will contain shops and restaurants open to the public, following a growing nationwide trend of repurposing historic structures for retail and hospitality applications.

As news of the restoration was announced, the Ford team received an anonymous confession about a particularly intriguing piece of architectural salvage: a massive clock that had once adorned the Station. The repentant thief carefully wrapped the clock and left it for pickup near an abandoned building, heartened by the knowledge that it would be returned to its home without any further damage—perhaps even to watch over crowds of busy people once again.

U.S. Offce Market Overview

Where are we and where are we headed?

The U.S. offce market is poised for moderate growth in 2019. Offce-using employment is expected to grow by 1.5 percent or by more than 300,000 jobs—a modest deceleration from 2018 primarily due to a very tight labor market. Sunbelt and tech markets are expected to register the largest percentage gains in employment, led by San Francisco, Orlando, Houston, Austin and Tampaeach at 2.7% or more. San Francisco, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, New York and Chicago are projected to add the largest number of jobs in 2019—between 15,000 and 25,000 each.

Offce-using employment growth, although at a slower rate due to labor market constraints, will drive further offce market expansion in 2019. New offce product will help meet strong tenant demand for modern, effcient, highlyamenitized space to attract and retain employees in an increasingly competitive labor market. Occupiers will continue to seek fexible space offerings and lease structures that keep them adaptable to changes in the economy and their organizational needs.

ever, occupiers will continue the shift to more fexible real estate strategies. Work environments and lease structures must be adaptable to support highly dynamic organizational objectives. Below are some growing trends:

1.The historically low levels of unemployment create some challenges for companies. Tenants are reevaluating their real estate as a result. The most successful companies are using their offce space as an asset to attract top talent rather than merely an expense.

2.Another trend is the drive toward effciency. For a growing number of offce tenants signing new leases, workplace strategies are being used to optimize space needs. (Nationally, the average range is 150-225 RSF per person.)

mebbitt@lee-associates.com.

Mike Ebbitt is the director of the DFW offce tenant representation team for Lee & Associates

4.Planning ahead: Use of forecast data is essential for making proactive real estate decisions. Effectively planning for future requirements necessitates more than that. It also requires buy-in and coordination between a company’s leadership, HR, fnance and real estate teams with the goal of minimizing the gap between space supply and demand to directly support business success. Working across business units in this way, executives can factor in long-term organizational needs, goals and planned projects to create fact-based strategies for future real estate needs.

2019 Offce Trends

With shorter business cycles and technological advancements and markets becoming more unpredictable than

3.Additionally, there has been a shift in the location of private offces. Companies are moving away from offces located at the exterior in lieu of designating their offces in the interior of the space. The main beneft is the addition of more natural light to the space. (The frst step toward effective space management is to gather and analyze demand forecast data at the business unit level. Ideally, this should include the current state).

WHAT’S THAT YOU SAY?

Current Economic Business Environment

•With the pace of both GDP and employment growth well above the norm for this cycle, will progress continue in 2019?

• Our view: confdence and momentum will drive consumer spending and business investment in 2019, leading to solid economic growth benefting all sectors of the U. S. economy. Many experts and even Federal Reserve members predict that the Fed is done raising interest rates, at least for 2019. Overall the U.S. economic outlook is generally positive as we head into 2019.

If you are herewho is running hell?

Irregardless: People think it means: Regardless. It actually means: Nothing. It’s not a word.

Peruse: People think it means: To skim over or browse something. It actually means almost the opposite of that. It means to read with thoroughness or care.

Ironic: People think it means: Any kind of amusing coincidence. It actually means: an outcome that is the opposite of what you’d expect.

Pristine: People think it means: Spotless or as good as new. It actually means: in a state virtually unchanged from the original.

Nonplussed: People think it means: Unperturbed, not worried. It actually means: utterly perplexed or confused.

Bemused: People think it means: Mildly amused. It actually means: bewildered or confused.

Enormity: People think it means: Enormous. It actually means: outrageous or heinous on a grand scale.

Plethora: People think it means: A lot of something. It actually means: too much of something; an over-abundance.

At its January luncheon, the chapter kicked off 2019 with an update from Rebecca Cowle, Director of External Affairs for Texas Central Partners on The Texas Central High-Speed Train connecting Dallas and Houston. Right now, 14 million cars travel between North Dallas and Houston per year. The development of this train will alleviate 81.5 million gallons of gas being used and have an economic impact equivalent to hosting 84 Super Bowls in 20 years.

The chapter had record turnout for its February luncheon focusing on how the Arts District impacts surrounding real estate. Dallas boasts the largest contiguous arts district in the U.S., spanning 19 blocks. The illustrious panel discussed the latest developments in the works including two new hotels, new fast casual restaurants, and efforts to create a 24/7 lifestyle.

CREW Network Foundation Scholarship Opportunity

Do you know a college junior, senior, or graduate woman pursuing a career in CRE? Encourage her to apply for one of the CREW Network Foundation scholarships! $5,000, a CREW membership and complimentary registration to the 2019 CREW Network Convention in Orlando.

Commercial Real Estate Women of San Antonio (CREW) 2019

Board of Directors

President: Katherine Howe-Frilot, Wells Fargo

President Elect: Yesenia Marili Dominguez, Transwestern

Past President: Dena Welch, Highland Resources, Inc.

Secretary: Dawn M. Vernon, Bandy Constructors

Treasurer: Alyssa Hartlage, Broadway Bank

Director of Advertising: Michelle Bolt, Texas Fifth Wall

Director of Charity & Community Outreach: Christina Cantu, Herman Miller

Director of Communications: Emily Brown, First National Bank Texas

Director of Membership: Christy Rhone, Cram Roofng

Director of Programs: Christy McGinnis, Cushman & Wakefeld

Director of Special Events: Erin Salinas, KFW Engineers & Surveying

UCREW Liaison: Laura Gilliland, University of Texas at San Antonio

Legal Liaison: Martha Hardy, Brundage Management Company

For more information, visit www.crewnetwork.org

The Fairytale Princess

Once upon a time, in a land far away, a beautiful, independent, self-assured princess happened upon a frog, as she sat contemplating ecological issues, on the shores of an unpolluted pond, in a verdant meadow near her castle. The frog hopped into the princess’s lap and said, “Elegant lady, I was once a handsome prince until an evil witch cast a spell upon me. One kiss from you, however, and I will turn back into a handsome young prince. Then, my sweet, we can marry and set up housekeeping in your castle with my mother, where you can prepare meals, clean my clothes, bear my children and forever feel grateful and happy doing so.”

That night, as the princess dined sumptuously on a repast of lightly sautéed frog legs seasoned in a white wine and onion cream sauce, she chuckled to herself and thought, “I don’t think so!”

Jim & Mary

Jim and Mary were both patients in a mental hospital. One day, while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sunk to the bottom and stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out.

When the medical director became aware of Mary’s heroic act, he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be mentally staple. When he went to tell Mary the news, he said, “Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged because you were able act quickly and decisively and save the life of another patient. I think you’ve regained your senses. The bad news is that, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he died.”

Mary replied, “He didn’t hang himself. I put him there to dry.”

(L-R) Shalissa Perry, Downtown Dallas, Rebecca Cowle, Texas Central Partners, Matt Thomas, Downtown Dallas, Tracie Frazier, KDC

Luncheon Panelists (L-R) Kim Butler (Hall Arts); Sara Terry (Stream Realty); Lucy Burns (Billingsley Company); Lily Weis (Dallas Arts District): Vicky Gunning (Locke Lord) Shea Kracheck (Lane Gorman Trubitt)

(L-R): Shea Kracheck, Lane (Gorman & Trubit):, Sara Terry (Stream Realty) Suzanne Brasuell (ENTOS Design); Molly White (ENTOS Design)

Max Hosford of Transwestern was presented the Col. Richard C. Singer Award for the 2018 Building Manager of the Year

Save the Date ! September 30, 2019 at Old American Golf Club, The Colony, TX

CHRIS DUNLAP

Chris Dunlap, MS, ARM-E, CBCP, CFPS, CLCS, CRIS, is Vice President and Risk Services Lead for Hub’s National Real Estate Practice.

TOM DELARK tom.delark@hubinternational.com

Tom DeLark is Chief Marketing O cer for global insurance brokerage Hub International’s National Real Estate Practice.

2019 Real Estate Industry Outlook

Positioning your portfolio to be attractive is always important. Now, it’s important when facing your property underwriter, too.

Property policy premiums have nowhere to go but up, the result of a long-standing soft commercial property market, the catastrophic 2017 hurricane season and years of depressed building valuations. This will cause insurance rate increases in 2019, with coastal and other loss-affected properties experiencing spikes as high as 25%.

Those that can improve their standing will keep rising costs at bay. How? By best positioning your portfolio with improved risk management, including disaster preparedness ahead of the next catastrophic event, and engaging your broker to negotiate policy language and premium rates tailored to your portfolio’s unique strengths and exposures.

Here’s what is in store for real estate in 2019:

1.Biggest increases for habitational real estate. The largest property policy increases in 2019 will occur in habitational real estate. This increase will be driven largely by traditional loss leaders, including water and fre damage as well as increased property valuations. In the frst half of 2018 alone, building construction costs were up 3%. Considering this rate of infation, a property valued at $1M just a decade ago is likely signifcantly underinsured today. To best position your habitational real estate: champion risk management, preventative maintenance, emergency response - and make sure you

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have a water mitigation plan. (should this be in # 2 below since we address it there?)

2.Water damage foods the market as a loss leader. Water damage claims remain a major driver of commercial property losses and will continue to wreak havoc in 2019. As a

car, it doesn’t strain the budget to lease offce space by the day, week or monthespecially when someone else is taking care of the back-of-house technology infrastructure and facility operations, and front-of-house offce management. Consult your broker/carrier to fnd out what type of insurance and risk transfer methods are possible when it comes to shared workspaces.

result of new construction defects and aging infrastructure, both commercial and residential high-rises experience signifcant water damage claims. What typically begins as a small pipe burst in a single apartment or offce quickly becomes a massive building-wide claim as water spreads to affect multiple areas of a building. Underwriters are taking note and are including additional deductibles on 2019 property policy renewals to for protection.

3.Working together has never been so easy. Warehouses and shared workspaces are exploding, counteracting shrinking retail demands across the country. With strong leasing power, shared workspaces have found success passing the savings along to businesses looking to reduce their footprint. Like renting a

4.It’s not easy being green. Sustainable initiatives are great –when they don’t come with additional liability. When they do, property owners and operators will face limited coverage options. For one, solar panels introduce the chance for electric shock. If charged, fre fghters won’t spray water on them to extinguish a building fre. Near the coast, roof-installed renewables have blown off in storms, causing additional damage to neighboring structures. Wood facilities are diffcult to insure due to their increased risk of fre. It’s wise to discuss sustainable building materials and renewable options with a broker/ carrier before investing in them.

2019 Growth and Beyond

Portfolio managers looking to minimize property policy increases in 2019, will have look inside their facilities and strategically institute best practices in the hopes of minimizing common loss leaders like fre and water damage, institute only sustainable initiatives that don’t increase risk and consider investing in and moving their offces to shared workspaces. Those who engage their insurance broker to help minimize premiums and optimize policy language will be best positioned in 2019 and beyond.

A guy named Joe received a free ticket to the Super Bowl from his company. Unfortunately, when he arrived at the stadium, he realized the seat was in the last row in the corner. He was closer to the Goodyear Blimp than the feld. About halfway through the frst quarter, through his binoculars Joe saw an empty seat 10 rows off the feld right on the 50-yard line. He decided to take a chance and made his way through the stadium and around the security guards to the empty seat. As he sat down, he asked the gentleman sitting next to him, “Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?”

The man answered “No.”

Now, very excited to be in such a great seat for the big game, Joe again inquired, “This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the Super Bowl and not use it?”

The man replied, “Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the frst Super Bowl we haven’t been together at since we got married in 1967.”

“That’s really sad,” said Joe, “but still, couldn’t you fnd anyone to take the seat? A friend or close relative?”

“No,” the man replies, “They’re all at the funeral.”

The Tietgen Dormitory

Made possible by a donation from the Nordea Denmark Fund (to make possible the realization of ‘the dormitory of the future’) through a visionary architectural idea, The

Educational Architecture

At ground level the courtyard is accessed via open passages, which in turn give vertical access to 5 building sections.

Tietgen Dormitory (near Copenhagen University houses approximately 400 students. Completed in 2005 (and designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter), the building’s circular form symbolizes equality and the communal is contrasted with individual, a characteristic inherent to the dormitory building type.

On each foor, each of the 5 section consists of 12 residences organized around a communal area and kitchen. Facilities common to the entire dormitory are grouped at ground level.

The upper levels are organized with residences along the perimeter with views to the surroundings, while the communal functions are oriented toward the inner courtyard. The communal areas fnd expression as dramatic, projecting forms pointing inward to the courtyard.

The residences are of various depths in a changing tact, giving the outer contour its characteristic crystalline expression. The unique identity of each individual residence thus revealed, and the potential urban monumentality of the cylindrical form is neutralized.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

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1.Used to acknowledge a statement said by another.

2.Used to emphatically agree with another.

Invented by a Polish immigrant named Leo Gerstenzang in 1923, Q-Tips were originally called Baby Gays; then Q-Tip Baby Gays, then fnally just Q-Tips. The Q stands for quality.

Out of the millions of creatures on Earth, humans are only 1 of 3 species capable of laughter, the other 2 being chimpanzees and rats.

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S SECOND WIFE (ELSA) WAS HIS FIRST COUSIN AND HER MIDDLE NAME WAS EVEN EINSTEIN.

Russia’s area is larger than the total surface area of Pluto.

There is a town in Nebraska called Monowi - an incorporated village in Boyd County - with a population of one

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the U.S. with a population of 621,849 (meaning, it is not part of any county). The metro area is just over 2.8 million making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. It was named after Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore. THE BRITISH POUND IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST CURRENCY STILL IN USE AT 1,200 YEARS

Jupiter has 79 moons , the most of any planet in our solar system. A few are 12-37 miles in diameter, but most are barely 1 mile in size.

THE COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST AREA ON EARTH AND MEASURES IN AT 6,601,699 SQ. MILES, PLUTO BY COMPARISON IS JUST 6,430,000 SQ. MILES.

The entire world population (estimated at 7.7 billion by the United Nations in January 2019 could fit in Texas allotting just under 350 square feet per person. (350 sq. ft. is about eight times the size of a king-size bed.) The area of Texas is just over 268,000 square miles.

According to the 2010 census, it is the only incorporated municipality in the United States with such a population. The only resident is Elsie Eiler who is the Mayor, Bartender and Librarian.

Born Theophylactus of Tusculum, the youngest Pope in history was Benedict IX. He is also the only person to have been the Pope more than once and was actually elected Pope three times (last in 1047) and was the last layman to be elected Pope.

THERE’S A TOWN IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE NAMED “HOOKER” AND ITS SLOGAN IS “IT’S A LOCATION, NOT A VOCATION”. OF COURSE, THE LOCAL GIFT SHOP IS WELL-STOCKED CREATIVE ‘MEMORABILIA’ WITH OTHER IRREVERENT CATCHPHRASES AS WELL SUCH AS “ALL MY FRIENDS ARE HOOKERS” AND “SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HOOKER.”

Jupiter itself is 317 times the mass of the Earth.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

Fannie Mae Undressed

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created by Congress. They were frst chartered in 1938 and 1970 respectively and today are shareholder-owned companies that operate under congressional charters. They are “government-sponsored enterprises” (GSEs), which means that they are privately owned, but receive support from the federal government, and assume some public responsibilities.

They perform an important role in the nation’s housing fnance system – to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the mortgage market. They help ensure a reliable and affordable supply of mortgage funds throughout the country and provide liquidity (ready access to funds on reasonable terms) to thousands of banks, savings and loans, and mortgage companies that make loans to fnance housing.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from lenders and either hold these mortgages in their portfolios or package the loans into mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that may be sold. Lenders use the cash raised by selling mortgages to the Enterprises to engage in further lending. The Enterprises’ purchases help ensure that individuals and families that buy homes and investors that purchase apartment buildings and other

multifamily dwellings have a continuous, stable supply of mortgage money.

By packaging mortgages into MBS and guaranteeing the timely payment of principal and interest on the underlying mortgages, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac attract to the secondary mortgage market

paid by homeowners and other mortgage borrowers.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also can help stabilize mortgage markets and protect housing during extraordinary periods when stress or turmoil in the broader fnancial system threaten the economy. The Enterprises’ support for mortgage lending that fnances affordable housing reduces the cost of such borrowing.

Get off your high horse

In medieval times, knights and nobles would often ride huge warhorses that were specifcally bred for fghting and strength. These horses, called Destriers, often wore just as much plate and mail as their owners that often cost as much as a good set of armor did. When two knights would ride out to parlay, they’d tell each other “Step down from thy Destrier” so they could speak as equals.

Eating Humble Pie

A Humble Pie is a pie made up of a game animal’s minced up “pluck,” which is the heart, liver, lungs and kidneys – usually within deer. This is referred to as a “Humble” pie is because it is an adaption of the term “umble,” which itself is an

investors who might not otherwise invest in mortgages, thereby expanding the pool of funds available for housing. That makes the secondary mortgage market more liquid and helps lower the interest rates

WHERE IT COMES FROM

adaptation of the French word “nomble,” meaning “deer’s innards.” This type of pie is considered to be lowly and humbling, especially when compared to a good cut of venison, and therefore is why eating humble pie is a statement refecting someone’s humility.

The Right-Handed Hand Shake

In most cultures, a right-handed handshake is the standard greeting, be it a greeting between colleagues or friends. This generally originates from medieval times to signify to someone that you aren’t armed (since most fghters were right-handed swordsmen). By using the right hand to shake, it showed the other party you weren’t going to go for your weapon. (Note: Boy Scouts and Girl Guides shake hands with their left hand as a visual

metaphor for their motto of “Always be Prepared.”

Clinking your glasses together and saying “Cheers!”

The practice of touching glasses together as a toast originated from Ancient Greece, which was a time where there was every chance someone was trying to poison you. By clinking glasses together, you were spilling a bit of your own drink into the

other person’s, and vice versa, so if that person was trying to poison you, they were poisoning themselves too. So therefore clinking your glasses together became a sign of trust among two parties.

Fannie Mae Web Site

Freddie Mac Web Site

A view (from the southwest) of the Federal National Mortgage Association’s (Fannie Mae’s) Reston, Virginia facility

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2019 Outstanding Construction Awards Nominees

Chapter Board of Directors -

(L-R) Jay Farwell,

Moravtis Co.; Chris Tieman, Architectural Division 8,; Eric Hedlund, Sundt Construction, Inc;, Blaine Beckman, F.A. Nunnelly General Contractor. Front Row (L-R) Patrick Byrnes, Turner Construction Company; Andi Galloway, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd.; Luis Berumen, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors; Albert Gutierrez, Guido Construction; Chris Thiel, Alterman, Inc.; Fernando Figueroa, Curv Compliance

Brian Lennard,

Every year the Texas Building Branch of AGC sponsors the Outstanding Construction Awards competition. Projects are judged on diffculty in construction resulting from design, location, materials, etc.; unusual construction techniques involved; fnal appearance and quality of the fnished product; timeliness of completion; and utilization of AGC members. Historically, the San Antonio Chapter members have done very well in this statewide competition. A chapter committee recently nominated the projects shown here. The state winners will be announced at the AGC Texas Building Branch Awards Dinner, August 22, 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel in Georgetown, Texas.

Building 1 ($0 - $2 million): The Shops at Forum Crossing Retail Building #2 Alpine Contracting

Building 5 ($30 - $75 million): Texas State University Event Center Turner Construction Company

Educational Facilities 1 ($0$10 million):UTSA Large-Scale Structural Testing Facility Turner Construction Company

Building 3 ($5 - $10 million): Victory Center

J.T. Vaughn Construction, LLC

Building 6 (over $75 million): San Antonio International Airport Consolidated Rental Car Facility Turner Construction Company

Building 4 ($10 - $30 million): Bexar County Public Works Joeris General Contractors, Ltd.

Design Build 1 ($0-$10 million): Texas Aircraft GRIT Design Build, LLC

Educational Facilities 3 (over $30 million): Cornerstone Christian Schools New Campus Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC

Top Row

Cokinos;

T&D

‘lbs’ comes from the Latin word ‘libra’ which means pound.

Health Care 1 ($0-$10 million): Methodist Hospital Surgery and Imaging Renovations, Skanska USA

Historic Renovation: Paul Elizondo Adult Behavioral Health Clinic Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, LLC

Health Care 2 ($10-$30 million): Mays Cancer Center Renovations

Residential Multi-Family: Dalian Monterrey Village Phase II Apartments Galaxy Builders, Ltd.

Interior Finish-out 3 ($2-$5 million): Bob Mills Furniture Joeris General Contractors, Ltd.

Health Care 3 (over $30 million): Methodist Hospital Women’s Central Bed Tower and Lobby Expansion Skanska USA

Specialty Construction: Will Smith Zoo School Guido Construction

Interior Finish-out 4 (over $5 million): Four Seasons Hotel Modernization Turner Construction Company

Overland is Overseas architectural Firm Brings san antOniO tO china

San Antonio has historically been famous for its River Walk which connects various parts of the city and makes traveling by water a way of life for citygoers. Many tourists know the stretch of the River Walk that fows through 5-miles of downtown San Antonio as it’s flled with abundant restaurants, bars, river barge boat rides and shops. Today, San Antonio’s River Walk has expanded to 15-miles, much of this being part of an extended museum and

out of their own city’s infrastructure and applied similar design policies in a project on the other side of the

that has identity as a way to bring life back to the river and create a central living district for Nanjing.

The project launched from a need to create a loop to connect three different rivers – the Outer Qinhuai River,

mission reach project that added more trails that allows locals to enjoy a better quality of life by jogging, kayaking, biking and walking.

San Antonio-based architectural frm Overland Partners has taken a page

globe. (The Principal on this project is James Andrews.) As part of an urban development located in Nanjing, China, South New City is currently under construction and to be completed in 2020. Overland Partners is the lead architect on the project with the goal being to create a unique, dynamic water loop

the Xiangshui River and the Airport River. The frm’s framework includes a series of distinctly themed urban and natural intersections. Strategically placed parks will spotlight waterfront landscape, outdoor sports, and ecology as invitations for community members to engage the natural environment, just as the mission reach portion of San Antonio’s River Walk does. The tactics in the South New City water loop will ensure that the development comes together as one source of a new way to live, work, play, learn, and grow in Nanjing.

Flexible

WorkspaTexas

Our economy is becoming more fexible – technology has enabled people to work from anywhere whenever. Disruptors to the economy are more frequent, requiring companies to scale up and scale down operations to remain competitive. Flexible workspace flls this need, allowing for short-term leases and memberships that extend across the world.

While coworking grabs the headlines, fexible workspace is much broader. It encompasses executive suites, which have existed for decades; incubators, which require companies to apply to join and provide supportive programming; and coworking space, which is characterized by modern open ofice space (“shared desks”) and ofices for 1-100+ people.

Flexible Space by Market

Top Operators:

• WeWork

• Regus

• Work Well Win

Austin’s thriving startup culture and spillover for West Coast tech giants drive demand for space that’s more fuid than traditional ofice space.

Top Operators:

• Regus

• Geekdom,

• Legacy Ofice Centers

San Antonio is in the early stages for fexible workspace, just starting to see increased demand from national operators.

Top Operators:

• Boxer Workstyle

• Regus

• Spaces

Houston’s economy continues to diversify, and as new companies move to the market, demand for fexible workspace will grow.

Top Operators:

• WeWork

• Regus

• Worksuites

Fort Worth is newer to coworking; however, national operators such as WeWork are expanding rapidly with locations in the CBD and West Southwest Fort Worth submarkets.

Top Operators:

• WeWork

• Regus

• Worksuites

Dallas’s entrepreneurial spirit and diverse workforce have driven demand, and most large national operators now have a presence. Coworking has been popular in the northern suburbs as employees try to avoid long commutes.

Legend

As the country prepares to endure more political and fnancial volatility, commercial real estate executives cite rising interest rates and the end of the current growth cycle as their lead concerns for the industry this year, according to Seyfarth Shaw’s

report, CBRE identifes the U.S. market clusters leading this revolution, as well as a selection of markets emerging as the industry’s next hot spots.

will slow in 2019. This will lead to more divergent real estate market performance fundamentals. On the other hand, the Federal Reserve’s recently less hawkish stance, and continued strong job growth fgures, will balance some of these pressures. https://www.us.jll.com/en/trendsand-insights/research/commercialreal-estate-investment-trendsoutlook

4th annual Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey.

This focus on real estate fundamentals is best understood in the context of legislative gridlock and serious business threats, on the one hand, and new investment opportunities in opportunity zones, the cannabis business, and coworking spaces, on the other. Law frm Seyfarth Shaw has 15 offces worldwide, including a Houston offce. Their 2019 Survey examines the industry’s current market sentiment on all these topics. The full report can be found here: www.seyfarth.com/ dir_docs/publications/2019-RealEstate-Market-Sentiment-Survey.pdf

Strong construction momentum will easily carry through the frst half of 2019, despite project margins facing pressure from all sides. JLL’s latest research fnds robust U.S. economic fundamentals will drive further growth of the industry, which in 2018 recorded a 5.1% increase in total construction value and a 4.5% increase in employment.

https://www.us.jll.com/en/trendsand-insights/research/2019construction-outlook-report

The life sciences revolution is occurring at a record pace. In this

JLL’s Commercial Real Estate Investment Trends & Outlook report indicates that increased activity in primary markets and heightened volume of entity-level acquisitions led to a 16.4% rise in transaction activity in the U.S. in 2018. But economic growth—in the U.S. and abroad—

Insatiable demand for data center space remained robust across regions throughout the year. Multicloud adoption continues to drive demand across markets and will be compounded with the advent of 5G network connectivity. Providers are strategizing their offerings to meet the growing need for long-term fexibility, while providing the space and power needed from large users. JLL’s Data Center Research Report offers indepth market knowledge and a true pulse on the market with a discussion about the current state of the industry, absorption, under construction news, local market activity, highlight mergers and acquisitions, and provide our outlook to year-end 2018. https:// www.us.jll.com/en/trends-andinsights/research/global-data-centeroutlook

Shotgun wedding -

A case of wife or death.

Q4 2018 Retail MarketViews

AUSTIN: Despite Lax Quarter, Austin Retail Remains Robust Heading Into New Year

Occupancy: 95.9%

Net Absorption: (247,420) sq. ft

DALLAS/ FORT WORTH: Completions and Absorption Rise to Close Out Another Strong Year

Occupancy: 94.5%

Net Absorption: 1,170,513 sq. ft.

HOUSTON: Occupancy on the Rise Going Into 2019

Occupancy: 94.4%

Net Absorption: 353,215 sq. ft.

CONTACTS

E. Michelle Miller Research Operations Manager michelle.miller@cbre.com

To learn more about CBRE Research, or to access additional research reports, please visit the Global Research Gateway at www.cbre.com/research.

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Change Your Mindset or Suffer the Consequences

5 Steps to Thrive in Our Unstable World

We live in a world of unpredictable and uncontrollable change. How can we survive and even thrive when our environment turns against us?

Bill Evans was the CEO of Shifting Rocks Corporation, the dominant regional player in providing rocks for road construction. After 30 great years, they suddenly dropped behind two competitors. Due to a combination of unforeseen changes, sales plunged from $50mm to $25mm. They went from $5mm proft to a loss of $2mm in only two years. Bill hired a frm that helps companies thrive in a changing environment.

After one year of working together, Shifting Rocks reached breakeven. In two years, they climbed to a $6 million proft. Their engagement levels are now higher than the “good years,” and Bill enjoys his job more than ever.

Become a Flexible, Adaptive, Learning Organization

The turning point was when Bill’s mindset changed with the realization that what led to success in the past often doesn’t work today. The primary characteristics needed to thrive now are:

1. Flexibility - The willingness to change or compromise.

2. Adaptability - The ability to utilize fexibility to meet the demands of new conditions.

3. Learnability - The ability to quickly learn new knowledge and skills that are required to meet the demands of new conditions.When you implement these traits, you become a Flexible, Adaptive, Learning Organization (FALO). A FALO provides a unique competitive edge in an unstable environment. A key element is the mindset shift to focusing on the things that lie in your area of control rather than constantly reacting to things out of your control. Instead of things getting easier, you get better!

How do you develop a FALO?

Below is a fve-step process to creating a FALO:

Step 1. Shift your mindset from solving problems via processes and technologies to solving people problems frst. All business problems (including process and technology problems) are people problems at their root since people select, develop, operate and

manage your processes and technologies. The perfect processes and technologies with the wrong people or with people who are not using them properly will never work. A process and technology focus is a convenient distraction away from the more challenging arena of human beings. However, starting with processes and technologies is treating the symptoms, not the cause. Your solutions will always be suboptimal with this approach.

Step 2: Create a personal development mindset as an organizational strategy

The key to your professional growth is your personal growth and development. We take ourselves with us everywhere we go, and your self-awareness, skills and character traits are your only tools. It’s critical to realize that these elements of personal growth are developed not inborn. Certainly, you have inborn gifts. However, none are very useful until they’ve been developed over time. History’s most successful CEOs such as Jack Welch of GE, Lou Gerstner of IBM and Ray Dalio of Bridgewater shared a common philosophy. They recognized that as people work on their personal development, they contribute far more productivity, collaboration, and positive energy/ engagement as benefts. Each of these benefts enhances the others to create a multiplier effect throughout the organization. As people develop, they also adapt much better to ongoing life challenges. The organization’s knowledge and skills (learning) increase while becoming more fexible and adaptive.

1. Mission that matters - A clear mission and vision statement to motivate and unify employees.

2. Transparency of LeadersA crucial element to build safety, trust and collaboration that requires openness and vulnerability.

3. Giving everyone a voice - A perspective that values everyone’s opinion and point of view.

Do these principles apply to other companies? Yes, in fact, it’s more diffcult to apply these principles in large organizations like Google due to increased layers of complexity

Step 4: Starting with upper management, take an open, honest inventory of weaknesses

A weakness is any habitual behavior that impairs your effectiveness, which prevents you from becoming who you want to be. Having weaknesses is an unavoidable part of being human. The key is to deliberately identify and acknowledge these habits rather than trying to hide or cover-up. Your weaknesses are obvious to others anyway, so attempting to deny or hide them impairs our growth and relationships.

The authenticity of leaders about their weaknesses builds trust and respect and creates a culture where people feel safe to do the same. Research and experience consistently demonstrate the importance of people safe feeling safe. People won’t allow themselves to be open about their weaknesses until they feel safe from ridicule or punishment.

Step 5: Commit to a process of ongoing improvement

Step

3:

Develop a culture that supports ongoing personal development

Developing a strategy of personal growth requires that you develop a culture that supports this strategy. Organizations frequently fail to execute their strategies due to lacking a culture that supports these strategies. Peter Drucker said that “Culture eats strategy for lunch.” Google provides one of many examples of an organization that focuses on culture as a key driver of its success. Here are their “three principles for a top-notch culture”:

The key is that the leaders’ commit with both their hearts (emotions) and minds (thoughts). Developing new habits that serve you better than the old ones requires committed effort over time. Demonstrating this commitment helps develop a culture of people committed to their personal and professional growth. It’s also important to develop a culture of constructive feedback and encouragement since you often don’t realize when you revert to old habits. Ongoing improvement is diffcult without a culture that supports people making a consistent effort.

Developing a FALO is not complicated. It starts with a mindset shift from focusing on the external environment to focusing on the source of your success and power— the ongoing development of human beings. You can try to control your external environment or adapt to meet (or exceed) the demands. Which approach will you choose?

Wolff is the managing partner for Atlanta-based PeopleMax, specialists in workforce and personal optimization.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

How the 2017 Tax Reform Bill Impacts Small Business

A s a small business owner, you’ve likely always struggled to minimize your taxes and stay proftable. Now at last, there’s some good news! When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act federal income tax bill took effect in 2018, it produced many changes that reduced and positively impacted small business taxes. With tax season right around the corner, it pays (literally) to know how this reform impacts your small business’s bottom line.

All small business owners should be aware of how the recent tax reform affects their tax picture. Not only do most of these changes signify good things for your tax return this year, but understanding them can help you strategize wisely for the future.

What does the new tax landscape mean for you? Keep reading to learn how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will affect (and mostly beneft) your small business.

It reduces individual income tax rates The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act slashed the corporate income tax rate from 35 to 21 percent, a 40 percent reduction. Likewise, individual income tax rates were also reduced under the new act. Most of the tax bracket rates were reduced by several percentage points. This is great news for the vast majority of U.S. small business owners who operate their businesses as pass-through entities (for example, sole proprietorships, LLCs, partnerships, and S-corps).

It allows a 20 percent deduction for pass-through entities. In redesigning the tax code, Congress rightfully realized that many small businesses operating as pass-through entities would be subjected to higher federal income tax rates compared with the new 21 percent corporate income tax rate.

To address this concern, Congress provided a 20 percent deduction for those businesses. For example, if your sole proprietorship netted you $60,000 in 2018 as a single taxpayer, that would push you into the 22 percent federal income tax bracket. But, you get to deduct 20 percent of that $60,000 of income (or $12,000) for the pass-through deduction, so you would owe federal income tax only on the remaining $48,000. However, this deduction gets phased out for service business owners (such as lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, consultants, etc.) at single taxpayer incomes above $157,500 (up to $207,500) and for married couples fling jointly with incomes more than $315,000 (up to $415,000). For other

types of businesses above these income thresholds, this deduction may be limited, so consult with your tax advisor. This is a major change that has made small business owners exceedingly optimistic about being able to grow their businesses.

It allows you to enjoy better equipment expensing rules. Through so-called Section 179 rules, small businesses have historically been able to immediately deduct the cost of equipment, subject to annual limits, they purchase for use and place into service in their business. But the 2017 tax bill expanded these rules. Now, more businesses can immediately deduct up to $1 million in such equipment expense annually (up to the limit of their annual business income). And, this deduction can also now be used for purchases on used equipment. These provisions, which don’t apply to real estate businesses, remain in effect through 2022 and then gradually phase out until 2027 when the prior depreciation schedules are supposed to kick back in.

It increases the maximum depreciation deduction for automobiles. The new tax bill included a major increase in the maximum amount of auto depreciation that can be claimed. The annual amounts of auto depreciation have more than tripled. Effective with tax year 2018, the maximum amounts that can be claimed are as follows:

Year 1: $10,000 up from the prior limit of $3,160

Year 2: $16,000 up from the prior limit of $5,100

Year 3: $9,600 up from the prior limit of $3,050

Year 4 and beyond: $5,760 up from the prior limit of $1,875, until costs are fully recovered.

These annual limits will increase with infation for cars placed into service after 2018.

It limits your interest deductions

Effective with 2018, companies with annual gross receipts of at least $25 million on average over the prior three years are limited in their deduction of interest from business debt. Net interest costs are capped at 30 percent of the business’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Farmers and most real estate companies are exempt. Then, effective in 2022, this provision actually gets more restrictive and would thus affect even more businesses. At that point, the 30 percent limit will apply to earnings before interest and taxes.

It reduces meal and entertainment deductions. The tax reform bill of 2017 eliminated the entertainment expense deduction for businesses. Under prior tax law, 50 percent of those expenses were deductible (for example, when a business entertained customers and even employees at sporting events, ftness clubs, and restaurants).

The new rules do include some exceptions. On-site cafeterias at a company’s offces and meals provided to employees as well as business meals associated with travel are 50 percent deductible. Meals provided to prospective customers as part of a seminar presentation are still fully deductible. Holiday parties and company picnics are also fully deductible as long as they are inclusive of everyone.

It eliminates the health insurance mandate.It eliminates the health insurance mandate. Since the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) was passed by Congress in 2010, some Republicans in Congress vowed to repeal it. With the election of Republican Donald Trump in 2016, it seemed that the pieces were in place for Obamacare’s successful repeal. But, Republicans fell one vote short in the Senate when the late Arizona Senator John McCain gave the repeal measure his infamous thumbs-down vote.

So, the 2017 tax bill included a little-known or -discussed measure that eliminated Obamacare’s mandate effective in 2019, which required people to have or buy health insurance coverage, and if they didn’t, they’d face a tax penalty. So, the penalty tax also disappears in 2019.

It revises rules for using net operating losses. . Net operating losses (NOLs) can no longer be carried back for two years. However, NOLs may now be carried forward indefnitely until they are used up. Previously, the carry-forward limit was 20 years. NOLs are limited each year to 80 percent of taxable income.

Where business taxes are concerned, knowledge is always power. Learn how you can beneft from this long-overdue tax reform and use that knowledge to make more informed decisions. And by all means, take comfort in knowing that you have plenty of reasons to be optimistic about growing your small business.

Small Business Taxes For Dummies®, Second Edition (Wiley, March 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-51784-9, $26.99) is available at bookstores nationwide, from major online booksellers, and direct from the publisher by calling 800-225-5945. A copy of the book is also available as a prize in this issue’s contest. (See the inside back cover to enter.)

Eric Tyson, MBA is the author of the new book Small Business Taxes for Dummies®, Second Edition

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Rose-Mary Rumbley has written three books about her native city – Dallas. She has also written “WHAT! NO CHILI!” and a book about the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. She has appeared on the stage at the Dallas Summer Musicals and at Casa Mañana and was head of the drama department at Dallas Baptist University for 12 years. Today she is on the speaking circuit and teaches drama classes at Providence Christian School. Her loving views of Texas history appear in every issue of the network

There’s Something About Tyler

Let’s talk Tyler, Texas, a charming East Texas city known for its blooming roses, its bubbling oil wells and its big pine trees.

In October, Tyler will once again offer the Texas Rose Festival, at which a Rose Queen will rule over many parties and a fabulous parade. It all began in October, 1933, when the Tyler Garden Club with the Chamber of Commerce decided to put Tyler on the map as the Rose Capital of the World. Now, over 100,000 people attend the festival each year viewing the 200,000 blossoming rose bushes.

In the 1850s Tyler was growing peach trees, but a blight hit the orchard, so the enterprising East Texans decided to plant rose bushes. They made a wise choice. Roses fourish and bloom in Tyler.

The City of Tyler was founded on April 11, 1846, in Smith County. The county was named for General James Smith, who fought in the War of 1812 with Andy Jackson and then came to Texas to fght in the Texas Revolutionary War with Sam Houston.

The city was named for President John Tyler, President of the United States in 1845, when Texas entered the Union. John Tyler never left Virginia, but these people in East Texas wanted to express their thanks for statehood, so they named the city for the president who was responsible.

John Tyler can claim some unusual credits to his life as a politician. He was the frst vice president to become president when Willian Henry Harrison died in offce. Harrison was the oldest president we’d ever elected until Ronald Reagan. He was an Indian fghter known as ‘Tippecanoe’ because he led the forces of the Indiana Territory against the Shawnee Indians led by Chief Tucumseh ) in a ferce battle at Tippecanoe. Because Harrison was 68 years old when elected, he was known as “Old Tip.” Thus, Tyler with Tip gave the nation the frst campaign slogan ever coined, TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO!

Because Old Tip didn’t want anyone to think he was too old to be president, he gave the longest inaugural address in history without wearing an overcoat on a very cold day in Washington D. C. He

caught pneumonia and died thirty days later. Vice President Tyler became President Tyler.

John Tyler is remembered as the president with the most children. He had ffteen children and here is how he accomplished this scene. He was married to Letitia. Christian whose father was a Virginia planter. They’d met when John was in law school and married when he was 23 years old. He promised his bride, “Whether I foat or sink in the stream of fortune, you may be assured of this, that I will never cease to love you.” Wow! I would say he was truly a romantic man, and the twentynine-year marriage proved to be very happy. They had eight children. But sadness entered their joyful life, when Letitia suffered a stroke while the Tylers were in the White House. She never recovered and remained bedridden for several months until she died at the age of ffty-one.

John continued serving as the president, and at a White House reception, he met the beautiful Julia Gardiner, whose father was a landowner in New York. In fact, Julia was born on Gardiner Island, one of the largest privately-owned Islands in the country. John Tyler made it well known that he was going to pursue Julia even though he was thirty years older than she was. She fell for this older man and told her father she was going to marry him. Can’t you just hear her father say, “I don’t care if he’s the President of the United States, he’s too old for you.”

Tyler had to prove his youthfulness, so he invited a few friends, the father, and Julia on a moonlight cruise down the Potomac on the ship, THE PRINSTON, with Tyler at the helm. He decided to fre off a cannon on the ship. (How youthful is that?) He fred, but the cannon backfred, and killed the father.

Tyler rushed Julia to the White House to comfort her. She was then so impressed with his care, she married him and had 7 children. There are still two Tyler grandchildren alive today!

Whoddathunkit?

Here’s another unusual Tyler fact. Julia loved the song HAIL TO THE CHIEF. The song was written to praise the chief of the forest, the pine tree. She had it played every time Tyler came forth. And that’s why today the song is still played when the president appears. The song has nothing to do with the presidency. It sings praise to the pine tree. The pine trees grow so beautifully in Tyler along with the roses. Go see both this year-October 17-20.

General James Smith

John Tyler

William Henry Harrison

Chief Tecumseh

Julia Gardiner Tyler

Letitia Christian Tyler

Gunfght at the O.K. Corral

The Gunfght at the O.K. Corral was a 30- second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone in the Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfght was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side and town Marshal Virgil Earp, Special Policeman Morgan Earp, Special Policeman Wyatt Earp, and temporary policeman Doc Holliday on the other side.

Billy Clanton and both McLaury brothers were killed.Ike Clanton, Billy Claiborne, and Wes Fuller ran from the fght. Virgil, Morgan, and Doc Holliday were wounded, but Wyatt Earp was unharmed. Wyatt is often erroneously regarded as the central fgure in the shootout, although his brother Virgil was Tombstone city marshal and deputy U.S. marshal that day and had far more experience as a sheriff, constable, marshal, and soldier in combat.

The shootout has come to represent a period of the American Old West when the frontier was virtually an open range for outlaws, largely unopposed by law enforcement offcers who were spread thin over vast territories. It was not well known to the American public until 1931, when Stuart Lake published the initially wellreceived biography Wyatt Earp:

Frontier Marshal two years after Earp’s death.

The book was the basis for the 1946 flm My Darling Clementine, directed by John Ford,[2] and the 1957 flm Gunfght at the O.K. Corral, after which the shootout became known by that name.

James, Virgil, and Wyatt Earp arrived in Tombstone on December 1, 1879, when the small town was mostly composed of tents as living quarters, a few saloons and other buildings, and the mines. Virgil had been hired as Deputy U.S. Marshal for eastern Pima County, with his offces in Tombstone, only days before his arrival. In June 1881 he was also appointed as Tombstone’s town marshal.

Though not universally liked by the townspeople, the Earps tended to protect the interests of the town’s business owners and residents; even so, Wyatt Earp helped protect Cowboy “Curly Bill” Brocius from being lynched after he accidentally killed Tombstone city Marshal Fred White. In contrast, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan was generally sympathetic to the interests of the rural ranchers and members of the loosely organized outlaw group called the Cochise County Cowboys, or simply the Cowboys. (In that time and region, the term cowboy generally meant an outlaw; legitimate cowmen were instead referred to as cattle herders or ranchers.)

Despite its name, the gunfght did not take place within or next to the O.K. Corral. About 30 shots were fred in 30 seconds.

Ike Clanton subsequently fled murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday, but after

a 30-day preliminary hearing and a brief stint in jail, the lawmen were shown to have acted within the law.

The gunfght was not the end of the confict. On December 28, 1881, Virgil Earp was ambushed and maimed in a murder attempt by the Cowboys.

On March 18, 1882, a Cowboy fred from a dark alley through the glass door of a Campbell & Hatch’s saloon and billiard parlor, killing Morgan Earp. The suspects in both incidents furnished alibis supplied by other Cowboys and were not indicted.

Wyatt Earp, newly appointed as Deputy U.S. Marshal in Cochise County, then took matters into his own hands in a personal vendetta. He was pursued by county sheriff Johnny Behan, who had received a warrant from Tucson for Wyatt’s shooting of Frank Stilwell.

Ike Clanton

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Virgil Earp

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Water Rights

There is no shortage of global crises these days: fnancial turmoil, poverty, global warming, war and terrorism –just to name a few. It seems like our very existence and prosperity are frequently challenged. Sometimes it is easy to get complacent if you are not face-to-face with these issues on a routine basis. However, everyone on earth must come to grips with one of the oldest “global crises” known to humankind: the need for fresh water.

Water is the basis for our livelihoods and our future development. As water fows, it not only shapes our topography, it also shapes our economy and our future. Our thirst for this precious commodity, and our desire to regulate it, is not new – legal scholars believe Texas water regulation began in the 1600s at the same time when Spanish missions and presidios started taking shape. At that time, Spanish water law encouraged the formation of community irrigation ditches. Historians believe that those old Spanish laws gave birth to increased population in (what is now) Texas, because people began to gather around the areas that could be cultivated with fresh water.

Today, our world population is exploding more than ever –including in our own backyard. So, naturally, the demand for water is beginning to exceed supply since Mother Earth isn’t “making” more water; further, many states, such as Texas, have long ago ceased building any major dam production systems. This creates more and more reliance on the water rights granted to us in our various water laws.

Riparian vs. Littoral Rights

To understand water rights, we must frst go over some basic water-rights terminology. The frst term, “littoral rights”, concerns the rights of landowners whose property abuts an ocean, sea or lake, rather than a river or stream. Littoral rights are commonly used in connection with the use and enjoyment of the shore or beach. Thus, the term “littoral land” means land bordering the ocean, sea or a lake. By contrast, “riparian rights” concern the rights of owners whose property abuts a river or a stream. If you want a simple mnemonic aid (memory trick) to help you remember which type of water applies to which right, just remember: “L” stands for “Littoral” and “Lake”, but “R” stands for “Riparian” and “River”.

Riparian and littoral water rights come from many sources,

including state law, federal law, and “common law” (a/k/a “judge-made law”). Further, some treaties between various Native Americans and the United States affect our riparian and littoral rights to this day. Also even though water-rights laws vary greatly from state to state, the basic pretext of riparian rights is that private water rights are tied to the ownership of land bordering a natural river or stream.Thus, water rights are controlled by land ownership. Riparian landowners have a right to use the water, provided that the use is reasonable in relation to the needs of all other riparian owners. Riparian owners retain the right to use water so long as they own the land adjacent to the water.

Littoral rights commonly address our rights to the use of the shore or beach. Littoral rights include such things as the right to place a dock into the water to reach navigable water, usage of water for domestic and agricultural purposes, boating, fshing and swimming. These littoral rights are very similar to riparian rights. In many states, the only practical difference between littoral rights and riparian rights is the type of body of water.

Groundwater Rights

In Texas, water rights depend on whether the water is groundwater or surface water. “Groundwater” is percolating water, or water found below the earth’s surface. If, however, the water comes from the underfow of a river, it is no longer considered groundwater.Thus, if your property has groundwater underneath it, you can harvest and sell this water, but you must be vigilant so your neighbors do not beat you to the punch (or better yet, beat you to the water).

For many years, Texas courts have ruled that a landowner has a right to pump all the water that she can from beneath her land. Essentially, if multiple landowners have access to the same groundwater source, then Texas law dictates that the owner who pumps it out the fastest gets to utilize or sell it. This is referred to as “the rule of capture,” or the law of the biggest pump. This is much different from many other states that require the owner to only make “reasonable use” of groundwater. Thus, if your property has groundwater underneath it, you can harvest and sell this water, but you must be vigilant so your neighbors do not beat you to the punch (or better yet, beat you to the water).

ANTHONY BARBIERI ajb@kesslercollins.com

Anthony J. Barbieri is a shareholder of Kessler Collins, PC in Dallas, Texas. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a Contributing Editor of the network

“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two tired.

By the Dawn’s Early Light : Fort Mc Henry 1814

Zachary T. Kincade - Home Grown Talent

Zachary Thomas Kinkade, Thomas Kinkade’s nephew, was born in 1991 and has been passionate about art his entire life. At age 11, he began entering and winning national and regional art competitions and shows. Deciding that art was his calling, he submitted a portfolio to the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts and was accepted to the school in preparation for formal university training in the arts. While enrolled in high school, he concurrently took additional art classes at Tarrant County College (TCC) to hone his skills in drawing and painting. Several of his pieces won in juried art shows against college level students.

Zac attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he eventually graduated with honors from this Ivy League’s prestigious School of Art and Architecture. During the summers in Ithaca, he illustrated for the underground magazine Kitch and in his junior year was recognized by the Le Bal Gallery in France where his conceptual works on the theme of “War and Beauty” were accepted for inclusion in their prestigious annual publication La Topographies La Guerre. Following in his uncle’s footsteps and in service of his own life as a painter, he attended ArtCenter, an internationally known and highly ranked art school in Pasadena, CA.

He worked as a resident artist for the Thomas Kinkade Company following his education and is currently

Great art is among the most sublime, meaningful, and redeeming creations of all civilization. Few endeavors can equal the power of great artwork to capture aesthetic beauty, to move and inspire, to change perceptions, and to communicate the nature of human experience. Great art is also complex, mysterious, and challenging. Filled with symbolism, cultural and historical references, and often visionary imagery, great artworks oblige us to reckon with their many meanings.

Architects and designers (many of our readers) have a lot of infuence on the way we perceive the world. A structure often plays a signifcant part in how we experience a place. (Think of a restaurant, a museum, an arena, a stadium…even an offce building – virtually anywhere!) The interior design impacts our sensory perception, our comfort, and our physical connection and there is also artistry in the exterior design. (That’s why we call it artchitecture.)

represented by Art Brand Studios, the parent company of the Thomas Kinkade Studios. His originals and limited-edition canvas prints are sold in galleries across the country where he appears at special events and enjoys meeting those who collect his work.

The Thomas Kinkade Gallery (in his hometown of Fort Worth) opened when Zac was in kindergarten and carries a full collection of his work. The gallery is managed by his mother, Laura Kinkade. For more information call 817.335.1140 or visit ThomasKinkadeTX.com.

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shout outs!

Expressions of praise given in the presence of many peo ple.

shout outs!

Expressions of praise given in the presence of many peo ple.

WalletHub released an in-depth report on 2018’s Most Pet-Friendly Cities. Kudos to Austin that came in 4th, behind Scottsdale, AZ, Orlando, FL and San Diego, CA. See the whole report at https://wallethub.com/edu/most-petfriendly-cities/5562/

WalletHub released an in-depth report on 2018’s Most Pet-Friendly Cities. Kudos to Austin that came in 4th, behind Scottsdale, AZ, Orlando, FL and San Diego, CA. See the whole https://wallethub.com/edu/most-pet-

To determine the most attractive real-estate markets in the U.S., WalletHub compared 300 cities across 22 key metrics. The data set ranges from median home-price appreciation to home sales turnover rate to job growth. Texas cities claimed 5 of the top 10 spots including the top 3! ; McKinney was #2, Allen was #3; Richardson was # 7; and Denton was #10. Read more at: https://wallethub.com/ edu/best-real-estate-markets/14889/

To determine the most attractive real-estate markets in the U.S., WalletHub compared 300 cities across 22 key metrics. The data set ranges from median home-price appreciation to home sales turnover rate to job growth. Texas cities claimed 5 of the top 10 spots including the top 3! Frisco was # 1; McKinney was #2, Allen was #3; Richardson was # 7; and Denton was #10. Read more at: https://wallethub.com/ edu/best-real-estate-markets/14889/

Congratulations to Freese and Nichols Chairman Bob Pence who is being honored with a Leadership Excellence Award from the Baldrige Foundation. The award will be presented April 9 at a Baldrige Foundation luncheon during the 31st Annual Quest for Excellence® Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. This distinguished award recognizes individuals in business, government, health care and the nonproft world who provide exceptionally outstanding support to Baldrige and the Foundation’s mission. During Pence’s 15-year tenure as President and CEO, Freese and Nichols in 2010 became the frst engineering and architecture frm to be chosen for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive. Applicants are evaluated in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement; analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; and process management and results.

A respectful bow to Darren L. James, AIA (an occasional contributor to this publication) on being named named President of KAI Enterprises. James joined KAI in 1993 as a recent graduate of the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Urban Design. He became President and COO of KAI Texas in 2005 and a shareholder in 2010. Now, in his new role, he will explore innovative ways to increase and expand KAI’s national presence and develop and oversee the sales and marketing strategy for each of KAI Enterprises’ four business units: KAI Design, KAI Engineering, KAI Build and KAI 360 Construction Services (KAI 360 CS).

Hats o to Lancaster, PA which has earned gold certi cation under the new LEED for Cities program, (https://new.usgbc.org/leed-for) recognizing leadership in sustainability. It is among the rst communities in the United States and the world to earn the rating, which also recognized Washington, D.C.; Phoenix; Arlington County, Va.; Songdo, South Korea; Savona, Italy; and Surat, India. LEED is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. The cation system grew to include cities in 2017.

which has earned gold certi cation under LEED for Cities program, (https://new.usgbc.org/leed-for) recognizing leadership in sustainability. It is among the rst communities in the United States and the world to earn the rating, which also recognized Washington, D.C.; Phoenix; Arlington County, Va.; Songdo, South Korea; Savona, Italy; and Surat, India. LEED is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. The certi cation system grew to include cities in 2017.

buildings in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Oklahoma City and St. Louis. (The banquet was held on January 17 at the Capitol Ballroom in Austin. Gene Kranz, the leader of the “Tiger Team” of fight directors for Apollo 13, was the keynote speaker for the event, celebrating the 50th anniversary of landing on the moon.)

High honors to Fehmi Karahan, president and chief executive offcer of The Karahan Companies and Holt Lunsford, founder and chief executive offcer of Holt Lunsford Commercial. They will be inducted into the 2019 NTCAR Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame on April 30th.

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“Chuck” G. Dannis, senior managing director of National Valuation Consultants, Inc. (and founder of Crosson Dannis), will be presented the Michael F. McAuley Lifetime Achievement Award.

Based upon its economy (the local unemployment rate, historical job growth, projected job growth and the level of employment opportunities available, and other factors, the cost of living (based on tax burden, insurance costs, commuting costs, medical spending, utility and home expenses) its diversity (racial makeup, racial integration, and economic diversity within the population, education (based on math and reading test scores and local and county level high school graduation rates) and income (based on historical median household income, projected household income, a comparison between local and state median household income and change between current and historical household income, Money Magazine chose the City of Frisco as #1 In its annual review The Ten Best Places to Live in America Right Now. Wow! Congratulations! Read more: http://time. com/money/5387468/best-places-to-live-2018-methodology/

Based upon its economy (the local unemployment rate, historical job growth, projected job growth and the level of employment opportunities available, and other factors, the cost of living (based on tax burden, insurance costs, commuting costs, medical spending, utility and home expenses) its diversity (racial makeup, racial integration, and economic diversity within the population, education (based on math and reading test scores and local and county level high school graduation rates) and income (based on historical median household income, projected household income, a comparison between local and state median household income and change between current and historical household income, Money Magazine chose the City of Frisco as #1 In its annual review The Ten Best Places to Live in America Right Now. Wow! Congratulations! Read more: http://time. com/money/5387468/best-places-to-live-2018-methodology/

5 Dallas High School recently won a 2018 Preservation Dallas Achievement Award, which honors Dallas’ outstanding residential and commercial historic preservation projects and the individuals who are committed to making Dallas a better place to live by protecting its architectural heritage. The 102,000-square foot, fourstory building was built in 1907 and sat empty for nearly two decades before being purchased by Matthews Southwest and redeveloped into 78,000-square feet of historically converted o ce space, along with 10,000-square feet of restaurant, retail and outdoor patio space. Kudos to Aimee Sanborn, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal and Team Leader at Merriman Anderson/Architects (the design architect, historic architect and architect of record for the building shell and interior restoration, including the LEED Gold

Dallas High School recently won a 2018 Preservation Dallas Achievement Award, which honors Dallas’ outstanding residential and commercial historic preservation projects and the individuals who are committed to making Dallas a better place to live by protecting its architectural heritage. The 102,000-square foot, fourstory building was built in 1907 and sat empty for nearly two decades before being purchased by Matthews Southwest and redeveloped into 78,000-square feet of historically converted o ce space, along with 10,000-square feet of restaurant, retail and outdoor patio space. Kudos to Aimee Sanborn, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal and Team Leader at Merriman Anderson/Architects (the design architect, historic architect and architect of record for the building shell and interior restoration, including the LEED Gold

Kudos to Merriman Anderson/Architects for receiving the Texas Historical Commission’s 2018 Award for Excellence in Historic Architecture. The Texas Historical Commission Awards recognizes worthy accomplishments and exemplary leadership in the preservation of Texas’ heritage. MAA is an industry leader in historic renovations and is responsible for the restoration of 38 historic

Some state capitals rank amongst the richest metro areas in the U.S., but not all of them offer the best quality of life. To take a closer look at this issue, the personal-fnance website WalletHub released a report on 2019’s Best State Capitals to Live in as well as accompanying videos. To identify the most livable seats of state government, they compared all 50 state capitals across 54 key metrics, ranging from cost of living to K–12 school-system quality to number of attractions.#1, of course, Austin!

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To determine where the most rapid local economic growth occurred over a period of seven years, WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 15 key metrics. The data set ranges from population growth to college-educated population growth to unemployment rate decrease. In addition, they produced a separate ranking by city size.

To determine where the most rapid local economic growth occurred over a period of seven years, WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 15 key metrics. The data set ranges from population growth to college-educated population growth to unemployment rate decrease. In addition, they produced a separate ranking by city size.

For more information, go to 2018’s Fastest Growing Cities in America (https://wallethub. com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/ ). Also view accompanying videos.

For more information, go to 2018’s Fastest Growing Cities in America (https://wallethub. com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/ ). Also view accompanying videos.

About 45% of all U.S. adults are single, so it seems only ftting that the personal-fnance website WalletHub released a report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Singles as well as accompanying videos. To help unattached Americans improve their chances of fnding love, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 28 key indicators of dating-friendliness. The data set ranges from share of single adults to movie costs to nightlife options per capita. Dating in Texas (1=Best; 25=Avg.): 30th – % of Single Adults; 13th – Mobile-Dating Opportunities; 14th – Median Annual Household Income (Adjusted for Cost of Living); 1st – Restaurants per Capita; 1st – Movie Theaters per Capita; 12th – Average Beer & Wine Price. For the full report, visit: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-singles/31667/

Center: Jennifer Picquet-Reyes (Principal & Team Leader) and Milton Anderson (Vice President & Director of Design)

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“Destiny is a tyrant ‘s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.” (Ambrose Bierce)

1. Jim Henry AIA joined CallisonRTKL’s healthcare sector in Dallas as Senior Vice President

2 Dan Thomas AIA, ACHA, EDAC joined CallisonRTKL’s healthcare sector in Dallas as Vice President

3 Darrick Walls joined CallisonRTKL’s healthcare sector in Dallas as Associate Vice President

4 Sinead Clifford Soesbe was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Rosewood Corporation

5 Dan McKenzie, PE joined Freese and Nichols as an Oil & Gas Group Manager and Practice Leader 6 Evans Howell joined BBG as Executive Managing Director 7 Natalie White joined Aimbridge Hospitality as Executive Vice President of Marketing

8 Simon Mendy was appointed Senior Vice President of Operations for Aimbridge Hospitality

9 Darren L. James, AIA, has been named President of KAI Enterprises

10 Ron Deal joined the Austin office of Freese and Nichols as a senior designer

11 Rick Perdue was named President of Rosewood Property Company

12 Alaina Brodsky joined CBRE in Dallas as a Communications Specialist

13 Casey Schaefer was promoted to First Vice President at CBRE

14 Lucy Durbin was promoted to Vice President at CBRE

15 Marty Neilon was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE

16 Shannon Brown was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE

17 Darryl Dadon was promoted to First Vice President at CBRE in Austin.

18 Logan Reichle was promoted to First Vice President at CBRE in Austin

19 Bill Caparis was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE in El Paso

20 Bret Hefton joined the Tenant Representation Team at JLL in Dallas

21 Taylor Dickerson joined the Tenant Representation Team at JLL in Dallas

22 James Rampy was promoted to Senior Director Engineering Operations for Texas at Cushman & Wakefield

23 Dee Dee Waters was promoted to Assistant Property Manager at Cushman & Wakefield

24 LaNeigh Jones joined Camelot Facility and Property Management Services as Property Administrator

1 Jim Henry 2 Dan Thomas 3 DarrickWalls

4 Sinead Soesbeg

5 Dan McKenzie 6 Evan Howell 7 NathalieWhite

8 Simon Mendy 9 Daren James 10 Ron Deal

11 Rick Perdue

12 Alaine Brodskye 13 Casey Schaefer

15 Marty Neilon 16 Shannon Brown

17 Daryl Dadon

18 Logan Reichle 19 William Caparis

20 Bret Hefton

22 James Rampy

23 Deedee Waters 24 LaNeigh Jones

14 Lucy Durbin

21Taylor Dickerson

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March

1-4 AGC of America | Convention in Denver

3 – 6 BOMA Southwest Regional Conference in Rogers, Arkansas

3 CREW Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon

3 ASA North Texas | Monthly Membership Meeting

3 USGBC | PACENation Summit in Austin

3 REC of San Antonio | Mayoral Candidate Forum

4 SCR | Commercial Trade Expo

17 IREM Houston | Luncheon

18 Forth Worth IREM | Luncheon

Galaxy SOHO

5 Houston Contractors Association | Clay Shoot Tournament

5 IIDA Dallas | Fashion Forward

5 BOMA Austin | Craw sh Boil

5 AIA Lower Rio Grande Valley | Golf Tournament

5-6 NAWIC |SCR | Spring Forum

8-10 IFMA | Facility Fusion in Atlanta

8-11 IIDA San Antonio | ZeroLand ll

9 IREM Austin | Monthly Luncheon

10 NTCCIM | Happy Hour – location TBD

11 NTCCIM | Luncheon at Park City Club

11 BOMA Austin | Golf Tournament

11 RECA | Networking Happy Hour

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April

17 BOMA San Antonio | IREM San Antonio | Joint

| Luncheon at Maggiano’s

30 – April 3 TAPPA | Annual Conference at Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk

Do you recognize these 6 icons? (answers on page 62)

Do you recognise these famous lawmen and criminals from the Old West? (Answers on page 62)

What’s in a name ?

10 countries which have changed their names

Many cities, states, towns, and provinces around the world have undergone a name change for different reasons. A name change is often done for political or nationalistic reasons such as removing traces of colonial rule or refecting the ideologies of the government in power. A country or state may also change its name for purely commemorative reasons, especially in honor of an infuential person or an important event in the country. A country may also change its name to improve their image and to erase an unpleasant event or memory in its history. Here are ten countries that have successfully changed their names.

Persia/Iran

Kampuchea/Cambodia

Myanmar is known in English by two names - Myanmar and Burma. The country’s name has been changed from “Burma” to “Myanmar” and fnally to the “Republic of the Union of Myanmar” which has been a subject of controversy. The change of name was done by the military junta in 1989, one year after several people were killed in an attempt to suppress a popular uprising. The name change was recognized by several countries including France and Japan and the UN. However, the US and the UK did not recognize the unelected military that changed the name.

Cambodia has changed its name several times, especially when the new ruling party wanted to erase the traces of the previous one. Between 1953 and 1970, the country was renamed the Kingdom of Cambodia. From 1970 to 1975 it was named the Khmer Republic. Under the communist rule from 1975 to 1979, it was referred to as Democratic Kampuchea. Under the UN transition authority from 1989 to 1993, the country was named the State of Cambodia. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1993, Cambodia was renamed the Kingdom of Cambodia. The Khmer people prefer to call themselves Kampuchea meaning “Descendant of Prince Kambu.” The name Cambodia is a Western mispronunciation of Kampuchea.

Transjordan/Jordan

Historically, Iran was referred to as Persia due to the Greek writings. The region covering the present-day Iran was occupied by the Persians who established the Persian Empire. In 1935, the government of Iran directed the countries it had diplomatic relations with to refer to it as Iran instead of Persia. The suggestion to change the name is thought to have been infuenced by Iranian ambassador to Germany who had also been infuenced by the Nazis. The countries obliged and the name “Iran” began to appear in offcial documents. Although there was opposition to the change of name from some quarters, the move to use Persia and Iran interchangeably changed the perception of the people and today the country is generally referred to as Iran.

Burma/Myanmar

Transjordan was recognized as a state in September 1922 and remained under a British mandate until 1946 when it was granted independence. In May 1946 the authorities renamed it “The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan” after the ratifcation of the Treaty of London. In 1949 the name was again changed to “The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.” (It had been ruled by the Hashemite dynasty.) Hashemite is today used in Jordan to refer to the royal family while Jordan is a name that refers to the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized.

Abyssinia/Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Empire, also known as Abyssinia, covered the northern present state of Ethiopia. The founding of the Solomonic dynasty by the Abyssinians in 1270 led to the naming of the whole country “Abyssinia.” The Abyssinians ruled uninterrupted up until the 20th century, governing larger parts of Ethiopia. Abyssinia was changed to Ethiopia during World War

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II by Haile Selassie the X Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-1974. Some scholars have argued that Ethiopia has always been called the same name

in 1972 and changed the name to “Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka” in 1978.

(Ethiopia) since the 4th century and that the name Abyssinia was just popularized by the Arabs and that Ethiopia is bigger than Abyssinia geographically.

Zaire/Democratic Republic of the Congo

“Faso” from the two main languages in the country. The name “Upper Volta” had been given by the French colonialist because of the Volta River which fows across the country. Burkina means “honest people” in Moore language while Faso means “fatherland” in the Dyula language. The two words put together mean “land of the honest people.”

Dahomey/Benin

The name Bechuanaland was adopted by the British on March 31, 1885, when it adopted the country as one of its territories. The territory remained under the Bechuanaland Protectorate until independence on September 30, 1966. Botswana adopted the new name after independence. Botswana is named after “Tswana,” the largest ethnic group in the country, also referred to as Bechuana in older variant orthography.

Ceylon/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been known by several names over time. Under the British rule, Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon from 1815 to 1948. Ceylon is a transliteration of Ceilao, the country’s name under the Portuguese who were the frst colonial rulers. The name Sri Lanka was introduced during the push for independence in the early 20th century. It was used by the Marxist Lanka Sama Samaja Party while Sri was introduced by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. It offcially adopted the name “The Republic of Sri Lanka”

The Democratic Republic of Congo was formally known by several names such as Congo Free State, Belgium Congo, and Congo-Leopoldville. In 1960, it attained independence under the name “Republic of Congo,” named after the Congo River. From 1965 to 1971 the country was renamed to the “Democratic Republic of the Congo” and in 1971 President Mobutu Sese Seko named it “Republic of Zaire.” Although the Sovereign National Congress voted to change the name back to the “Democratic Republic of the Congo” in 1992, the change took place in 1977 following the fall of Mobutu.

Upper Volta/Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, formally known as the Upper Volta, was renamed in August 1984 by President Thomas Sankara. He chose the names “Burkina” and

Dahomey was a powerful pre-colonial kingdom that was established in West Africa in what is now the Benin Republic. The kingdom also covered the present-day Togo and some parts of southwestern Nigeria. The Dahomey Kingdom was famous for the skilled female warriors who served as royal bodyguards. The country changed its name from Dahomey to the Benin Republic ffteen years after the country attained its independence in 1975 under the leadership Mathieu Kerekou. The change of name was likened to Marxist-Leninist ideals in which Kerekou believed.

Bechuanaland/Botswana

When the chips are down, the bu alo is empty.

ANSWERS FROM JANUARY-FEBRUARY CONTEST INSTANT RECOGNITION (OR NO RECOGNITION AT ALL)

1 “Elementary, my dear Watson”

2 “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

3 “ ere’s no place like home.”

4 “May the Force be with you.”

5 “I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender. I could’ve been somebody.”

6 “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”

7 “You can’t handle the truth.”

8 “I’ll have what she’s having.”

9 “You talkin’ to me?”

10 “Hasta la vista, baby.”

11 “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”

12 “Mama says, ‘Stupid is as stupid does.’”

13 “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”

14 “Here’s looking at you, kid,”

15 “I’m going to make him an o er he can’t refuse.”

16 “ ey call me Mr. Tibbs.”

17 “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”

18 “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”

Congratulations to all of our prize winners!

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ANSWERS FROM PAGE 57: YOU’RE GOING TO CALL ME WHAT?

1 Bartholemew William Barclay “Bat” Masterson (1853 –1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th-century American Old West. Born to a working-class Irish family in Quebec, he moved to the Western frontier as a young man and quickly distinguished himself as a bu alo hunter, civilian scout, and Indian ghter on the Great Plains. He later earned fame as a gun ghter and sheri in Dodge City, Kansas.

By the mid-1880s, Masterson moved to Denver, Colorado and established himself as a “sporting man” (or gambler). He took an interest in prize ghting and became a leading authority on the sport, attending almost every important match and title ght in the United States from the 1880s until his death in 1921. He moved to New York City in 1902 and spent the rest of his life there as a reporter and columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph. His column not only covered boxing and other sports, but frequently gave his opinions on crime, war, politics, and other topics as well. He became a close friend of President eodore Roosevelt and was one of the “White House Gun ghters” who received federal appointments from Roosevelt, along with Pat Garrett and Ben Daniels.

2 Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (1848 – 1929) was an American Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal in Tombstone. He worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous Gun ght at the O.K. Corral. He was also a professional gambler, teamster, boxing referee and bu alo hunter, and he owned several saloons, maintained a brothel, mined for silver and gold, and refereed boxing matches. He spent his early life in Pella, Iowa. By 1874, he arrived in the boomtown of Wichita, Kansas where his reputed wife opened a brothel. On April 21, 1875, he was appointed to the Wichita police force and developed a solid reputation as a lawman, but he was ned and dismissed from Earp immediately le Wichita, following his brother James to Dodge City, Kansas where he became an assistant city marshal. In the winter of 1878, he went to Texas to track down an outlaw, and he met John “Doc” Holliday whom Earp credited with saving his life. He was a lifelong gambler and was always looking for a quick way to make money. He had a notorious reputation which only began to change a er his death when the extremely attering biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal was published in 1931. It became a bestseller and created his reputation as a fearless lawman. His modern-day reputation is that of the Old West’s toughest and deadliest gunman of his day.

3 James Butler Hickok (1837 – 1876), better known as “Wild Bill” Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his work across the frontier as a drover (one who moved livestock over long distances), wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gun ghter, gambler, showman, and actor. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and o en fabricated tales that he told about his life. He was born and raised on a farm in northern Illinois at a time when lawlessness and vigilante activity were rampant. He was drawn to this ru an lifestyle and headed west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice, working as a stagecoach driver and later as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He fought and spied for the Union Army during the American Civil War and gained publicity a er the war as a scout, marksman, actor, and professional gambler. Over the course of his life, he was involved in several notable shoot-outs.

In 1876, Hickok was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, an unsuccessful gambler. e hand of cards which he supposedly held at the time of his death has become known as the dead man’s hand: two pairs, aces and eights.

4 John Henry “Doc” Holliday (1851 – 1887) was an American gambler, gun ghter, and dentist, and a good friend of Wyatt Earp. He is best known for his role in the events leading up to and following the Gun ght

at the O.K. Corral. He developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but modern researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular myth-making, he killed only one or two men. Holliday’s colorful life and character have been depicted in many books and portrayed by well-known actors in numerous movies and television series.

At age 21 Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He set up practice in Atlanta, Georgia, but he was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had claimed his mother when he was 15, having acquired it while tending to her needs while she was still in the contagious phase of the illness. Hoping the climate in the American Southwest would ease his symptoms, he moved to that region and became a gambler, a reputable profession in Arizona in that day. He spent the last years of his life in Colorado, and died of tuberculosis at age 36.

5 Jesse Woodson James (1847 – 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the “Little Dixie” area of western Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as “bushwhackers” operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. ey were accused of participating in atrocities against Union soldiers and civilian abolitionists, including the Centralia Massacre in 1864.

A er the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and o en popular sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes. e James brothers were most active as members of their own gang from about 1866 until 1876, when as a result of their attempted robbery of a bank in North eld, Minnesota, several members of the gang were captured or killed. ey continued in crime for several years a erward, recruiting new members, but came under increasing pressure from law enforcement seeking to bring them to justice. On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford, a new recruit to the gang who hoped to collect a reward on James’ head and a promised amnesty for his previous crimes. Already a celebrity in life, James became a legendary gure of the Wild West a er his death.

6 Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty) (1859 – 1881, also known as William H. Bonney) was an American Old West outlaw and gun ghter who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at age 21. He was orphaned at age 14. e owner of a boarding house gave him a room in exchange for work. His rst arrest was for stealing food at age 16 in late 1875. Ten days later, he robbed a Chinese laundry and was arrested, but he escaped only two days later. He tried to stay with his stepfather, and then ed from New Mexico Territory into neighboring Arizona Territory, making him both an outlaw and a federal fugitive. In 1877, he began to refer to himself as “William H. Bonney”.

A er murdering a blacksmith during an altercation in August 1877, he became a wanted man in Arizona Territory and returned to New Mexico, where he joined a group of cattle rustlers. He became a wellknown gure in the region when he joined the Regulators and took part in the Lincoln County War. His notoriety grew in December 1880 when the Las Vegas Gazette in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and e Sun in New York City carried stories about his crimes. Sheri Pat Garrett captured him later that month; he was tried. Convicted and sentenced to hang, but he escaped, killing two deputies in the process and evading capture for more than two months. Garrett shot and killed Bonney—aged 21—in Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881. During the following decades, legends that Bonney had survived that night grew, and a number of men claimed to be him.

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Fun Fact: Counties in U.S. states are administrative divisions of the state in which their boundaries are drawn; for example, the territoriality medium sized state of Pennsylvania has 67 counties delineated in geographically convenient ways. By way of contrast, Massachusetts with far less territory has massively sized counties in comparison even to Pennsylvania’s largest, yet each organizes their judicial and incarceration offcials similarly. 3,142 counties and county equivalents carve up the United States, ranging in quantity from 3 for Delaware to 254 for Texas.

The Counties

1.Fulton

2. Suffolk

3. Cook

4. Dade

5. Allegheny

6. Marion

7. Clark

8. Tarrant

9. Henrico

10. Mecklenburg

11. Mercer

12. Shawnee

13. Chatham

14. Pulaski

15. Hillsborough

16. Duval

17. Wayne

18. Shelby

19. Maricopa

20. Lancaster

21. Orange

22. Harris

23. King

24. Cuyohoga

25. Hennepin