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Jim Spence

Ray Wilkerson Companies
8015 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Suite 207
Austin, Texas 78757
497-4316
jim@rwcos.com


Mr. Spence has over 30 years of experience as a broker and consultant in the real estate business in Austin, Texas. He has managed construction of a large number of various types of residential and commercial buildings as well as the planning and infrastructure construction for over 5,000 lots in the Austin-Metro area. During the real estate recession in the late 1980s he managed, leased, and sold numerous commercial properties for the FDIC and RTC. Recent completed projects include Urgent Care Plus, an emergency medical care facility and a major remodel, addition and new building for a large church. Current projects include the permitting and construction of a residential subdivision with water front lots on Lake Austin.


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Bill Stringer

Ausvest, Inc.
1135 W. 6th Street, Suite 115
Austin, Texas 78703
472-5606
billstringer@ausvestinc.com


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Kent Taylor

Taylor Commercial
900 Congress Avenue, Suite L-165
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 708 0800
ktaylor@ccim.net


Taylor Commercial Real Estate has specialized in the sale of multifamily and commercial land in the Austin area since 1997. Clients for whom Kent has listed land include Trammell Crow Company, Cousins Properties, Barshop & Oles, Forestar Real Estate, Opus West, Catellus, JP Morgan Chase Bank, GMAC, Albertsons, Archstone, Westwood Residential, St. Croix Capital and United Dominion Realty Trust. Four Taylor Commercial sales have been recognized by the Austin Business Journal in their annual Best Real Estate Awards. Kent is a CCIM and served as President of ACRES for 2005.


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Charles Teeple

Teeple Partners, Inc.
1301 Capital of Texas Highway, Suite A-134
Austin,, Texas 78746
329-5755
charlesteeple@teeplepartners.com


Teeple Partners, Inc. has been active in the acquisition, development and marketing of commercial and residential land and buildings since 1982. Their main focus has been the marketing of land along I-35 from Round Rock to Kyle, with projects such as Grand Avenue, Norwood Park, Park 35 South and Amberwood in Kyle. Teeple also developed the 1005 Congress Building in downtown Austin, the Hampton Inn on Lake Marble Falls, and subdivisions on Lake Travis and Lake LBJ. He is currently marketing Capstone Ranch on Flat Rock Creek near Marble Falls. The firm recently closed on a 67,500 square foot downtown San Antonio mixed use site. Teeple is currently leasing the existing historic buildings containing 45,000 square feet.


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Mike Tipps

Oxford Commercial
2700 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 370 2431
www.oxfordcommercial.com
mtipps@colliersoxford.com


Michael is a co-founder and owner of Colliers Oxford Commercial. Along with the other Colliers Oxford principals, Michael created Colliers Oxford Commercial in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, Michael served as Managing General Partner, guiding the firm to its current position as the market leader for commercial brokerage services in Central Texas. As an 18-year veteran of commercial real estate brokerage in Austin, he focuses on technology and manufacturing oriented clients. His unique ability is structuring creative real estate solutions for his client’s complex needs. Michael is an individual member of the “Society of Industrial and Office Realtors�, a past board member of Colliers Parrish International, and a past board member and current member of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society.


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Steve Turner

Turner Commercial Properties
3613 Wiilliams Drive, Suite 304
Georgetown, Texas 78628
(512) 930 2800
www.turnerprop.com
steve@turnerprop.com


Steve Turner is owner of Turner Commercial Properties located in Georgetown, Texas. Steve has been in the commercial real estate brokerage business since 1981. Steve has experience in all aspects of the real estate fields including land sales, improved properties as well as retail, industrial and office leasing. Steve specializes in Williamson County and has been involved in much of the commercial as well as residential land growth in the Georgetown and Round Rock area.


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Hale Umstattd

Transwestern Properties
901 South MoPac, Building 4, Suite 250
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 328 5600
www.transwestern.net
hale.umstattd@transwestern.net


Hale is Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Transwestern Commercial Services - Austin. He is responsible for investment sales, leasing, project development and account relations with institutional and private clients. Hale has over twenty five years of experience in the Austin market.


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Kurt VanderMeulen

NAI Austin
7320 North MoPac, Suite 101
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 346 5180
www.naiaustin.com
kurt@naiaustin.com


Kurt joined NAI Austin's Land and Investment Team in 2000 and has more than 30 years experience in various aspects of the commercial real estate industry including site selection, acquisition of raw land for development and investment properties. He is a member of RECA; NAR; TAR; CTCB; ACRES; and the NAI Land Council.


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Rob Wendt

Verde Corporate Realty Services
309 West Main Street, Suite 110
Round Rock, Texas 78664
(512) 238 7463
www.verdecrs.com
rob.wendt@verderealty.com


Mr. Wendt is a Vice President of Verde Corporate Realty Services where he has responsibilities for business generation in the Houston, San Antonio, McAllen, Laredo and Austin, Texas markets. Prior to joining Verde, Mr. Wendt was a First Vice President of ProLogis overseeing operations in the Reynosa, Monterrey and Tijuana markets in Mexico as well as the Austin, Texas market. Previously, Mr. Wendt was a member of the Global Services Group of ProLogis with relationship responsibilities with over 25 Global customers, as well as responsibility for build to suits throughout the ProLogis central region. Mr. Wendt has been active in commercial real estate since 1982 and his experience includes positions with Hardin Corporation, Cushman and Wakefield, and Oxford Commercial (now Colliers International). Mr. Wendt holds a BBA in Real Estate and Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.


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Gail M. Whitfield, CCIM

Whitfield Company, The
4934 W. Highway 290
Austin, Texas 78735
476-9900
www.thewhitfieldco.com
gwhitfield@thewhitfieldco.com


Gail Whitfield has been specializing in commercial real estate in the Austin area for over 25 years. The Whitfield Company has become one of the premiere boutique commercial real estate firms in Austin focusing on serving every client to the full extent of their needs. Nowhere has this been truer than TWC’s work as the exclusive broker for Randall’s Food and Drugs, where they have completed fifty-five projects on their behalf, Lowe’s Home Improvement where twelve transactions have been completed, and Pedernales Electrical Cooperative with four recent acquisitions and dispositions. TWC has also completed transactions involving the acquisition, development and consulting of diverse properties for a variety of different uses with national and local developers. The Whitfield Company with partners entitled and is developing a 600,000 SF shopping center in Bastrop known as Burleson Crossing which required significant off-site roadway improvements to the ingress and egress. The City/County agreed to their first incentive package facilitated by a 380/381 agreement as a result of continuing the historical significance of Bastrop. Gail is a graduate of Sam Houston State University with an MBA and acquired her CCIM designation in 1993.


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Bob Wynn

Colliers Oxford Commercial
2700 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Austin,, Texas 78746
370-2414
www,colliersoxford.com
bwynn@colliersoxford.com


Bob is one of the principals and founders of Colliers Oxford Commercial, Inc. He began his real estate career in Austin in 1985 with Cushman & Wakefield. In 1993, the former office of Cushman & Wakefield and The Oxford Group merged to form Oxford Commercial, Inc., a full service real estate firm. Accepted in 1997 as an Individual Member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Bob specializes in consulting and tenant representation projects for clients, including build-to-suit, leasing, sales, acquisitions, relocations and expansions.


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Diana Zuniga

Investors Alliance
602 West 7th
Austin,, Texas 78701
480-8100
www.investorsallianceinc.com
invest@iausa.net


Diana G. Zuniga, President of Investors Alliance, Inc., has over 20 years experience in the sale of income producing properties. She is a CCIM, past President and Board and Executive Committee Member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, a member of the NMHC, AARO, past President of ACRES and a member of the Emeritus Board of Zachary Scott Theatre. Ms. Zuniga has received numerous awards including CoStar's Top Ten Power Broker for 2003 through 2007, and a Top Ten Commercial Broker for 2004 and 2005, Texas Monthly's 2005 Super Agent Award and was a finalist for 2004 ABJ Profiles in Power. She is also a partner in the development of Spring Condominium.