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Features 20 Building Showcase

Austin’s Scarborough Building & Littlefield Building.

24 Call for 2015 Clide Award Submissions It’s time again for the NCTCOG’s biennial program.

28 The Riverwalk – Back (and) To The Future

Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers - what you do today might burn your ass tomorrow.

Irby Hightower, Chair of the San Antonio River Oversight Committee, on how this symbol of the city came to be and what’s in the plans ahead.

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29 The Fairmount Hotel

The heaviest building ever moved on wheels!

40 Real Estate – Our Home Grown Industry

Scott Farrimond of San Antonio’s Responsible Growth Alliance discusses the importance of real estate to the local economy.

42 The Beloit College Mindset List

The annual look at what this years’ college freshman are ‘thinking’.

48 Ronald McDonald House – LEEDing the way.

49 Up and Coming – Austin artist Leah Haney.

50 Legal View: Guns & Real Estate – Is Your Building On Target?

Attorney (and Contributing Editor) Anthony Barbieri looks at the impact of gun laws on real estate owners and property managers.

54 Ethicks!

Our periodic look at just some of whom are wrong with our world.

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56 Think BIG

An architectural firm with gigantic prospects – worldwide!

59 Outsourcing Your Call Center

Expert Bruce Lyngaas provides an insightful look at what to consider.

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Herstory 52 Texas – A Weak Governor System

Rose-Mary Rumbley looks who really wields the power in Texas.

Artchitecture 38 Sharp Shooter

Cover artist (and ‘the best photographer in Fort Worth’) Brian Luenser loves his hometown and shows it in its best light.

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Marina Bay Sands – the largest hotel in Singapore.

The Trift Bridge - a long way to go just because it’s there.

The Kunsthaus Graz - a friendly alien lands in Austria.

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Costa Rica – Pura Vida

66 What’s In A Name? – Famous Nicknames 67 Nicknames in the Land of Opportunity States’ Nickname Matching Game

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70 Back Page: Our Advertisers/Contest Winners/Answers IBC Contest – 3 Cheers for the Red, White and Blue

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Two major merger/acquisition announcements.

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Amazing Buildings 36 Amazontown

Contributing Editor Angela O’Byrne looks at how Jeff Bezos disrupts the urban workplace.

Going Green 10 Same Angle, Different Lenses – Resiliency: A Necessary Evil for Truly Sustainable Practices The next installment in HOK’s Isilay Civan’s Sustainability Series.

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If it weren’t for the gutter, my mind would be homeless.

Rose-Mary Rumbley (Herstory) looks at when and how the map of Texas changed from what it was when Texas became a state in 1845 to what it is now. In the Legal View, Tony Barbieri attacks the thorny source of many landlord-tenant disputes – CAM charges; Angela O’Byrne’s Amazing Buildings features the Deloitte office in Amsterdam, recently given the highest BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) sustainability rating; and, of course, our affiliates news and events, UnReal Estate, What’s In A Name, You’re Going to Call Me What, Ask the Expert, Why it Matters, Diversions, In The Loop, Diversions and MUCH More!

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anThONY BARBIERI (P. 50) is a IRBY HIGHTOWER (p. 28) is one of Angela O’Byrne (p. 36) is the presshareholder 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 spending time with their extended families, getting involved in their church and supporting the community through various programs – including raising awareness of muscular dystrophy, education and exercise to fight heart disease, providing care and treatment for autism, and counseling domestic-violence victims.

Elvis Presley was a natural blond who started dying his hair in high school.

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life-cycle expert on built environments. Her diversified educational background, and over 15 years of transnational experience covering all industries and phases, gives her a unique perspective on Sustainability. A proud graduate of Texas A&M and ITU, she has published two books on her two PhDs, and is a sought after speaker at many industry events.

Her hobbies include reading/writing, puzzles, brainteasers, sliding, and glamping (a/k/a glamorous camping). She lives by the quote: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”

the four founding principals of Alamo Architects and has co-chaired the San Antonio River Oversight Committee since 1998. In addition to his volunteer work with the river, he is active in San Antonio’s urban revitalization efforts along with the firm’s urban design, mixed-use, and infill work. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects because of his community work on the river and the Texas Society of Architects recognized him with the Pfluger Award for Community Service.

Bruce Lyngaas (P. 59) When not ‘on duty’ with PDS, Bruce enjoys cooking, reading technical articles, and playing with his two dogs. He loves traveling with his wife and getting together for family visits. They are always on the lookout for quality restaurants when traveling. He loves to laugh and finds humor everywhere. Bruce has three children and five grandchildren. His youngest son and oldest granddaughter are both in college and close to the same age (go figure). “Life is always a challenge and remains very interesting.”

ident of national architecture, design-build, and real estate development firm 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 Louisiana, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 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 Buildings feature appears in every issue.

Rose-Mary Rumbley (p. 52)

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Law of the Garbage Truck

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Montana when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Armani® suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and Forzier® tie, leaned out the window and asked, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"

One day I got in a taxi and headed for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car zipped out of a parking space right in front of us. My driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches.

Bud looks at the man - obviously a yuppie - and then looked at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answered, "Sure… why not?"

Within seconds, he received an email on his smart phone that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accessed an MS-SQL® database through an ODBC connected Excel® spreadsheet with email and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he printed out a full-color, 65-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet® printer, turned to the cowboy and said, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."

“Why did you do that?” I asked. “That guy almost ruined your car and sent us both to the hospital!” ”Many people are like garbage trucks,” he explained. “They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they dump it on you.

Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.

Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. Successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don’t.

Life is 10% “what you make it” and 90% “how you take it.” Have a wonderful, garbage-free year!

"That's amazing! You’re right”, said Bud. “I guess you can take one of my calves." He watched the young man select one of the animals and looked on with amusement as the young man stuffed it into the trunk of his car.

Then Bud said, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The man thought about it for a second and said, "Okay, why not?"

"You're a Congressman", said Bud immediately.

"Wow! That's right," said the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required," answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars’ worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are - and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living, or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep.

Now give me back my dog.

(And that’s what the problem is!)

Do I Really Need Facebook?

When I bought my first iPhone, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my kids, their spouses, and 5 grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space. That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world. My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation.

I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.

The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under

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“My husband said he needed more room…so I locked him outside.” Roseanne Barr

The yuppie parked his car, whips out his Dell® notebook computer, connects it to his Samsung Galaxy S5® cell phone, and surfed to a NASA page on the Internet, where he called up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then fed to another NASA satellite that scanned the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. He opened the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop® and exported it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.

The driver of the other car, stopped whipped his head around and menacingly started yelling at us. My driver just smiled, waved at the guy and calmly drove on. He was actually friendly.

I like your approach. Now let me see your departure.

my tool bench with the Bluetooth [it’s actually red] phone I’m supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone within 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud. I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dashboard, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every few minutes, she would sarcastically say, “Re-cal-cu-la-ting.” You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well… it was not a good relationship.

least she loves me To be honest, I’m still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house.

We have had them for years, but I still haven’t figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have to run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings. The world is just getting too complex. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden “paper or plastic?” every time I check out knocks me for a loop.

I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them with me. Now I throw it back to them. When they ask me, “paper or plastic?” I just say, “Doesn’t matter to me. I’m bi-sacksual.” Then they stare at me with a blank look.

I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, “No, but I do toot a lot.”

When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at

I want to apologize for Lee Eastwood’s ultrapolitically-correct stance... (in her letter to the editor which appeared in the December edition.) To reiterate her comment, “This is 2014 if you haven’t noticed.” As a fellow real estate professional, let me assure you that I don’t perceive your publication as offensive. Rather, I think anyone who feels that their profession could be somehow diminished by a joke in a trade magazine may be insecure about their line of work.

For someone to be so offended that they bothered to take the time to reach out to their local chapter of CREW is a sure sign that their career is not going as well as it should be. I would offer this advice to (those) who take offense to everything. You have two choices when you wake up each day: Make the world a better place, leading by example OR complain about the way things are. It’s that simple. All that energy you waste worrying about how life isn’t fair could be directed into being a productive member of society. 2015 is a fresh start. Let’s see if I can practice what I preach.

- Sandra Heflin, Austin

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A real editor’s note-type comment: We receive a lot more correspondence than we print here, and often it includes suggestions about some of our regular features. We’re always tweaking the appearance of the magazine; in response to those suggestions, we are going to make some changes regarding the frequency of certain features (e.g., Ethicks – which could fill an entire magazine by itself – will only appear once a year. Destinations and Go to Health will appear twice a year instead of in every issue). This will make more room for association news, In The News, more quizzes and other new features. Those items you’ve come to expect will not change. Let us know what you think!

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In the letters to the editor section, we love that you print the critical letters. They are a hoot. From us, and I’m sure 99% of your audience, don’t change a thing!!

- Mike Fletcher, Arlington, TX --Great coverage of CBR’s Diversity Series!

- Jen Booth, Atlanta --This so-called humor is beneath you.

- Craig Claybrook, Dallas --We appreciate confirmation of the shelf life of the network. This diversion appeared in our September 2014 issue. Ironically, as we go to press, the City of Paris is contemplating suing Fox News for its having made up its story about ‘no go’ zones of the city. Fox News commentator Steve Emerson even called the English city of Birmingham a no-go zone.

Although Fox apologized for the errors, it offered no explanation for the ‘source’ for the information. Perhaps it was ‘thin air’.

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“Same Angle, Different Lenses” Sustainability Series

Resiliency: A Necesssary Evil for Truly Sustainable Practices

The word resilience (from the Latin word “resili”) means the power or ability to spring back, rebound, or recover. City resilience describes the capacity of cities to function, so that the people living and working in cities – particularly the poor and vulnerable – survive and thrive no matter what stresses or shocks they encounter. Considering the recent disasters around the world, this is a very timely and hot topic showcasing how real, serious, and interconnected the issue of sustainability is. Research conducted by the Rockefeller Foundation-Arup revealed seven qualities3 that are consistent with the characteristics of a resilient city: • Reflectiveness • Resourcefulness

• Robustness • Redundancy

• Flexibility • Inclusiveness • Integration As further detailed in the City Resilience Framework Report4: Reflectiveness and resourcefulness are about the ability to learn from the past and act in times of crisis. Individuals and institutions that are reflective use past experience to inform future decisions, and modify standards and behaviors accordingly. Resourceful people and institutions are able to recognize alternative ways to use resources at times of crisis in order to meet their needs or achieve their goals.

Robustness, redundancy and flexibility are qualities that help to conceive systems and assets that can withstand shocks and stresses as well as the willingness to use alternative strategies to facilitate rapid recovery. Robust design is well-conceived, constructed and managed and includes making provisions to ensure that failure is predictable, safe, and not disproportionate to the cause. Redundancy refers to spare capacity purposively created to accommodate disruption due to extreme pressures, surges in demand or an external event. It includes diversity where there are multiple ways to achieve a given need. Flexibility refers to the willingness and ability to adopt alternative strategies in response to changing circumstances or sudden crises. Systems can be made more flexible through introducing new technologies or knowledge, including recognizing traditional practices.

Building resilience, or more specifically expanding the capacity of individuals, communities, organizations and systems to survive, adapt and grow in the face of shocks and stresses (and to transform when conditions require it) demands upfront investment both in terms of financing and targeted considerations. It requires innovation to solve for known vulnerabilities, as well as the unknowns, to uncover weaknesses within systems. Such an approach can and should make resilience be a positive selling point for cities similar to promotion of their livability scores, vibrant arts scene or new transportation investments. Only then will cities be able to realize their resilience dividend5, a term coined by Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation. “Resilience is often thought of in three phases – readiness, responsiveness, and revitalization,” she says, and further highlights that, “the resilience dividend adds a fourth “R” that cuts across each phrase – return. Resilience is not an inherent trait or quality – rather it can be built and learned by communities, organizations, and individuals.”

This framework is valid and adaptable at any scale. For instance, when applied at an organizational level, it would strengthen the conceptual framework for truly sustainable built environments that designers and facility managers value and emphasize for business continuity and human capital productivity/ effectiveness maximization. It would support arguments on the need to view facilities as the supporting infrastructure of the people inhabiting them and the need to look at a facility investment not as a sunk business cost but more as a resilience dividend that can be realized for years to come, while supporting the organization’s soundness and longevity. Failure to do so could have catastrophic consequences, as it would at the city level.

Another crucial point is that building efficiency (or robustness) can be countereffective to building resilience; therefore, truly sustainable solutions would need to strike the right balance between the two notions. As Nandor Tanczos highlights in one of his blog posts on social ecology6, ecosystems often go through phases of great robustness, such as a climax forest characterized by high levels of specialization, complex interconnections, lots of embodied energy, all followed by release such as from a forest fire. The breaking up of that embodied energy and the recycling it back into the system allows a range of species to make use of it, to build and reorganize, and sets the scene for a new phase of growth, with increasing levels of complexity and specialization until the climax stage is reached again. This is called the cycle of adaptive change and is an ever changing and dynamic balance. Strategies that solely strive for maintaining the climax stage of this dynamic cycle (a/k/a maximum efficiency) would be unrealistic and doomed to fail as they would not leave room for the equally necessary redundancy to be built-in (a/k/a resiliency) for when the system inevitably fails sooner or later. n

Inclusive and integrated relate to the processes of good governance and effective leadership that ensure investments and actions are appropriate, address the needs of the most vulnerable and collectively create a resilient city – for everyone. Inclusive processes emphasize the need for broad consultation and ‘many seats at the table’ to create a sense of shared ownership or a joint vision to build city resilience. Integrated processes bring together systems and institutions and can also catalyze additional benefits as resources are shared and actors are enabled to work together to achieve greater ends.

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1 http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/0bb537c0-d872-467f-9470-b20f57c32488.pdf 2 http://www.100resilientcities.org/resilience#/-_/ 3 Symbols are add-ons by the author and have no relation to the original study or any of the associated reports. 4 http://publications.arup.com/Publications/C/City_Resilience_Framework.aspx 5 http://resiliencedividend.org/the-resilience-dividend/ 6 http://nandor.net.nz/tag/resilience/ the network | mar2015

Mark Twain was born during the appearance of Haley’s comet in 1835; he died on the day of its next appearance in 1910.

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n November 2014, the Rockefeller Foundation-Arup released the City Resilience Framework1 which was developed to help cities assess the extent of their resilience, identify critical areas of weakness, and define actions and programs to improve their resilience. The framework constitutes the backbone of the 100 Resilient Cities Movement2, also pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, inspiring cities around the world to become more resilient to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.

d i v er s i n s The Lecture Ron Chestnut was stopped by the police around 2 AM and asked where he was going at that time of night.

Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the very same day he was shot at Ford’s Theater.

"I'm on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late," he replied.

Over the years the USGBC North Texas chapter has had strong, conscientious leadership. For 2015, the chapter welcomed four new board members:

Michael Brown

Mechanical & Energy Services Designer Jordan & Skala Engineers

"Really?” asked the officer. “Who's giving that lecture at this time of night?"

"As a young professional I have the unique opportunity to provide a dynamic perspective to the Chapter Board. I want to help positively impact and influence the direction of the local Chapter."

To which Ron replied, "That would be my wife."

Norma Lehman

Associate Principal, Director of Sustainability The Beck Group "I would like to get involved on the Chapter Board to further strengthen green building knowledge and its impact to the North Texas region."

Stacia Seegar

Sales Consultant, Furniture-Dallas Business Interiors by Staples "Through my education and experience, I understand the need for connecting resources and people in order to achieve budgetary and organizational goals."

Rick Eicher

Vice President, Director of Dallas Operations Henderson Engineers, Inc. “I wish to continue to promote sustainable awareness and growth in the region.”

If you are interested in volunteering for the chapter, contact Michelle McEuen (mmceuen@usgbcnorthtexas.org).

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There’s a Green for That!

There are plenty of products on the shelves claiming to be "green", but it's not always easy to separate the truly green from the gently greenwashed.

A brief Guide to Green Paint certifications and what they mean.

The Green Seal Standard for Paints and Coatings GS-11 establishes environmental requirements for paints and coatings. The standard includes wall, anti-corrosive, reflective coatings, floor paints and primers and undercoats. It does not include stains, clear finishes, recycled (consolidated or reprocessed) latex paint, specialty (industrial, marine or automotive) coatings, or paint sold in aerosol cans.

Its standard is based on an assessment that includes raw materials, VOCs (volatile organic compounds), and performance. Green Seal relies on manufacturers' VOC measurements. To qualify for Green Seal, VOC content must be 50 g/l or lower for flat and 100 g/l or lower for non-flat paints. Companies pay a $2,500 to $10,000 fee to have paints evaluated and to use the Green Seal logo.

The Greenguard certification program uses an environmental-chamber test to measure off-gassing from drying paint to verify that paint will contribute to healthier indoor air quality; it certifies that products emit low levels of chemicals and particles into the air.

Total VOCs must be detected only at trace levels to qualify for this certification. Companies pay to get paints tested and pay at least a $3,000 fee to use the logo on their products.

The Master Painters Institute Green Performance™ Standard is the only green paint/coatings certification required by both the US and Canadian governments. Its X-Green Performance Standard simplifies the process of specifying environmentally safe interior high quality architectural coatings by establishing 'X-Green’ editions of MPI's existing paint categories. X-Green certification requires performance as it relates to durability, VOC <50 g/l, reduced or zero quantities of various undesirable chemical components, and certification of emissions compliance to CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools). Not just lead, the MPI Green Performance® Standard requires that the manufacturer demonstrate that 26 specific chemical compounds are not used as ingredients in the manufacture of the product.

GreenSure is self-regulated by Sherwin-Williams and covers only its products. Paints must have a VOC level of less than 50 g/l to qualify.

Started by the Canadian government in 1988 but serving all of North America, EcoLogo puts products from a broad selection of categories, including paint, through vigorous evaluations of their entire life cycle.

If a product bears this label, the green claims of its manufacturer have been validated through third party testing by Underwriters Laboratories.

A product that earns the Green Good Housekeeping Seal is evaluated for both effectiveness and environmental impact. GH stands behind Seal-holding products with a two-year limited warranty.

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How Many ____ Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Daylighting consultants? None. The sun will be back up in exactly 10 hours.

LEED Accredited professionals? Four—one to tell you how to earn LEED points by changing it, one to change it, one to document the change, and one to deliver the check to the USGBC for certifying the change.

Product manufacturers? 10,001. Ten thousand to resist the change for as long as possible; the same 10,000 to tell you how many LEED points you can earn from making the change with their product; and one to change it.

Occupants? None. They’d rather curse the broken light bulb, the electrician, the landlord, and the architect.

LEED credits? One—but you need a writer, 18 committee members representing manufacturers, government, the environmental community, the social justice community, and the health and safety community, three draft versions, two public comment periods, one life-cycle analysis, one pilot period with 100 pilot light bulbs, one member ballot, and one competing system with completely different standards.

Commissioning agents? Zero. The commissioning provider cannot perform or instruct the completion of any work on the job site, but will “note the problems with the light bulb, the design of the lighting controls, the light shelves, and the shading system,” and report to the project team and owner that the changing of the light bulb was not done in time for the Functional Performance Test and clearly did not reflect the Systems Readiness Checklist that was submitted by the contractor. An additional fee will be required for the agent to return to the job site, turn on the light switch and confirm that the new light bulb is installed and working.

Earth Day Texas, Inc. (EDTx) is a Dallas-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It does not charge admission to its events. All exhibitor, sponsor and donorrelated income is used for event planning and production and any surplus is donated to third-party environmental nonprofits.

AGC of America Senior Vice President Chuck Greco installed the

2015 Board of Directors

President - Kristian Pearson, Joeris General Contractors, Ltd. Vice President - Mike Kaiman, Turner Construction Company

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years to the day from the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Secretary/Treasurer – Mike Sireno, Baker Triangle

The 2015 Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors Officers and Directors

(L-R) Leigh York, Michael Langford, Callen Miller, Jaci Coan, Anthony Cole, Lisa Elkins, Derek Taylor, Nita Shinsky, Anthony Gulley, Jo Ann Royer and Shannon Ashkinos

Luis Berumen, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Blaine Beckman, F.A. Nunnelly Company Patrick Byrnes, Linbeck Group Kristian Pearson and Chuck Greco Katherine Willis, T.H. Willis Company

Albert Gutierrez, Guido Construction Joe Irizarry, Raba Kistner, Inc. Paul Poettgen, HCDT Insurance Agency, Inc. Immediate Past President - Sam Nunnelly, Core Continuum

d i v e r s i ns What is it about “9”?

(L) GFWAR installed Michael Langford as its new president with a banquet at the Ashton Depot

Dressed to the nines - dressed flamboyantly or smartly The whole nine yards – all of it Nine days’ wonder – a novelty that loses its appeal after a few days Cloud nine - a state of blissful happiness A cat-o’-nine-tails – an intense pain causing implement A stitch in time saves nine – a timely effort will prevent more work later

(R) SCR installed C.B. Team as its new president with a banquet at the Petroleum Club

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TEXO’s Distinguished Building Awards are nationally recognized and respected awards that show members’ commitment to excellence in building standards, safety and passion for what they do. Submissions are judged in 5 categories: 1) overcoming difficulty in construction resulting from design, location, materials, etc.; 2) unusual construction techniques involved; 3) appearance and quality of the finished product; 4) timeliness of completion; and 5) safety practices on the jobsite. In some categories, the competition was so close that judges presented an additional “Merit” award. For more information, go to www.texoawards.com.

TEXO DISTINGUISHED BUILDING AWARD WINNERS MEDCO Construction L.L.C.

McCarthy Building Companies

Austin Commercial

Steele & Freeman, Inc

MEDCO Construction L.L.C.

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

T&G Constructors

Rogers-O’Brien Construction

The Beck Group

The Beck Group

DynaTen Corporation

Bob Moore Construction

SEDALCO Construction Services

Walker Engineering Inc.

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Exterior Envelope Restoration at the White Rock Control Building 1 ($0 - $2 Million) Owner: City of Dallas Designer: Halff Associates, Inc.

AT&T Performing Arts Center Box Office Pavilion and Marquees Building 2 ($2 - $5 Million) Owner: AT&T Performing Arts Center Designer: Foster+Partners/Good Fulton & Farrell

Temple Ancira Cinemark XD12 Theater Building 3 ($5 - $10 Million) Owner: Cinemark USA Designer: Beck Architecture

KDC - NBC Universal Studios DFW Building 4 ($10 - $30 Million) Owner: KDC Designer: Corgan Associates

SMU Moody Coliseum Building 5 ($30 - $75 Million) Owner: Southern Methodist University Designer: 360 Architecture

Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Museum of Art Building 6 (Over $75 Million) Owner: Kimbell Art Foundation Designer: Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Tandy Leather Store Design Build 1 ($0 - $10 Million) Owner: Tandy Leather Designer: Alliance Architects

Plano Pavilion at the Kimball Art Museum Electrical 2 ($5 - $10 Million) Owner: Kimbell Art Foundation Designer: Kendall/Heaton Associate Inc. 14

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Specialty Operating Room Healthcare 1 ($0 - $10 Million) Owner: Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton Designer: Page / SoutherlandPage

Texas Health Dallas Presbyterian Hospital Surgery Phase 1 Healthcare 2 ($10 - $30 Million) Owner: Texas Health Resources Designer: HKS, Inc.

New Patient Bed Tower and Expansion Healthcare 3 (Over $30 Million) Owner: Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine Designer: HDR Architecture, Inc.

Stonebriar Country Club Interior Finish-Out 2 ($500K - $2 Million) Owner: ClubCorp Designer: Delawie

Reunion Tower Remodel Interior Finish-Out 4 (Over $5 Million) Owner: Woodbine Development Corporation Designer: M Arthur Gensler Jr. and Associates

Bank of America Plaza Chiller Changeout Industrial Warehouse 1 (Up To $5 Million) Owner: Dallas Main LP & Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Designer: Purdy-McGuire

PECOFacet Marney Dunman Perry Jr. Technology Center Industrial Warehouse 2 (Over $5 Million) Owner: PECO Facet, Inc. Designer: DMS Architects, Inc.

CMC Heart Center Interventional Suite Renovation Mechanical 1 ($0 - $5 Million) Owner: CMC Dallas Designer: KMD Architects

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for terms limits is like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing

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Parkland Central Utility Plant Mechanical 3 (Over $10 Million) Owner: Parkland Health & Hospital Systems Designer: Burns & McDonnell

The focus of WIC Week is to highlight women as a visible component of the construction industry. It is also a time for local chapters to give back to their communities.

WIC Week also provides an occasion for NAWIC’s thousands of members across the country to raise awareness of the opportunities available for women in the construction industry and to emphasize the growing role of women in the industry. The appeal to “give back” is the drive for the 2015 WIC Week.

AUI Contractors / Centerpoint

If you add any number’s digits and get a sum that is divisible by 3, then the original number is also divisible by 3.

LoftVue Residential Multi-Family Owner: Fountain Residential Partners Designer: Stuart I. Roosth Architect

The Dallas Chapter 2 WIC Week Highlights are:

Kick Off Walk - On Sunday March 1st at Bachman Lake. A great way to meet

and greet others.

Blood Drive – Every day, nearly 800 patients in North, Central and East Texas require timely blood transfusions. Through Carter Blood Care, NAWIC helps give patients a second chance at life or better health.

AUI Contractors

Schooling the Scholars - On Wednesday March 4th the NAWIC members will assist ACE Scholars, a fast-growing group of students dedicated to learning about the construction industry, engineering and architecture.

JFK Tribute & General Worth Square Specialty Construction Owner: Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc. Designer: DMS Architects, Inc.

Tour of the 6th Floor JFK Museum – On Saturday March 7th.

TEXO DISTINGUISHED BUILDING MERIT AWARD WINNERS 1. Andres Construction

Cistercian Founders Hall Square Building 2 ($2-5 Million)

2. Lee Lewis Construction, Inc.

City of Southlake North DPS and Training Facility Building 4 ($10-30 Million)

3. Satterfield & Pontikes Construction

Visit www.nawic-dallas.org. Contact Sandy Liebau, 2015 WIC Week Chair for further details or to RSVP. (sliebau@manhattanconstruction.com) 214.438.6767

The chapter celebrated Christmas at Dunston’s Steak House in Dallas with lots of revelry and a childrens’ book drive to benefit area Mi Escuelita Preschools.

The Mi Escuelita program provides preschool education, including teaching the English language to non-English speaking children to help provide a solid base of knowledge prior to their entrance into public school system. The books collected were all in English, in keeping with NAWIC’s belief that books, far more than toys, will promote the childrens’ success when they enter school.

(There are five Mi Escuelita Preschools in the Dallas / Fort Worth area serving at-risk children ages 2½ to 5 years old from all cultures.)

Billy Earl Dade Middle School Building 5 ($30 - $75 Million)

4. Manhattan Construction Co.

George W. Bush Presidential Center Building 6 (Over $75 Million)

5. Ridgemont Commercial Construction

River Walk Medical Park III Healthcare 1 ($0 - $10 Million)

6. McCarthy Building Companies

Midland Memorial Hospital Healthcare 3 (Over $30 Million)

7. Andres Construction

One Dallas Center / HKS Dallas Office Relocation Interior Finish-Out 4 (Over $5 Million)

8. Southern Botanical

Royal Oaks Country Club Specialty Construction

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We’re going to learn to cut and paste, kids! vs.

We’re going to learn to cut and paste kids!

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I like cooking, my family, and my pets. vs.

I like cooking my family and my pets.

--An English professor wrote the following on the board and asked his students to punctuate it correctly: “A woman without her man is nothing.”

The males in the class wrote: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”

Females in the class wrote: “A woman - without her, man is nothing.” mar2015 | the net work

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Real Estate

Rock of Ages

The Bastei

It has been a tourist attraction for over 200 years, its lookout point having been first referred to in travel literature in 1798. In 1824, a wooden bridge was constructed to link several rocks for the visitors (1).

It was replaced in 1851 by the present Bastei Bridge made of sandstone (2) due to the steady increase in visitors. It is 250 feet long and its seven arches span a ravine over 130 feet deep.

At the end of the 19th century, the Bastei developed into a tourist attraction; the existing inn was completely converted and extended in 1893/94 (3). century, the Bastei road was widened to handle the advent of automobiles.

In 1938 the Bastei became the first nature reserve in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Today it is part of the core zone of the Saxon Switzerland National Park, in which especially strict conservation rules apply.

After 1945 the number of visitors increased sharply, especially at weekends and public holidays, as the Bastei became a place of mass tourism. Between 1975 and 1979 the former inn was replaced by a large, new building, later a hotel (4).

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After Nigeria was eliminated from the world cup the Nigerian captain personally offered to refund all the expenses of fans that travelled to Brazil. He said he just needs everyone’s bank details and pin numbers to complete the transaction.

The Bastei is a rock formation towering 636 feet above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany (southeast of Dresden in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, a climbing and hiking area that extends over the border into the Czech Republic). The very name (which translates “bastion”) indicates the inclusion of the steep, towering rocks in an old defensive ring around a castle. Reaching a 1000 feet above sea level, the jagged rocks were formed by water erosion over a million years ago.

An Open Letter From the Chapter President What an honor to serve as CREW – San Antonio’s President this year! CREW is an organization that promotes women in the commercial real estate industry. Our local chapter provides unique, dynamic networking opportunities and supports students at our local universities through scholarships. I have enjoyed the networking and professional development benefits of the organization and look forward to continuing our work of promoting women in the industry. We had an extremely successful 2014 and this year promises to be just as exciting. As an organization, we offer numerous member services and benefits, including monthly luncheons focusing on current real estate events and trends, new member breakfasts, scholarships to our members to participate in CREW National events, endowed scholarship for students at UTSA and various functions throughout the year. In addition to our premiere Forum event and the ever so fun CREWTini function, we have new, entertaining fundraising efforts in place this year to help us continue to give back to our members. I am proud to be a member of this tremendous group of volunteers. We truly have an incredible, motivated and creative Board of Directors and members who make CREW – SA what it is.

I sincerely thank everyone that has given me the opportunity to lead this organization this year. Our Board has big goals set for 2015 and the year is full of promises and opportunities. I am excited about the upcoming year and all the things we have planned. Together, we can expand our network and grow our organization in 2015!

Sincerely, Carrie Caesar, CBRE

CREW 2015 Board of Directors Back row L-R: Tracy Ballard, CREW Administrator; Brandey Orsag, Director of Finance; Brad Radick, Director of Membership; Laura Gilliland, Director of Communication; Beth Coyle, Director of Programs; Connie Gannon, Secretary; Brenda Tuma, Director of Community Outreach. Seated L-R: Dena Welch, Director of Sponsorship; Susie Wallis, Past President; Carrie Caesar, President; Cheryl Pyle, President Elect; Cherie Short , Director of Special Events

2014 Eva Rosow Award of Excellence

Shelley Morkovsky (Morkovsky Law Firm, LLC)

The 2015 Forum Keynote Speakers Collete English Dixon Principal –Transactions Prudential Real Estate Investors

Spencer Levy Americas Head of Research CBRE

Ms. English Dixon was responsible for sourcing wholly-owned and joint venture real estate investment properties in the Midwestern markets covering all property types, including office, multi-family, hotel, industrial and retail properties.

She was named a Woman of Influence for 2011 by Real Estate Forum magazine and received honorable mention as 2011 Female of the Year from Commercial Property Executive magazine.

The Past President of CREW Network, a Past President of CREW—Chicago and Past Chair of the CREW Foundation, a full member of ULI and Vice Chair, Membership of the Urban Development Mixed Use Council-Purple.

Spencer Levy is Americas Head of Research for CBRE and a senior member of the company’s global research team.

Mr. Levy oversees the analytical activities of the CBRE research community within the Americas region and is responsible for the management of hundreds of professionals who are focused on producing market-leading insight and interpretative analysis on the latest real estate trends. Mr. Levy supports CBRE executives in their decision making by providing insight into the impact of market trends related to strategic business planning and analyst preparation. mar2015 | the net work

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Developer Lucy Billingsley spoke at a monthly luncheon at Park Cities Club.

Announcing the 2015 CREW Dallas Board of Directors Sally Longroy President Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.

Teresa Ereon Giltner President Elect, President Cox Smith Matthews Inc. Michelle Hudson, SIOR, CCIM Past President Hudson Peters Commercial Paula Nelson Secretary-Treasurer

Kim Hopkins Director of Operations CREW Dallas

Liz Allen-Knight Butler Burgher Group, LLC

Suzanne Brausell ENTOS Design

Karen Hart Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP

Over 250 people attended the festive event at the Ritz Carlton in December.

CREW in the Community Award Sandy Wilson (Newstone Capital) Outstanding New Member Lynn Davis (Bradford Commercial Real Estate)

(L-R) Lisa Novotny-Price (Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka,P.C.), Michelle Hudson (Hudson Peters), Lucy Billingsley, Amy Lezon (Texas Capital Bank), Janice Peters (Hudson Peters)

Wine A Little…Laugh A Lot

An exclusive member event held at UCR’s Park Lane Office featured custom wine and food pairings.

Most Valuable Player Kari Walker-Higgins (walker+miranda) Career Advancement for Women - Individual Category Trisha Ewert (Old Republic National Title)

(L-R) Kmeal Winters (TIER REIT), Rachel Koster (Dement Designs), Kaye McCallum, Tracie Frazier (KDC), Liz AllenKnight (Butler Burgher Group)

Career Advancement for Women Company Category Andrews Kurth and Twinrose Investments (not pictured)

Developing “executive presence” when speaking can increase influence and motivate others to take action. Participants will learn how to make any situation a “leadership moment” by learning proven strategies to effectively convey ideas to prospects, clients and within the organization.

April 21, 2015 • Speaking As A Leader

July 28, 2015 • Influencing Without Authority

Learn to leverage your personal influence to create more productive work environments with managers, clients, peers, and other stakeholders.

July 28, 2015 • Leading Change

This session will explore predictable behaviors that may have been effective in one environment, but as things change, they become ineffective and downright dangerous!

CREW DALLAS CREW IN THE COMMUNITY

Kaye McCallum

Kassandra McLaughlin Husch Blackwell

Cally Miltenberger EY

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CREW DALLAS

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

Gleneagles County Club

The CREW Dallas Golf Classic proceeds support local non-profit organizations whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls in the community.

Since inception, CREW in the Community has donated over $3.5 million to benefit women and girls in need.

P L A N O , T E X A S • 4 . 2 0 .15

LIMITED SPACE, RESERVE NOW! 214.890.6490 • crew-dallas.org

Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.

Elissa Plotsky Strategic Advisor Freedom Title

2014 Holiday Awards Luncheon and Chapter Awards

CREW in the Community,

This separately chartered philanthropic arm of CREW Dallas, granted over $150,000 in 2014 to support the work of local organizations that empower women and girls in the community. The majority of funding was distributed through the Dallas Women’s Foundation to deserving social service agencies. CREW also supported a research study conducted

by Dr. Ayesha Zia at UT Southwestern and provided college scholarships through CREW NETWORK FOUNDATION to women selecting careers in commercial real estate.

You’re never too old to learn something stupid.

2015 CREW in the Community Board of Trustees Michelle Hudson, SIOR, CCIM, Chair (Hudson Peters Commercial) Sally Longroy (Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.) Teresa Ereon Giltner (Cox Smith Matthews) Paula Nelson Kim Hopkins (CREW Dallas) Laurie Arnold (Cambridge Holdings, Inc.) Suzanne Brausell (ENTOS Design) Lynn Drummond (Key Bank) Lindsay Jones (Amegy Bank of Texas) Cathy Kuebler (CBRE) Kaye McCallum MaryBeth Shapiro (Republic Title of Texas, Inc.) Lori Smith (Andrews Kurth) Sara Terry (Stream Realty Partners) Kennis Ketchum (Portfolio Development)

Real Estate

The (Don’t) Leap of Faith

Praying on the Edge

Xuan Kong Si (Hanging Temple, as this peculiar temple is often called) is about 40 miles northwest of the city of Datong in China (about 160 miles west of Beijing). It was built more than 1500 years ago into a cliff, over 250 feet above the ground. It has been restored twice - once during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), and again during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912). Besides its incredible structure and remote location, the temple is notable for the fact that it combines elements of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. It is said to have been built by a single monk named Liao Ran. The monastery consists of 40 chambers, halls and pavilions that hold 87 statues of the 3 religions (made of copper, iron, clay and stone). All buildings outside of the cliff are supported by balusters, and the wooden vertical poles are built into the rock for half their length. The structure is built in such a way that most of the weight is carried by the cliff. The cantilevers are purely decorative and do not carry the actual weight of the building.

The monastery has resisted adverse climatic conditions for centuries. The height at which it is built protects it from flooding; the excavations into the rock protect it from rain and snow; and the mountains that surround the structure protect it from heat during the summer.

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Front Row (L - R) Teresa Ereon Giltner (Cox Smith Matthews), Michelle Hudson (Hudson Peters Commercial), Sally Longroy (Guida, Slavich & Flores, P.C.), Lori Smith (Andrews Kurth) Back Row (L - R) Suzanne Brasuell (ENTOS Design), Kaye McCallum, Elizabeth Allen-Knight (Butler Burgher Group), Laurie Arnold (Cambridge Holdings), Paula Nelson, Kimberly Hopkins (CREW Dallas)

Check presentation to UT Southwestern with Dr. David Russell, Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research; Elissa Plotsky, 2014 CREW in the Community Chair; Dr. Genevieve Konopka, 2013 grant recipient; and Sharon Neal, Director of Foundation Giving

CREW Careers Building Opportunities ® is a CREW in the Community program that educates young women in high school about careers in commercial real estate

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Austin, TX

Scarbrough Building & Littlefield Building

Historic Elegance Meets Creative Energy at the Scarbrough and Littlefield Buildings

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rom its ranking as a top-performing city for employment growth (Milken Institute, January 2014) to its designation as the number four most creative American city (Forbes, July 2014), Austin is at the top of almost every best-of list these days. Standard hits like live music and a bevvy of festivals and conferences mixed with a booming economy and flurry of development are drawing companies and professionals to the city for a piece of the excitement.

In the middle of it all, two 100+-year-old buildings anchor the city at the corners of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street - symbols of the city’s creative vibe at Main and Main.

Meet the Scarbrough and Littlefield Buildings

To understand the significance of these jewels, go back to 1908, when department store baron E.M. Scarbrough constructed Austin’s first steel skyscraper to house his flagship department store. The eight-story Scarbrough Building, on the southwest corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street, was a Chicago-style beacon for travelers coming into town by wagon down Pecan Street (Sixth Street). It was later renovated inside and out with Art Deco flair.

In 1912, banker and entrepreneur George W. Littlefield unveiled a Beaux Arts-style office building on the northeast corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street. Originally an eightstory building with a glamorous rooftop garden, Littlefield enclosed the roof three years later and added another floor to make his building one story taller than the Scarbrough Building. At one time the tallest building between New Orleans and San Francisco, the Littlefield Building was home to visionary thinkers such as Lyndon B. Johnson in the formative years of his political career.

Fast-forward to today and the icons are now owned by San Francisco-based DivcoWest, which has invested significant capital into the restoration of the buildings since purchasing them in 2012.

Of note, both lobbies were intricately restored from top to bottom while maintaining their original design principles, which are highlighted in rich and metallic accents, elegant marble flooring, and lighting details throughout.

In tune with similar projects in other creative hubs, DivcoWest has also made specific updates to appeal to creative and tech tenants, like exposing original brick and removing old ceiling panels for

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higher ceilings and an edgy feel. Several multi-tenant floors have been combined to create larger, contiguous floors, including the eighth-floor penthouse in Scarbrough, where a number of tiny offices once demised the floor. Consumer intelligence company Return Path recently leased the full eighth floor and will be the first full floor tenant to enjoy 360-degree downtown views, including one of the Texas State Capitol. Additionally, creative consultancy Frog Design has called Scarbrough home since 2009.

At Littlefield, Texas-based interior architecture firm lauckgroup and global communications agency Waggener Edstrom have two uniquely different offices that build on their brands and inspire their work.

Summer’s Spring Reading List

At ground level, tenants and visitors can shop in Brooks Brothers, receive banking services from Capitol One and dine at newcomer pizza restaurant Due Forni. In the immediate area, other tech firms like Dropbox, WeWork and Box are all opening an Austin office.

• Ghandan With the Wind by Kofi Kaykfahtz • Growing Up Castrating by Ivana Kutyurnutzov • The Man Who Shot by Lee-Bert T. Valence • Crocodile Dundee by Ali Gator

For leasing inquiries, on-site management, 512.370.1910. n

INTERNATIonal favorites • I Don’t Know What by Jenna Saicois • My Daily Ablutions by Guindere Npoop • Make Your Pizza Italian by Pepé Roney

contact CBRE at 512.499.4900. For contact Endeavor Real Estate Group at

Fiction

• Gone In A Flash by Albee Whiteblack • The Last Prayer by Ben E. Dixon • Lost Cause by Noah Vale

BIOGRAPHY

HEALTH/SELF HELP • Feeling Blue by Perry Winkle • Eating Disorders by Anna Rexia • Pain Relief by Ann L. Gesick • The Proctologist’s Handbook by Ben Dover SPORTS • The NHL Today by Stanley Kupp • Pitching to the Corners by Justin Seid • The Greatest Tennis Matches by Davis Skupp

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2014 Chapter Awards Recipients Announced

ndividuals who made outstanding contributions to the chapter in 2014 were recognized at the AIA Dallas holiday party. President Lisa Lamkin, AIA, presented the awards.

What the Real Estate President's Medal: Brent A. Brown, AIA (1) Industry Needs to Know about the Insurance Industry and Climate Change Young Architect of the Year: Briar Hannah, AIA (2)

Brent A. Brown, AIA, is director at CityDesign Studio and bc_Workshop. In 2013, the Connected CityDesign Challenge brought new perspectives to the conversation seeking "bold design solutions connecting Downtown and the Trinity River overcoming the physical, psychological, and economic divide existing today…”

According to the report, the increasing frequency of extreme weather brought on by climate change adversely affects real estate values and increases the probability of property damage occurring in urban areas. In the last 10 years alone, direct losses in real estate and infrastructure as a result of natural disasters has tripled, reaching $150 billion per year. The paper highlights the steps the insurance industry has taken to adopt risk standards for climate change across the industry, from catastrophe models and scenario analysis to insurance products that incentivize risk-reducing building practices.

“It remains a concerning issue that much of the world’s most expensive and desirable real estate is built in locations that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change,” comments Patrick L. Phillips, Global Chief Executive of the Urban Land Institute.

“We are hoping that our new white paper will lead to a broader debate on the issue of insuring and reinsuring real estate at risk of damage from extreme weather events.”

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Associate of the Year: Mary Dickinson, Assoc. AIA (3)

Mary is a Regional Sustainable Design Leader for Perkins + Will.

Pictured below: Mary Dickinson, Assoc. AIA; Lisa Lamkin, AIA; Chris Mundell, AIA; Laura Eder, AIA

Industry Allied Member Award: McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency (4)

McLaughlin Brunson has been a key supporter of the AIA Dallas Chapter and the profession for 25 years.

Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership Contributing to the Dallas 2030 District Formation: Jerry Kettler

Through Jerry’s leadership, Dallas has become one of eight established 2030 Districts in the country.

2030 Districts are unique private/ public partnerships that bring property owners and managers together with local governments, businesses, and community stakeholders to provide a business model for urban sustainability through collaboration, leveraged financing, and shared resources.

Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership in Development of DCFA Form Follows Fitness 5K: Patrick Glenn, AIA (5) Patrick initiated the event benefitting the Dallas Center for Architecture Foundation.

Presidential Citation for Exemplary Committee Leadership: COTE/ AIA+2030 Committee Leadership team of Patrick Jones, AIA; Laura Eder, Assoc. AIA; Mary Dickinson, Assoc. AIA; Chris Mundell, AIA (6) The Committee on the Environment (COTE) spearheaded several major initiatives in 2014.

Presidential Citation for Exemplary Service to the Chapter for contribution to the development and launch of website AIA Dallas Springboard: Katie Hitt, Assoc. AIA (7)

As communications manager of AIA Dallas, Katie was instrumental in the development from early concept through the many months of development.

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The white paper includes case studies of flood insurance in four countries: Canada, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Comparisons between these countries reveal the different approach each one takes to insuring against natural hazards. Major differences include whether the cost of repair and recovery are paid by the government or by the private insurance industry, what is considered insurable, how risk is communicated, how reinsurance is purchased, and market penetration.

Briar’s volunteer and professional accomplishments are numerous. She serves on the Form Follows Fitness 5K committee and is the treasurer of the CEFPI NTX chapter. She is the Dallas Affiliate Mentor Coordinator for the ACE Mentorship program and has been instrumental in making it a program that reaches hundreds of students interested in the professions of architecture, construction and engineering.

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new white paper by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) finds that while the insurance industry is a leader in developing risk standards for natural disasters, the real estate sector and governments must also play an active role in climate change adaptation. Entitled What the Real Estate Industry Needs to Know about the Insurance Industry and Climate Change, the report draws upon data and analysis provided by Lloyd’s of London, to conclude that accurately priced insurance alone cannot mitigate the effects of climate change on the built environment. The report instead advocates that continued investment into resilience infrastructure and notes that reforms in current development practices are also necessary.

Competition Recognizes Six Winners, Three Jury Citations, and 21 Finalists

Now its 40th year, the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition is the longest running architectural drawing competition in the world. Organized

by AIA Dallas since 1974, the Ken Roberts Competition awards prizes to original works that best represent the artistic qualities of architecturally inspired drawings.

The 2014 competition received more than 400 entries from over 30 countries.

The jury was comprised of famed illustrator and author Frank Ching, awardwinning renderer Thomas Series of Labtop Rendering, and noted architect Cliff Welch of Welch Architecture. After a day of deliberations, the winning entries were officially announced at an event at the headquarters of HKS Architects.

Following are this year's winning entries:

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AIA Dallas Announces 2015 Officers Bob Bullis, AIA President (pictured) Zaida Basora, FAIA (City of Dallas) President-Elect Wayne Barger, AIA (RTKL) Vice President/Treasurer

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2014 Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Winners Announced

Bob Borson (Malone Maxwell Borson Architects) Vice President/Programs

BEST IN CATEGORY & JUROR CITATION Student Digital/Mixed Yunus An | Istanbul Technical University BEST IN CATEGORY C Professional Hand Gary Schuberth, AIA

April is Architecture360 month! Go to dallasarchitecture360.org for a full calendar of events.

BEST IN CATEGORY D Student Hand Zuzana Sojkova | University of Kent KEVIN SLOAN PRIZE FOR BEST TRAVEL SKETCH A Khoa Vu, AIAS | UC Berkeley B

RICHARD B. FERRIER PRIZE FOR BEST PHYSICAL DELINEATION B Ying Zhang | UT Arlington JUROR CITATION Tuong Le | UT Arlington JUROR CITATION Sergei Tchoban, ASAI | NPS Tchoboan Voss

All winners and finalists will be featured in an exhibition at the Dallas Center for Architecture in the spring of 2015, as well as an online gallery at http://krobarch.com/winners.asp?winner_year=2014.

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t’s CLIDE Awards time again! The Center of Development Excellence has announced a Call for Applications for the 2015 Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Awards. The application deadline is March 13, 2015.

Public and private entities, including cities, developers, architects, planners, engineers, and others, are invited to submit applications for this prestigious regional award program. The 2015 CLIDE Award categories to be considered are New Development, Redevelopment, Special Development, Public Policy and Planning, and Raising Public Awareness. The online application and more details are available at www.developmentexcellence.com.

• Development Diversity • Pedestrian Design • Activity Centers • Quality Places • Resource Efficiency • Healthy Communities

• Efficient Growth • Housing Choice • Environmental Stewardship • Efficient Mobility Options • Educational Opportunity • Implementation

More information on the principles is available at www.developmentexcellence.com/principles.asp.

The mission of the Center of Development Excellence is to promote quality growth in North Central Texas that enhances the built environment, reduces vehicle miles traveled (VMT), uses water and energy resources effectively and

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efficiently, and helps advance environmental stewardship in order to ensure continued economic vitality and provide the highest attainable quality of life for all residents.

A jury of nationally recognized experts will be convened in April 2015 to select the 2015 CLIDE Award recipients from eligible applicants. Recipients will be notified in May 2015. The 2015 CLIDE Awards will be presented in June, 2015, at the North Central Texas Council of Governments’ General Assembly, which will be held at the Hurst Conference Center, and the recipients will be featured in the September issue of the network.

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Begun in 2003, the biennial CLIDE Awards Program recognizes projects and programs that help ensure North Texas’s sustainability by putting the Principles of Development Excellence into action. The Principles of Development Excellence were established by regional leaders to help achieve sustainable, livable communities in North Texas. These principles are:

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DFW’s population averages an age of 35 with half of the population in their prime earning years of 2054. DFW residents tend to earn more income than the national average, as evidenced by an estimated median household income of $56,065 as of Q4 2014, compared to $51,352 in the U.S.

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Unemployment • The San Antonio-New Braunfels seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.6%, matching its lowest levels since the end of 2008.

Office rents • Citywide asking rates inched closer to the 2012 record high with average rates rising to $20.34 per sq. ft. Since the beginning of 2014, citywide rates grew 3%. All classes experienced an increase this quarter, with the largest coming from Class C product ($0.34 per sq. ft.), followed by Class B rates ($0.24 per sq. ft.), and Class A product ($0.09 per sq. ft.).

OFFICE PRODUCT The San Antonio office market saw the delivery of two more projects, with both totalling over 190,000 sq. ft. and brought the total for delivered product in 2014 to over 200,000 sq. ft. The North Central saw the completion of 250 W Nottingham Pl (68,000 sq. ft.) and the Northwest with Westridge One (129,015 sq. ft.), the first building of the new Westridge at La Cantera Office Park across from the Shops at La Cantera. Both buildings were fully leased upon completion.

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JLL Energy update Low gas prices are good news for the U.S. economy and consumers, acting as an economic stimulus for consumers and creating substantial savings for manufacturing and heavy oil users. We expect demand for real estate in the energy markets to weaken and landlords and developers in these locations to feel pressure in 2015 to secure and retain occupancy. However, the benefit of sustained low oil prices will fuel retail, residential, industrial, and office demand across the U.S. overall to a larger degree.

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Oil prices are below $70 a barrel for the first time since 2010. Considering that prices climbed above $100 per barrel in June, this is a dramatic decline.

SITUATION Oil prices are at the lowest price per barrel for the first time since 2009. Considering that prices climbed above $100 per barrel in June 2014, this is a dramatic decline.

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Nov 27: the 12 OPEC nations that produce 40% of the global oil supply decided to maintain an output ceiling of 30 mil b/d, despite calls from some of its members to reduce production. Some view the decision as a test to see the willingness of America shale-oil producers to keep drilling wells.

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irby@alamoarchitects.com Irby Hightower is the Founding Principal of Alamo Architects and the Chair of the San Antonio River Oversight Committee.

Back (and) To The Future

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ndigenous people have been drawn to the clear, cool springs that form the headwaters of the San Antonio River for at least 10,000 years. In 1719, Spanish missionaries found the area suitable for a new town and San Antonio began the slow transition from outpost to the largest town in Spanish Colonial Texas. Over the next 160 years, the springs supported a growing international population with drinking water, food from fields irrigated by the Spanish designed irrigation system, and power for small mills. But in 1889 the industrial revolution provided the machinery to drill deep artesian wells into the spring’s aquifer providing a more secure source of drinking water while dissipating the spring flow during dry periods. The town continued to grow and urbanize creating ever more intense flash floods. In 1921, a flood devastated downtown, and San Antonio decided it was time to ‘tackle’ the river, balancing flood control with protecting the beauty and importance of the river to San Antonio.

The city began seeing the possibilities of connecting flood control and park space – a balance between protecting the city and protecting the river. In the 1920’s, the great bend of the river in downtown was protected from flooding with an upstream detention area which is also used as a park, bypass channel, and small gates that maintain a constant water level. In the 1930’s, 2.2 miles were landscaped as a linear park, The River Walk, and businesses began to open along the pedestrian walkways.

The River Walk became San Antonio’s signature urban space but continued urbanization and another devastating flood outside of downtown pushed the balance toward flood control north and south of downtown.

In 1954, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was authorized to begin a flood control project that eventually channelized and straightened the 9 miles of river south of downtown. Local funding was used to channelize the 4 miles north of downtown. The channel protected property and lives but destroyed the river as an asset for the city. Never satisfied with the outcome, various ideas and plans were contemplated and by the mid 1990’s, the city, the county, and the San Antonio River Authority began focusing on a major reconstruction of the flood control channel. In 1998, they jointly created the San Antonio River Oversight Committee, community-based advisory committee to assist the three governing bodies on the planning, design, funding, and construction of the San Antonio River Improvements Project (SARIP).

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The San Antonio River Oversight Committee (ROC) consists of two co-chairs, former mayor Lila Cockrell and architect Irby Hightower, along with 20 community organizations representing neighborhoods, the chamber of commerce, developers, tourism, historic preservation, major property owners, and the Spanish Colonial Missions. Each organization appoints its representative so that the committee operates outside the normal political appointment process and the committee uses a consensus process. The ROC spent a year producing a community based planning document that outlines the ideal project outcomes and then oversaw a formal master plan produced by SWA Group. The plan envisioned four segments or reaches. The Museum Reach connecting the existing River Walk to the springs four miles north of downtown with Eagleland and the Mission Reach connecting the River Walk to the four Spanish Colonial Missions along the 9 miles of river south of downtown.

Ten years past their expected life, the stone retaining walls of the original River Walk flood way would also be stabilized.

The Museum Reach would continue the scale and character of the River Walk with a more contemporary palette of materials and without duplicating the existent design. The nine miles south of downtown, Eagleland and the Mission Reach, would be an eco-system restoration project turning the flood control channel back into a river with a functioning ecosystem.

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The US Army Corps of Engineers soon took interest in the possibilities of restoring the ecosystem and “reverse engineering” the channel back to a river that allowed natural forces to shape a channel lined with native plants similar to the landscape before the arrival of the Spanish but with one large difference; the flood plain would be fixed and not endanger structures.

Construction has proceeded from downtown both north and south. Excavating and contouring the river channel and hike and bike trials will be finished in 2013.

Reestablishing native vegetation requires one to two additional years of successive plantings or grasses followed with aquatic plants and woody shrubs and trees and then three to five years of intense care to insure the plants are established and will withstand the rigors of Texas weather and growing in a flood prone channel. Over the next 50 years, the ecosystem will return to a nearly predevelopment state, moving on a 1 to 10 scale, from 1.2 to 8.2, where 10 represents an undisturbed ecosystem. This is a great rating for a river in city that will also be used for canoeing, hiking, biking, and fishing.

The $358.3 million dollar project rebalances the need for flood control with the community’s desire to maintain the river as the heart of the city. Enhancing the public project, the San Antonio River Foundation raises private money for public art, additional park space, portals to the missions, and education programs. Parallel efforts are restoring the mission churches, enhancing connecting parks, and new city incentives and standards for redeveloping the city along the river’s path. The completed vision is for a 15-mile long park through San Antonio’s most historic areas where an afternoon bike ride the native landscape to the largest collection of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States to a vibrant downtown, museums, the new Tobin Performing Arts Center, to the headwaters of the river. n

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ne of Alamo Architects’ first projects is one of their most notable, and certainly one for the record books. Moving a derelict salesman’s hotel out of the way of downtown redevelopment merited a world record for the “heaviest building ever moved on wheels,” according to the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records. As architects for the renovation and addition of the Fairmount Hotel, Alamo first coordinated the transportation of the intact brick building over three days and six city blocks through downtown San Antonio. The move, accomplished with custom built 3-point suspension mining dollies fitted with unified hydraulic jacks placed under a cradle of steel beams holding the 1906 building, involved using a pulley system with a large crane as the power source and five dump trucks loaded with sand as dead weights to pull against.

floors at the second and third levels serve these suites. Interior partitions are of wood studs and gypsum board. All bathrooms are finished with marble in a two color pattern.

Typical guest rooms and public space floors are carpeted, except for the first floor lobby which has a patterned floor of four colors of marble The project had the support of the San Antonio Conservation Society, whose guidance and influence helped the move run as smoothly as it did. The developers, Tom Wright, Virginia Van Steenberg, and B.K. Johnson deserve immense credit for their faith in the project and vision for the old building’s transformation into one of San Antonio’s signature boutique hotels. n

Hundreds of onlookers watched the building inch noiselessly along from sidewalks, parking garages and offices. Headlines were made around the world, and pictures showed the building resting sideways in the empty street between move days.

The adaptive reuse included an L-shaped addition, set back from the street to resolve scale and street-line issues, and creating an interior courtyard with the south side of the old building. Reversed brick coloration, patterned brick and gable-shaped arches make the new building distinct yet compatible with its elder partner. A red brick base at the addition carries the storefront line around the building, and eases the transition from three stories to four at the addition’s south side.

In the interior the elegant proportions of the original rooms, their simple wood trim, and the generous amounts of public space have been retained in the original building and employed for the rooms in the new building as well. As the original building had only four bathrooms, corridors were converted into guest bathrooms linking several of the original rooms together to form new suites. The old light well, infilled with new

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Trinity Groves was the setting for the 2014 IREM Dallas Chapter Industry Awards Gala and WFAA’s 1 Dale Hanson was the guest speaker. After making opening remarks, 2 President Jessica Warrior, CPM® inducted the Chapter’s newest designees, Brittney Harbour, ARM®; April McAfee, ARM®; and Diane Harvey, ACoM®. 3 The 2015 Executive Council was sworn in by Past President Ed Boudreau, CPM® L-R: Debbie Bunch, CPM®; President Susan Heath, CPM®; President-Elect David Bryant, CPM®; Past President Jessica Warrior, CPM®; Secretary Treasurer Christie Clenney, CPM®; Scott Stovall, CPM®; Camille Wood, CPM®; Debra Spears, CPM®; Brian Bordelon, ARM®; Michelle Morris, CPM®; Ginny Goldsmith, CPM®; Adam Bernhardt, CPM®; and Advisor Susan Nash, CPM®; 4 Stephanie Hudson, Associate Member of the Year; 5 Brian Bordelon, ARM®, Rising Star of the Year; 6 David Bryant, CPM®, CPM of the Year; 7 Debbie Bunch, CPM®, Committee Chair of the Year; 8 Patti Dyess, CPM®, Committee Member of the Year; 9 Community Outreach, Committee of the Year; 10 Lincoln Property Company, AMO® (Accredited Management Organization) of the Year; 11 Debbie Lister, CPM®, IREM Dallas Legacy Award; 12 President’s Award: Golf Committee; 13 the ceremonial passing of the gavel – (L) Susan Heath, CPM® 2015 President and Jessica Warrior, CPM® 2014 president; 14 Friends – Special Recognition (L-R) Amanda Lipford, Chamberlain Roofing; Tony Barbieri, Kessler Collins; Mark Slicker, VMC Landscaping; 15 Friends’ Legacy Award: Scott Frech of Executive Security; 16 Friend of the Year: Schneider Electric, Tim Ward accepting.

Celebrating the Beatles 50th Anniversary - IREM Dallas

““I apologize” is the same as “I’m sorry”… unless you’re at a funeral.” (Dimitri Martin)

The chapter’s signature event was held at Trinity Groves and music was provided by A Hard Night's Day (a local Beatles cover band - together for 20 years). Brian Bordelon, ARM (with the help of Carol Bochardt, Stephanie Hudson, Nicole Rustin and the IREM staff ) headed the task force. President Jessica Warrior gave away the grand prize - a 60's suitcase with 500 $1 bills - to Jon-Mark Williams of Jim Lake Companies. The 2nd Prize winner (a $250 gift card) was Claudia Ferrara.

Fort Worth IREM Installs New Officers and Presents Annual Awards A Friend of the Year: Ideal Partners - Kevin Dubose and Cole Cayce (presented by Melinda Payne, CPM® and Susan Holland, CPM®) B CPM of the Year – Carma Bohannon, CPM® (presented by Melinda Payne, CPM® and Susan Holland, CPM®)

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IREM San Antonio 2015 Officers (L-R) Sean Bean, Ginger Miller, Lyndsay Walbran, Jill Welborn, Steve Rodgers, (Inset) Lyndsay Walbran, CPM inducted as first CPM of the Year Cindy Vyvlecka, Donna Schmidt, James Stewart for IREM Austin with Amy Dandridge, CPM

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President • Joe Garrett, CCIM Sperry Van Ness 214-520-7269 • joe.garrett@svn.com

Director • Debi Carter, CCIM Hudson Peters Commercial 972-980-1188 • carter@hudsonpeters.com

Designation Promotion Co-Chair • Mark Graybill Lee & Associates 972-914-5537 • mgraybill@lee-associates.com

Vice President • Saadia Sheikh, CCIM E Smith Realty 214-446-3738 • Saadia.Sheikh@esmithrealty.com

Director • Joe Comparin, CCIM ATA Tax 214-496-9800 x 112 • jcomparin@atatax.com

Designation Promotion Co-Chair • Adam Graham Lee & Associates 972-934-4011 • agraham@lee-associates.com

Treasurer • Collin Flynn, CCIM Wicker & Associates 972-991-1600 • cflynn@wickerassociates.com

Director • Tim Veler, CCIM Transwestern 972-774-2541 • Timothy.veler@transwestern.com

Education Chair • Mac McClure The McClure Group 972-241-3895 • mmcclure@mcclureusa.com

Secretary • John McClure, CCIM The McClure Group, Inc. 972-663-3738 • jmcclure@mcclureusa.com

Director • Chris Mims, CCIM Swearingen Realty Group 214-500-7948 • cmims@swearingen.com

Past President • Brad Crumpecker, CCIM Robinson Clay 972-960-8200 • BCrumpecker@RobinsonClay.com

Director • Susan McClure, CCIM The McClure Group 972-241-3895 • smcclure@mcclureusa.com

NTCCIM Headquarters Chapter Administrator • Cassie Poss Bookkeeper • Gay Selman Madeleine Crouch & Co. 972-233-9107 ext. 206 cassie@madcrouch.com gay@madcrouch.com

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“How can I kiss the lips at night that have chewed my ass out all day?” (Louis Black)

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Real Estate Ba Dap Dap Da Da . . . WOW! In one of the newly urbanized areas of Batumi, Georgia on the Black Sea Coast, architect Giorgi Khmaladze built an award-winning McDonald’s. Combined with a fuel station and recreational areas, this efficient structure just won distinction as the best commercial building of the year from architecture website ArchDaily. The architectural news outlet had its readers vote for the best buildings in 14 categories, choosing from hundreds of new buildings constructed in 2013. The building has a small footprint to allow vehicle circulation that doesn’t disrupt city traffic. It is surrounded on three sides by a reflective pool lined with stones. This “ecological shield” of vegetation keeps fumes from the gas station out of a dining area. The entrance to the gas station is on the opposite end of the building from the McDonald’s.

Photo credit: Giorgi Khmaladze

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Real Estate Marina Bay Sands

Think big... No, bigger than that Marina Bay Sands is the largest hotel in Singapore. The amazing complex consists of three hotel towers connected by a magnificent skypark. It has 2,561 rooms and suites, 55 floors, 18 different room types (including 230 luxury suites that come with butler service and privileged access to VIP areas).

The Sands Skypark with pool is built at the height of 656 feet. Its lush, landscaped gardens feature 250 trees and 650 plants and offer over 133,000 square feet of space – big enough to fit three football fields.

Designed as a tropical oasis, it is longer than the Eiffel tower is tall and large enough to park four and a half jumbo jets. Hotel guests have the exclusive use of a 150-meter infinity swimming pool (the world’s largest outdoor pool at that height). Guests can also visit the observation deck to experience the unsurpassed views of the South China Sea and the Singapore skyline.

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aobyrne@e-perez.com Angela O’Byrne, AIA, is President of Perez, APC, a 70+ year-old architecture, planning, interior design, and construction firm.

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fter the Second World War, one major trend seemed consistent and assured in the United States: suburbanization. In droves, Americans left cities for less dense communities across the country for the promise of more room to raise their families.

And in many cases, corporate workplaces followed. As office work became more common, major corporations built large campuses in smaller towns, where real estate was cheaper, there was room to expand, and parking was plentiful.

However, recent trends seem to indicate that cities are making a roaring comeback. As the very definition of cities has shifted from industrial centers to rich clusters of service-based businesses, young workers seem to be craving density and its benefits. And with talented entrepreneurs, tech workers, and creatives flocking to urban areas, some corporations have begun to take note and build their headquarters in highly desirable cities, surrounded by restaurants, nightlife, and culture.

retail tenants and include a public dog park to encourage community involvement and interest.

For the most part, the buildings look relatively conventional, especially when compared with the space age plans for Apple and Facebook’s headquarters. Instead of focusing on flashy architectural features, Amazon’s goal for the project follows its corporate philosophy of usability and efficiency. NBBJ is known for computational design, an approach that uses simulations to predict how buildings occupants will interact with their space and mapping their paths through the environment.

However, one eye-catching feature has captured the imaginations of those following the project: a biodome made up of three 95-foot glass spheres.

Simulating a park-like environment, the area is meant to reduce stress and fatigue through biophilia. The orbs will house flex work space and a large atrium for collaboration and respite.

Perhaps the most notable—and massive—among these city headquarters is Amazon’s Seattle complex, currently under construction. While the Seattle area is known for being the home to a number of high-profile corporations—including Microsoft, Boeing, and Nintendo—those complexes are tucked away in nearby suburban areas like Everett and Redmond. Amazon, however, is looking to build workspaces for its rapidly growing workforce right in the middle of Seattle—as part of one of the biggest development projects in the history of the city.

One of the major reasons for an urban campus is energy efficiency and conservation. Many of Amazon’s employees will be able to walk, bike, or take public transportation to work. Plans are already underway for an Amazon-subsidized light rail line through the district. The campus itself is also rich with its own sustainability features, including a two-way cycle track and separate entrances for bicyclists. The campus will also harvest heat generated from a nearby data center to warm the buildings via water pumped by underground pipes.

Well-known for industry disruption and making its own rules, Amazon is seeking to grow a sizeable presence in Seattle’s downtown. The centerpiece for this expansion is a 3.3 million square foot project over three city blocks of the Denny Triangle neighborhood. Designed by Seattle-based firm NBBJ, the project includes three 38-story buildings, two midrise buildings, and a large meeting center that holds 1,800 people—presumably to hold product launches as Amazon branches into the consumer electronics market.

The initial phase of the headquarters project is slated to be completed this year, but Amazon’s not done expanding. They’ve already purchased an adjacent city block and plan to build two more buildings—one 24-story and one 8-story—to expand the complex. With more than 150,000 employees around the world, Amazon is projected to have 70,000 working in Seattle by 2019. The surge has had a notable effect on the city’s economy, where real estate prices have spiked in response to such high demand.

However, the Amazon headquarters is not simply about slapping down a conventional corporate campus in an urban location. Rather than creating a monolithic presence, Amazon is striving to integrate its offices with its surroundings in a meaningful way—in a sense engineering its own neighborhood from scratch. And so, in a neighborhood dominated by street-level parking lots, Amazon’s ground floor space will house

This kind of rapid, city-changing expansion has made some observers nervous—and exposes one downside of urban headquarters. A crash for the company would mean more than an abandoned suburban campus.

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Brian Luenser

“I love Fort Worth… more than any other city. In my opinion, it has the best combination of beauty, history, weather and economic activity. My favorite thing is that it has so many buildings that are original to the past - mostly the teens and twenties, my favorite eras.

Another huge factor is that it is filled with nice people. All factors considered, it’s the best place in the world!”

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orn in 1956 near Chicago, Brian Luenser fell in love with big buildings - old and new.

“My father worked in Chicago for a company for 40 years and got transferred to Dallas. At 6’7”, he always thought he should be a Texan. He had always come back from business in Dallas saying, ‘The people in Texas are just way nicer than any place else.’ He was thrilled to move his family of 8. “ High school in Desoto was followed by a stint in the Navy where was trained in photography and photo lab work. Then to UTA, a job in public accounting in Fort Worth right out of school; he became a Certified Public Accountant in 1992. Today he is a corporate accountant at the water filter manufacturing company he co-founded (Aquasana), despite having sold the majority of his interest to a private equity firm. “In Haltom City, we manufacture filters and have 80 employees. Our office in Austin handles marketing.

Brian and his wife (of 33 years) live in a high-rise condo where he can see (and photograph) east, north and west. Honored by Fort Worth Magazine to be the Best Photographer in Fort Worth for the second year in a row, he was named to the magazine’s “Most Interesting People” in December 2014, which wrote, “The minute he leaves his office, he roams historic neighborhoods and downtown, capturing the essence of Fort Worth – its fickle and strange weather, funky and friendly people, beautiful skyline and rich history…. With a child-like wonder few possess at his age (58), he can hardly hold a conversation because something beautiful might flash in his peripheral vision (and) he runs over to get the shot.” n Cash America Moonrise

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Architects and designers (many of our readers) have a lot of influence on the way we perceive the world. A structure often plays a significant part in how we experience a place. ( Think of a restaurant, a museum, an arena, a stadium…even an office 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.)

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.

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Scott A. Farrimond

responsible growth alliance

sfarrimond@fcbtxlaw.com Scott A. Farrimond is an attorney and the president of Farrimond Castillo & Bresnahan, P.C. He is also the president of the Responsible Growth Alliance.

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he Responsible Growth Alliance (RGA) serves as a resource and an advocate for the real estate industry in San Antonio. It works to ensure continued job growth, quality of life and affordable housing.

San Antonio real estate organizations have long known that the industry that they represent has an impact on all of these things. What they didn’t know, however, was the extent to which their industry has this impact.

try to the city, as it is to understand bioscience, tourism and the military. All are major economic drivers and job producers.

The economic downturn, while not as bad in San Antonio as in some other areas of the nation, has still drastically slowed (and in some areas stopped) local residential and commercial real estate development. This has resulted in reduced opportunity at all levels of the workforce and has affected local governments in reduced fees and slowed growth in the property tax base.

As a result, several organizations and private companies joined together and engaged Texas Perspectives, Inc. to assess what the industry means to San Antonio.

What they learned surprised not only them and the members they represent, but the entire San Antonio community: $22 billion in economic activity; $4.8 billion in labor income; $168 million in local tax revenue; 120,000 jobs.

It also crystallized the need for a united voice for the 12 industry organizations.

Hence, the Responsible Growth Alliance (RGA) was formed. Its members are: • Real Estate Council of San Antonio (RECSA) • Greater San Antonio Builders Association (GSABA) • San Antonio Board of REALTORS® (SABOR) • San Antonio/South Texas CCIM • South Texas Commercial Association of REALTORS (STCAR) • San Antonio Apartment Association (SAAA) • Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) – South Texas Chapter • Professional Engineers in Private Practice (PEPP) – Bexar Chapter • American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) - San Antonio • Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – San Antonio • Real Estate Financial Society (REFS) • San Antonio Building Owners and Managers Association (SABOMA) The purpose of the study was to understand the economic impact of the real estate industry on San Antonio. Similar studies are done annually on the economic impact of the health/bioscience industry, the tourism industry and the military.

Now, as policy is developed going forward, there is a better understanding that (and of how) those policies can/will affect thousands of people and their jobs. We are better able to ensure that due care is taken in enacting regulations.

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Pardon My Tartle!

English has more words than any other language, but sometimes other languages are just more expressive.

Schadenfreude (German) is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune.

Fremdschämen (German) is the embarrassment one feels at watching someone else embarrass himself or herself a sort of secondhand awkwardness.

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New development drives the growth of the local property tax base that funds schools and many essential services, and also makes it possible for elected officials to avoid increasing taxes. Contrary to popular misconception, real estate development does “pay its own way,” through millions of dollars of streets and infrastructure.

The real estate industry is one of the largest employers in San Antonio, with over 120,000 good-paying jobs across the area. We all live in San Antonio – and we HAVE to be responsible in what we do. The future of our city depends on responsible growth. In 2013, RGA will update its most recent economic study. We are hopeful of seeing an increase in our impact.

For more information about RGA, contact Scott Farrimond, RGA Chairman, 210-231-0919 or via the email address above. n

Tartle (Scottish) is to hesitate in recognizing a person or thing, as happens when you are introduced to someone whose name you cannot recall; so you say, “Pardon my tartle!”

Treppenwitz (German) - the witty remark that occurs to you after you’ve left an argument you’ve lost. It’s a feeling everyone knows - coming up with a comeback too late.

Akihi (Hawaiian) - when you listen to directions, walk off and promptly forget them, you have gone ”akihi.”

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Our Home Grown Industry

Board of Directors and Past Presidents Luncheon Bring Your Boss Happy Hour

The Young Professionals committee hosted its annual event at SoHo Restaurant.

The new board was announced and includes Darrell Gage, president; Scott Moore, vice president; and Mike Pugh, secretary/treasurer

The 2014 Annual Golf Classic was held at Bridlewood Golf Club.

I’m supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

Steve Broom (Fujitec)

(L-R) Scott Moore (Holt Lunsford), Angelique Wade (Transwestern), Darrell Gage (CBRE)

At the 2014 "Great Gatsby" Gala at Union Station, chapter members and guests enjoyed dancing, food, drinks, raffle prizes and silent auction items. The proceeds benefited the Dallas BOMA Foundation (formerly DBEI) as well as Our Friend's Place, Alley's House and The Family Place.

President Angelique Wade (Transwestern), Richey Houdek (ABM Janitorial Sevices), Tracey Pals (Regis Property Management)

(L) Ann Spain (Cousins Properties) with husband, Bill (R) Leslie Coke (Lincoln Harris), Andrea Saccomanno (Executive Security), and Kelli Garca (Piedmont)

(L-R) Shane Baggett (Crescent Realty), Jenny Phillips (Fujitec), Colleen Burrows (CBRE), Stacia Garvin (CBRE)

Annual Darts Tournament at La Playa Beach Club

Julie McBrayer (Atmac) and Mike Pugh (CBRE)

Adopt-A-Block

Over 40 people participating in beautifying a home in south Dallas, scraping and painting the house, replacing rotten siding and fixing the porch flooring.

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When Professor Tom McBride and (former) Public Affairs Director Tom Nief began the Mindset List (in 1998 at Beloit College in Wisconsin), they had no way of knowing the phenomenon it would become. It began as a (very creative) way of reminding their faculty colleagues to be mindful of their incoming students’ perspectives and has since mushroomed into a widely utilized annual guide to “the intelligent, if unprepared, student consciousness.” This is our fourth installment, and there is a lot more than what you see here at www. beloit.edu/mindset. Here is a glimpse at the cultural touchstones that mold the lives of those who entered college in autumn of 2014.

Tom Nief and Tom McBride 16. Ads for prescription drugs, noting their disturbing side effects, have always flooded the airwaves.

17. Whether to embrace fat or spurn it has been a front page debate all their lives.

18. There has always been “TV” designed to be watched exclusively on the web.

7. Women have always attended the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel.

8. FOX News and MSNBC have always been duking it out for the hearts and minds of American viewers.

9. Hong Kong has always been part of China.

1. During their first weeks of kindergarten, they were upset by endlessly repeated images of planes blasting into the World Trade Center.

10. Courts have always been overturning bans on same-sex marriages.

11. Joe Camel has never introduced one of them to smoking.

19. The Unabomber has always been behind bars.

20. There has always been a national database of sex offenders.

21. Bill Gates has always been the richest man in the U.S. 22. While the number of Americans living with HIV has always been going up, American deaths from AIDS have always been going down.

23. They have no memory of George Stephanopoulos as a senior White House advisor.

24. One route to pregnancy has always been through frozen eggs.

25. “Good feedback” means getting 30 likes on your last Facebook post in a single afternoon.

2. When they see wire-rimmed glasses, they think of Harry Potter, not John Lennon.

3. “Press pound” on the phone is now “hit hashtag.”

12. Bosnia and Herzegovina have always been one nation.

4. Celebrity “selfies” are far cooler than autographs.

13. Nicotine has always been recognized as an addictive drug requiring FDA oversight.

5. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has always been the only news program that really “gets it right.”

14. Cloning has always been a fact, not science fiction.

6. The water cooler is no longer the workplace social center; it’s the place to fill your water bottle.

15. Women have always been dribbling, and occasionally dunking, in the WNBA.

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‘Dammit I’m Mad’ is ‘Dammit I’m Mad’ spelled backwards.

Students heading into their first year of college last fall were generally born in 1996. Among those who have never been alive in their lifetime are Tupac Shakur, JonBenet Ramsey, Carl Sagan, and Tiny Tim. On Parents’ Weekend, they may want to watch out in case Madonna shows up to see daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon or Sylvester Stallone comes to see daughter Sophia.

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When Professor Tom McBride and (former) Public Affairs Director Tom Nief began the Mindset List (in 1998 at Beloit College in Wisconsin), they had no way of knowing the phenomenon it would become. It began as a (very creative) way of reminding their faculty colleagues to be mindful of their incoming students’ perspectives and has since mushroomed into a widely utilized annual guide to “the intelligent, if unprepared, student consciousness.” This is our fourth installment, and there is a lot more than what you see here at www. beloit.edu/mindset. Here is a glimpse at the cultural touchstones that mold the lives of those who entered college in autumn of 2014.

Tom Nief and Tom McBride 16. Ads for prescription drugs, noting their disturbing side effects, have always flooded the airwaves.

17. Whether to embrace fat or spurn it has been a front page debate all their lives.

18. There has always been “TV” designed to be watched exclusively on the web.

7. Women have always attended the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel.

8. FOX News and MSNBC have always been duking it out for the hearts and minds of American viewers.

9. Hong Kong has always been part of China.

1. During their first weeks of kindergarten, they were upset by endlessly repeated images of planes blasting into the World Trade Center.

10. Courts have always been overturning bans on same-sex marriages.

11. Joe Camel has never introduced one of them to smoking.

19. The Unabomber has always been behind bars.

20. There has always been a national database of sex offenders.

21. Bill Gates has always been the richest man in the U.S. 22. While the number of Americans living with HIV has always been going up, American deaths from AIDS have always been going down.

23. They have no memory of George Stephanopoulos as a senior White House advisor.

24. One route to pregnancy has always been through frozen eggs.

25. “Good feedback” means getting 30 likes on your last Facebook post in a single afternoon.

2. When they see wire-rimmed glasses, they think of Harry Potter, not John Lennon.

3. “Press pound” on the phone is now “hit hashtag.”

12. Bosnia and Herzegovina have always been one nation.

4. Celebrity “selfies” are far cooler than autographs.

13. Nicotine has always been recognized as an addictive drug requiring FDA oversight.

5. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has always been the only news program that really “gets it right.”

14. Cloning has always been a fact, not science fiction.

6. The water cooler is no longer the workplace social center; it’s the place to fill your water bottle.

15. Women have always been dribbling, and occasionally dunking, in the WNBA.

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‘Dammit I’m Mad’ is ‘Dammit I’m Mad’ spelled backwards.

Students heading into their first year of college last fall were generally born in 1996. Among those who have never been alive in their lifetime are Tupac Shakur, JonBenet Ramsey, Carl Sagan, and Tiny Tim. On Parents’ Weekend, they may want to watch out in case Madonna shows up to see daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon or Sylvester Stallone comes to see daughter Sophia.

For them….

Real Estate The Trift Bridge

a long way to go just because it’s there...

Triftbrucke (Trift Bridge) is the longest pedestrian-only suspension bridge (560 feet) in Europe - high across a windy gorge near Gadmen the Swiss Alps, 40 miles south of Lucerne. Its three-plank-wide catwalk and steel cables are the only things that separate adventurous hikers from the glacial lake 330 feet below. In windy conditions, the suspension bridge can sway more than 20 feet, which explains why it is only open June through October.

In 1920, Eugene V. Debs ran for president as a Socialist and got 6% of the vote. (He was in jail at the time.)

To get there requires a ride in a cable car (with standing room only for eight) over a ravine, and then a 90 - 120 minute uphill hike.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE

The bridge (and the cable car system) were built in 2004 by a power company to allow its workers to access hydro electric works that they had built below the Trift Glacier. In 2009, the power company upgraded the cable car system and bridge and opened them to the public. Due to global warming the glacier has melted especially fast. The new bridge is a tourist for 20,000 hikers/visitors a year.

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Reach For The Skies!

The human brain supposedly has the storage capacity of 1 million gigabytes of hard- drive space. (How can they know that?)

2014 was a record year for skyscraper completions. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), 97 buildings of 656 ft height or greater were completed around the world last year

Of the 97 tallest buildings completed, 47 will be exclusively office space, including One World Trade Center in New York City, the tallest of the bunch. At 1,776 feet, One World Trade Center is now the third tallest high-rise in the world.

4. Wuxi Suning Plaza 1 • Wuxi 68 floors, 1,076ft. tall, hotel/office

5. Moi Center Tower A • Shenyang 75 floors, 1,020 ft. tall, hotel/office

6. Burj Rafal • Riyadh 68 floors, 1,010 ft. tall, residential/hotel 7. One57 • New York City 75 floors, 1,004 ft. tall, residential/hotel 8. Wuxi Maoye City Marriott Hotel • Wuxi 68 floors, 997 ft. tall, hotel 9. Heung Kong Tower • Shenzhen 61 floors, 994 ft. tall, hotel/office

Asia continues to dominate tall building construction with 74 of the 97 tallest completions. China was responsible for 58 of those, including 6 in Tianjin. The tallest completed in China was The Wharf Times Square 1 in Wuxi, a 1,112-foot-tall hotel/ office complex.

10. Torre Costanera • Santiago 62 floors, 984 ft. tall, office

CTBUH is projecting between 105 and 130 buildings of 656 feet (200 meters) or taller will be completed in 2015, with the vast majority in China. New York City’s 432 Park Avenue is due to be completed.

At 1,396-feet-tall (426 meters), the luxury residential building will be the tallest of its kind in the western hemisphere.

The key findings of the recently released biennial Green Building Market Barometer by Turner Construction shows that interest in Green Globes and other alternative building rating systems is up 250% in two years since 2012. According to the study of more than 300 market participants executives, “Respondents … expressed a significantly increased interest in alternative rating systems such as Green Globes, EnergyStar and others, with 43% of respondents saying they would be extremely or very likely to seek alternative certification [from LEED®], significantly more than the 2012 number of 17%.”

Ten Tallest High-Rises Completed in 2014

1. One World Trade Center • New York City 94 floors, 1,776 ft. tall, office (pictured) 2. The Residences Abu Dhabi • Abu Dhabi 88 floors, 1,273 ft. tall, residential 3. The Wharf Times Square 1 • Wuxi 68 floors, 1,112 ft. tall, hotel/office

Green Building Market Study Shows 250% Growth in Alternative Rating Systems

“The market for green building certification is clearly changing,” said Jerry Yudelson, president of the Green Building Initiative, “with building owners more interested in cost-effective rating systems that help them design and operate commercial properties.

We view this as a positive sign for the future growth of the Green Globes family of green building rating systems.” Other

highlights of the study state that “the financial factors most highly rated in the decision-making process to incorporate green features in construction projects were energy efficiency, asking rents, ongoing operations and maintenance costs, and occupancy rates.” Read the entire report at http://www.turnerconstruction.com/aboutus/sustainability/green-market-barometer

Important White Paper Released

By and through the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at the George Washington University School of Business, Professor Peter Smirniotopoulos has released a study Smirniotopoulos entitled Conflicts in Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Who Represents the Tenant? The study seeks to identify the potential conflicts of interest

inherent in real estate transactions between a commercial tenant and a prospective landlord; evaluate the legal, regulatory, and industry mechanisms in place to protect the interests of commercial tenants through professional representation in these transactions; and where necessary, make recommendations for how such tenant protections might be strengthened to assure an arm’s length transaction between the parties, thereby optimizing the functioning of the commercial real estate marketplace.

IT can be viewed or downloaded in its entirety at: www.academia.edu/9488812/ Conflicts_of_Interest_in_Commercial_ Leasing_Transactions_Who_Represents_ the_Tenant

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1 CBRE promoted Darrell Gage to Managing Director of Asset Services for North Texas • 2 Jon Dooley joined Colliers International as the Regional Managing Director for North Texas • 3 Todd Lambeth joined the DFW office of Colliers International as a Vice President in brokerage • 4 Barrett Jones joined the DFW office of Colliers International as a brokerage associate • 5 Will Merritt joined the DFW office of Colliers International as a financial analyst • 6 Douglas Dover joined Stantec as a designer in the firm’s buildings practice in Plano • 7 Bobby Kunkle joined DTZ as Senior Project Manager • 8 Andrew Doster was promoted to Senior Broker at Henry S. Miller • 9 John H. Wright, IV was promoted

to Vice President with CBRE’s Retail Services Group in San Antonio • 10 Sergio Negrete joined CBRE’s Retail Services Group in Austin as Associate • 11 Tracy Cobb joined CBRE as Communications & Media Manager for Texas • 12 Michael Marsh joined JLL as Managing Director of Healthcare Services in Dallas • 13 Brad Takala joined JLL as Executive Vice President of the Multifamily Group in Dallas • 14 Megan Matthews joined JLL as Regional Manager and Head of Property Management in Dallas • 15 Amanda Rupe joined JLL as Associate Project Manager of Project and Development Services in Dallas • 16 Rebecca Smith joined CBRE as Vice President • 17 Jennifer Young joined CBRE as Senior Transaction Manager • 18 Lucy Durbin was promoted to Senior Associate at CBRE • 19 Nathan Lawrence was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE • 20 Kevin Kelly was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE • 21 John Roper was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE • 22 Burson Holman was promoted to Senior Vice President at CBRE • 23 David Martin and 24 Curtis Hawkins joined Hudson Peters Commercial as Vice Presidents • 25 David Stack joined E Smith Realty as a Senior Vice President - Project and Development Services • 26 Sarah Catherine Norris joined E Smith Realty as the President - Agency Leasing and Management • 27 Greg Burns joined E Smith Realty as Executive Vice President • 28 Michael Rareshide joined E Smith Realty as Executive Vice President

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“One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors.” Plato

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Expressions of praise given in the presence of many people.

Where The Jobs Are • Wow! In December (2014), the Census Bureau released a ranking of the fasting growing cities in the U.S. and the 4 Texas markets served by the network scored BIG. (What else would you expect?) Topping the list was Fort Worth (pictured) with a population growth (from 2000- 2013) of 42.34%! In third was Austin at 27.45%; fourth was San Antonio at 18.73%; and twenty-fourth was Dallas with 2.83%.

What do these 12 famous people have in common?

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Marion Barry, mayor (Washington D.C.) Phil Everly, singer

Congratulations to Allen Gump of Colliers International Dallas for receiving the Leading By Serving Award from the Salvation Army.

Congratulations to Greg Cannon, Executive Vice President at Colliers International, for being named a Gump Stemmons Service Award finalist by the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and Real Estate Professionals (NTCAR).

Jimmy Ruffin, singer (Temptations) Pete Seeger, singer

Kudos to Carrie Caesar of CBRE’s Cannon Capital Markets’ Investment Properties group on taking over the helm of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network San Antonio chapter as the 2015 President.

Big time ‘props’ to HKS, Inc. on being named a LEED® Proven Provider™ by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). This means a faster approval process for projects submitted for LEED review and a higher level of access to the GBCI review team, allowing them to vet and resolve challenging issues with one-on-one input from the reviewers. It is an honor or as well as an acknowledgement and confirmation of the firm’s proven track record in LEED administration.

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The 2nd annual Henry S. Miller Holiday Charity Softball Tournament was held in November and raised approximately $4,500 for Dallas’s Family Gateway.

Nine commercial real estate companies participated and, in the championship game, The Retail Connection edged out The Weitzman Group 14 to 13. Bright Realty took The Henry S. Miller Company 'Miller Time' team 3rd place and Henry S. Miller cam in 4th.

The participating companies: Henry S. Miller, Weitzman, Venture Commercial, UCR, Swearingen, The Retail Connection, Bright Realty, Edge Realty Partners, and Wingert Real Estate.

Don Pardo, announcer (Saturday Night Live) Shirley Temple (Black), child star and ambassador

Lauren Bacall, actress James Garner, actor (Maverick)

Tom Magliozzi, radio host (Car Talk) Casey Kasem, radio host

Robin Williams, comedian

Tournament Champions: The Retail Connection

Submit your Shout-Outs to editor@crestnetwork.com

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he Ronald McDonald House in Austin, TX is a haven where families who have critically ill and injured children can stay so that they can be near their hospitalized child. Completed in December 2007, the approximately 30,000 square feet facility is the only LEED Platinum Ronald McDonald House in the world, and the first of several LEED certified Houses within the Charities system.

Since 1985 Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas has provided services to thousands of families whose children are seeking treatment at Austin area hospitals, accommodating families primarily from the 46-county region surrounding the city of Austin, but also serving as a home away from home for families from all corners of the world. The Ronald McDonald House gives families a place to rest, eat, as well as share experiences with families of other children who are in similar situations.

Located within Austin’s Mueller development - a New Urbanist community realized from a brownfield site – the Ronald McDonald House functions in concert with the nearby Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, which is also LEED Platinum certified, as well as providing care for families with children at any of the Austin area medical facilities. The close proximity ensures that families can access the care their children need by providing an affordable, healing and homelike place to stay.

The Design Process

The commitment to building green drove planning from the earliest decisions and was a shared objective between all project participants. The design process began with a focus on the user group – how to provide families a welcoming place for respite and refuge from the rigors of days spent at the bedside of their hospitalized children. The House offers 30 guest rooms each with a private bathroom, a sleeping area and a living area equipped with a sleeper sofa so that larger families and multiple generational family groups can be accommodated. Common areas include a family dining room, living room, activity room, exercise room and a large kitchen where volunteer community groups provide lunch and dinner daily.

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All design decisions were weighed against two important benchmark goals for the project - the commitment to provide the very best experience for the families staying at the House and the demand for the new facility to be key in contributing to the long term financial stability of the organization through energy savings and reduced maintenance long term. This financial goal is crucial for an organization that depends upon charitable contributions in order to provide its services. The rigors of the LEED Platinum criteria provided an effective, yet challenging, template by which to accomplish these goals.

Because the project was the region’s first LEED Platinum facility – in fact there were only a handful of Platinum certified projects in the world at the time – much of the sustainable program was pioneering in nature. The project was noted in many disciplines for its innovative and replicable design and construction solutions.

The intent that drove those innovations and design decisions was to create a space that was an active participant in the healing and nurturing process for the children and families that stayed at the House. While some of the design features that accomplished this goal are prominent and visible, many are not as evident upon entering the facility.

Providing high air quality was of utmost importance, as the building is often home to children with weakened immune systems. One of the House’s goals was zero environmentally transferred illnesses. Even catching a common cold could set a child’s surgery back indefinitely or preclude a family member from being at the hospitalized child’s side. As such, each room is naturally ventilated and no air is shared between rooms, ensuring a healthier interior environment. Moreover, an innovative HVAC system cleans, recycles and filters air brought inside the building. A thermal enthalpy wheel captures the temperature of the air as it is exhausted from the building and transfers that energy to the incoming air stream. The use of low VOC-emitting materials throughout the facility further enhances the air quality.

Concrete throughout the project contains 40% fly ash. The interior spaces utilize stained concrete for maintenance and health reasons. The exterior hard surfaces including the parking lot utilize concrete rather than asphalt to mitigate heat island effect on the property.

The exterior gardens and planted areas are composed of native or adapted plants

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She was awarded Artist of The Year 2D by the AVAA.

that thrive in the Central Texas climate with minimal water. Irrigation of the grounds utilizes water reclaimed from the Mueller development and piped to the site. Water is conserved throughout the project through the use of low flow plumbing fixtures.

Inside Meets Outside

The Ronald McDonald House blurs the line between indoor and outdoor with the use of three rooftop planted areas that serve as oases affording intimate yet open spaces with seating for families, gardens, and opportunities to reflect in an outdoor setting within the security of the facility. On the ground level, a playground and picnic area create a backyard-like setting affording an open space for children to run, play, and interact with the ground level gardens.

The rooftops of the Ronald McDonald House are also home to a 10.8 kilowatt solar array comprised of 54 photovoltaic panels. The array generates enough energy to power 15 of the House’s 30 rooms and offset more than 30,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

Her paintings start with a visual curiosity about architecture and interior spaces. She experiments Leah Haney with expanding and warping structures and points of view to accentuate architecture’s ability to effect and reflect culture, playing with dimensions to challenge our perceptions of space. The renderings of architects such as Mies van der Rohe inform her work with their elegant use of flat geometric shapes, simple perspective lines, and varied textures.

Her earlier paintings on exposed birch-wood are spaces in no space. The wood provides an unfinished raw background that contrasts with the detailed image at the center of the emanation, usually floating in a black splattered cloudburst. The expansions appear to be bursting out and moving towards the viewer, floating on top of a hard stagnate, wood grain surface.

Her newer works give the same experience of space, movement, and expansion but are set in an intergalactic endless universe and have more ‘story’ to them. They make the experience of physical interior and exterior space an event, like witnessing an intergalactic ‘happening’. The buildings and skyscrapers are in the physical process of expansion, and the image of an erupting city skyline in space is ominous. The paintings celebrate the beauty of architecture, its complexities and details, and the explosions are as violent and disruptive as a supernova.

The man-made structures in the paintings, with their sharp geometric angles and perspective lines are contrasted by the infinite boundlessness of space, as there is no horizon line in space. Buildings and rooms colliding and exploding in space are how she perceives the boundless void of space, in relation to human perspective and the structures that surround us.

View Leah Haney’s work at www.leahhaney.com.

Well lit interior spaces are critical to the building’s design. Bathrooms and closets are the only interior spaces in the facility that do not receive natural light. The building’s long and linear orientation allows for the introduction of daylight from both north and south sides of the guest rooms, while the building’s four floor core acts as a light well shaded by metal gratings above the windows resulting in a warm inviting interior that is easily navigable. These interior spaces are thoughtfully designed so that even a child will not get lost. Gentle curved wings and the use of curved interior walls and ceiling treatments throughout the building help create a nurturing and embracing environment.

More than five years spent in the LEED Platinum Ronald McDonald have proved our efforts a success by any measure. Austin’s Ronald McDonald House continues to provide a sterling example of the health, economic, environmental and workplace wellbeing benefits of developing green healthcare facilities.

Austin’s Ronald McDonald House has proven itself to be a central part of the healing process in tandem with the adjacent hospitals. As CEO Kent Burress notes, “The House is not just a part of the program – the House IS the program.” n

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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.

GUNS & REAL ESTATE on Is Your Building A Target? v

HANDGUN LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN”. The legislators who drafted Section 30.06 probably had a sense of humor because the statute number matches one of America’s most famous rifle calibers - the .30 caliber Springfield of 1906 (hence .30-06).

Concealed Handguns

A CHL holder is legally permitted to carry a handgun in many public places. That gun must be concealed at all times and the holder must carry their CHL with them if they have a gun with them. CHL holders cannot, however, be intoxicated when they are carrying, and handguns cannot be carried at schools or on school buses, at polling places, in courts and court offices, at racetracks, or at secured airport areas. The law also specifically prohibits handguns from businesses where alcohol is sold if more than half of the establishment’s revenue is from the alcohol sales, and from locations where high school, college, or professional sporting events are taking place. You may not carry handguns in hospitals or nursing homes, amusement parks, places of worship or at most government meetings.

But what if you own or manage a commercial property that is not on the list of prohibited locations? In those cases, the landlord has the ability to prohibit or permit handguns on at its properties. For those landlords to permit tenants to carry handguns, they do not have to take any action because the law already allows it. However, if a landlord wants to prohibit handguns at the property, then it must take some affirmative steps.

The 30.06 notice only serves to create a misdemeanor offense for its violators.

If you genuinely want to prohibit tenants and their invitees from carrying handguns on your property, in addition to posting the 30.06 notice, landlords and tenants should also consider adding prohibitive language in their leases and their rules and regulations. These rules and regulations should also be enforced and followed and tenants should be aware that they exist. Be careful: attempting to disarm someone in any circumstance should not be taken lightly and if such a situation arises, the police should be contacted immediately. Police will typically be responsive in this situation especially if you posted the proper 30.06 notice.

This is why the 30.06 notice should be used as part of your “no gun” policy, but merely posting the notice should not be the only action taken.

Stick To Your Guns

State policies on concealed carry as of November 2013 (source - Wikipedia)

Not In My Building!

In order to aid those landlords that want to prohibit handguns, Texas Penal Code Section 30.06 allows a landlord or a tenant to post a notice prohibiting CHL holders from carrying a handgun on to that property, and violation of this law is a misdemeanor. The notice must be posted in both English and Spanish.

The notice may be presented orally or in writing (however, the author strongly advises the notice be in writing). The writing must be in contrasting colors with block letters at least 1” high, and be conspicuous and visible to the public. It is advisable to post multiple notices in conspicuous parts of the building and by all entrances. The 30.06 notice must include the following language: “PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.06, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF LICENSE TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN), A PERSON LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER H, CHAPTER 411, GOVERNMENT CODE (CONCEALED 50

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The decision to actively permit or prohibit handguns carries its own set of legal issues. For example, if a landlord enacts a “no handgun” policy and posts the proper notice but does not follow or enforce the policy, it could be opening itself up to additional liability. Consider this scenario: suppose a landlord properly posts the 30.06 notice and adds language to all of its leases prohibiting tenants from carrying handguns at the property. However, the property manager or the landlord is fully aware that some of its tenants have handguns on property, but do nothing about it. If the handgun goes off (intentionally or inadvertently) and injures or kills someone, might the landlord be liable for the injury or death?

Alternatively, if a landlord prohibits handguns, can it be liable if a crime occurs on the property and a tenant claims they were unable to protect themselves because they were prohibited from carrying a handgun? The answers to these questions depend largely on whether or not the landlord or property manager was negligent, and the determination of negligence will greatly depend on the facts of the situation. Regardless, owners should be mindful and should not be a loose cannon in their policy decisions (pun intended).

“If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.” (Johnny Carson)

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andguns have recently been the focus of extensive global debate.

Regardless of your personal or political views on the subject, a lot of Texans liken the right to carry a gun with the right of childbirth. An example of this sentiment is the popularity of Texas’s 20-year-old law allowing residents to carry concealed handguns. In fiscal year 2014, Texas issued nearly 250,000 concealed handgun licenses (CHLs). That number is significant especially considering that the process of obtaining a CHL is filled with tests, fees, background checks, and other restrictions. Additionally, Texas has reciprocity with about 30 other states, which allows those states’ CHL holders to carry concealed weapons in Texas, and vice versa.

departments openly work with building owners on policy enforcement and training. Also, this is a good time to mention that many police departments are eager to train building owners on what to do when an active shooter situation arises. With the number of active shootings on the rise, we should all be educated on what to do if an active shooting arises. Some police departments liken this training to practicing a fire drill.

4. Out-of-State Owners. If you manage property for an out-of-state owner, he/she/it needs to understand Texas’s concealed handgun laws and the laws surrounding negligence and premises liability in order to make an informed decision. Failure to understand Texas law can lead to a half-cocked policy.

5. Examine Your Leases. Most commercial leases have outdated and insufficient language when it comes to handguns, and security in general. Owners should consult with counsel on this issue and make sure the leases are on target.

Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says “In an emergency, notify:” I put “Doctor”.

Things To Consider

Owners and managers should consider the following points before deciding to permit or prohibit handguns on their properties:

Landlords and property managers cannot be gun shy about this topic. You need to bite the bullet and address these issues right now, especially considering that, as of today, the Texas Legislature is considering laws that would allow “open carry” (instead of just concealed carry) of firearms, as well as a separate law that would allow Texans to carry guns without a permit. n

1. Beware of Hair-Trigger Policies. When it comes to policy making, landlords should be cautious not to just have a blanket policy for all their buildings. Instead of a one-size-fits all policy, the landlord should consider such things as the type of building and type of permitted uses, location, and tenant mix. For example, an owner of a busy retail center is probably less inclined to allow handguns due to the number of citizens walking about; however, an owner of an industrial property in a rough neighborhood may feel much differently.

2. Ready, Fire, Aim. Before enacting a handgun policy, you need to understand what policies, if any, your tenants have in order to avoid getting in your tenants’ crosshairs. For example, if a tenant openly encourages weapons, but the landlord is vehemently opposed to it, then a shootout (hopefully just figuratively, not literally) with that tenant could be looming.

3. Consult With Police. Most major metropolitan police

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In 2010, the Texas Senate approved allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into public college buildings and classrooms, despite stiff resistance from higher education officials, notably from within the University of Texas system. In this April, 2010 photo, Gov. Rick Perry fires a six shooter filled with blanks as at an event in downtown Fort Worth.

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I Didn’t Know I Knew That • Pareto’s Law Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (1848 – 1923) was an Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist and philosopher. He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals’ choices. His name may not be familiar, but his principle (Pareto’s Law) is relatively well known.

Pareto observed that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas. This led to a host of studies and the discovery (in 1906) that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population.

He came up with what we now know as the 80/20 rule: For many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

This is claimed to appear in several different aspects relevant to entrepreneurs and business managers. For example: • 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of its customers • 80% of a company's complaints come from 20% of its customers • 80% of a company's profits come from 20% of the time its staff spends • 80% of a company's sales come from 20% of its products • 80% of a company's sales are made by 20% of its sales staff mar2015 | the network

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rosetalksdallas@aol.com 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..

Texas – A Weak Governor System

Also, boards or commissions run many of the executive agencies and the governor appoints them for terms of six years (while the governor’s term is only four years). One of the reasons Perry has been able to consolidate more power in the governor’s office is because he has served so long that he has overseen two cycles of these appointments. As Ross Ramsey wrote in The Texas Tribune, “Perry slowly leached away the potency of the most powerful office in Texas government.” It remains to be seen with a new governor (Greg Abbott) and a new lieutenant governor (Dan Patrick) whether, real power will return to the office the authors of the state constitution intended.

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There were two twists in Texas history that gave more power to the lieutenant governor.

William P. Hobby, Jr., who served as lieutenant governor of Texas from 1973 to 1991, brought power and prestige to the office. His father had been a favored governor of the state, and his mother was a heralded U.S. diplomat.

Bob Bullock followed him from 1991 to 1999. This man was so loved, there is a magnificent museum named for him in Austin.

That’s Not The Ticket

By the way, in Texas, the lieutenant governor is elected separately from the governor, rather than on the same ticket. The governor can be a Republican while the lieutenant governor can be a Democrat. This happed consistently in the tern of democrat Bob Bullock.

The prestige and influence of these two men, Hobby and Bullock, certainly added to the power of the position. But there was another historical event that brought more strength to the office. It involved the reconstruction governor - Edmund Jackson Davis. He was so hated by the Texas Confederates that after his term, the people demanded that powers be dispersed among the governor, the speaker, and the lieutenant governor. And this was done.

Actually, this same action was taken by other Confederate states, as well.

Many southern states suffered under carpetbagger governors.

Texas Governor’s Mansion

A Strange Road to Power

Gov. E. J. Davis was born and educated in Florida; he moved with his family to Galveston in 1848. He studied law and eventually became a district attorney in Brownsville. In 1861, he joined Sam Houston in opposing secession, and because of his opposition to the Confederacy he had to flee the state. He went to Washington DC, where he met with President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln recommended that he organize a US cavalry unit in Texas, which he did.

So he fought against the Texas Confederates! He was so hated that a group of off duty Confederate soldiers attempted to take him over the border to Matamoros. This caused diplomatic troubles between Mexico and the Confederacy. Fortunately, General Hamilton Bee released Davis to appease the Mexican government.

When the war was over, Davis ran for governor (in 1869) and won! Perhaps needless to say, he was a part of the days of Southern Reconstruction-a dreaded and miserable time for the South.

Hell, No – I Won’t Go!

Davis ran again but was defected by Richard Coke. Davis contested the results and refused to leave his office. He locked the door and would not come out. Governor Coke had to climb a ladder to get into the office. Later the door was broken down with an axe.

I well remember visiting the state cemetery in Austin and seeing this huge monument, dominating the whole scene. I thought, “That must be one of the greatest heroes of Texas.” As I approached the gigantic edifice, I read on the tiered base, E. J. DAVIS. The most hated governor of Texas has the largest tomb in the state cemetery. n

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“It is better to be silent and thought dumb, than to speak up and remove all doubt.” (Abraham Lincoln)

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ho has more power in Texas -- the governor or the lieutenant governor? It has long been debated, though without question, Governor Perry added to the power of the office. Texas is a weak governor state – and the governor is not the real power; the real power resides in the office of the lieutenant governor. There is no cabinet that would give the governor control over the executive branch. The offices of attorney general, comptroller and those of the land, agriculture and railroad commissioners (the logical composition of a ‘cabinet’) are elected independently by the voters, not appointed by the chief executive.

Time is a valuable commodity these days, which makes professional organizations like the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) a valuable resource.

The Texas Oklahoma Chapter strives to strengthen the A&D community by providing opportunities for education, leadership, philanthropy, networking and design innovation to itsmembership. Reach out to a City Centers in Dallas-Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Austin, Houston, San Antonio or West Texas to become more engaged in your design community! If you would like more information on becoming an IIDA Partner, contact Alli Vaughan King, avaughan@humanscale.com. chapter@iida-tx-ok.org • www.twitter.com/IIDA_TX_OK www.facebook.com/pages/IIDA-Texas-Oklahoma-Chapter

DALLAS FORT WORTH CITY CENTER

The IIDA Dallas Fort Worth City Center will present the 4th semi-annual CRE8 Design Challenge and Fashion Show. The event celebrates the connection between interior design and fashion by challenging design teams to create a garment that is runway ready in 8 days!

Learn more about these events on the IIDA Dallas/Fort Worth Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IIDADFW

IIDA SACC Imagine That 2015: Color My World

The IIDA San Antonio City Center announced its biggest event of the year, Imagine That 2015: Color My World benefiting SAY-Si! This event revolves around a design competition where design teams from the A&D community will create unique vignettes based on an assigned color and exotic destination. Members and non-members are invited to take part in a fabulous charitable event when all the vignettes will be revealed on May 15th, 2015!

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IIDA ZeroLandfill™ DFW

The IIDA Dallas/Fort Worth City Center held its 4th semi-annual ZeroLandfill™ DFW event at Corporate Floors in Grapevine, TX. ZeroLandfill™ is an award winning upcycling program held seasonally that supports the supply needs of local artists and arts educators while reducing pressure on local landfill capacity.

Unwanted or discontinued products are collected from the A&D community and made available to the public for free. Since 2006, the ZeroLandfill™ has diverted over 1 million pounds of expired specification samples from local landfills and repurposed them back into the community.

From January 9 through the 17th, materials were collected from design firms all over the Metroplex. Volunteers helped to sort and weigh the materials for two consecutive Saturdays. The event collected over 15,000 pounds! ZeroLandfill™ co-chairs Khoi Hoang and Kallie Daniel and a host of volunteers made it a big success.

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In 2012, we began this feature which brought several responses that we won’t print here (e.g., “Holy S#@%! You must be f…ing kidding me!”). Oops! Despite those words, readers clearly appreciated the feature which is presented regularly in our March and September issues.

The truly unfortunate thing is that there is no shortage of people, pictures, events to fill this page Some of these are ongoing stories that continue to (dis)grace our front pages.

1 Bill Cosby has never been criminally charged with drugging, raping, sexual molestation and/or sexual assault, but accusations by over two dozen women have hurt his career and seriously damaged his image as “America’s Dad’. TV appearances have been canceled, Netflix has indefinitely delayed the release of a Cosby stand-up special, NBC dropped development on a new sitcom starring Cosby, and TV Land has stopped airing reruns of “The Cosby Show.” Cosby has refused to address the allegations when asked about them, but has hired investigators to look into (a/k/a dig up dirt on) the lives of those who have accused him. The allegations of drugging and sexual abuse span decades.

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4 A Florida sheriff ’s deputy faces felony charges after officials said he accepted oral sex from a woman in exchange for not arresting her. Ted Arboleda, 32, was arrested and charged with unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. The charges stem from an incident in which the officer spoke with a woman at a gas station and learned that she did not have a valid Florida driver’s license. The woman, who was on probation, was also in possession of marijuana and prescription medication. She reportedly offered Arboleda money not to arrest her; he refused the bribe, but accompanied her to her home. She let him inside the home and offered him oral sex.

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Further, the report stated, “FOX seems not to meet the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists, whose members have the idea that ‘public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media… strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty.’ There are many examples, dating back to 2009, of FOX’s disregard for its own profession’s ethical standards.” Just one of them: FOX News had no qualms about two idiots chuckling about the best way to get away with beating women.

After watching the leaked surveillance video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice beating his fiancée unconscious, Brian Kilmeade joked, “I think the message is …take the stairs.” Yuck, yuck. Steve Doocy couldn’t wait to pile on: “The message is, when you’re in an elevator, there’s a camera.” (L-R: Steve Doocy, Anna Kooiman and Brian Kilmeade of ‘Fox & Friends’). Inset photo: News’ caption on Maya Angelou’s death.

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“I’d do it again in a minute,” he said. America doesn’t torture, he snarled on Meet The Press. Torture is “what 19 guys armed with airline tickets and box cutters did to 3,000 Americans on 9/11.” So, according to the former vice president, waterboarding suspects until their stomachs are distended, depriving them of sleep for up to 180 hours, hanging them from a ceiling for 22 hours a day, and feeding them rectally are all morally justifiable tactics in the war on terror, not horrible acts of torture that the CIA’s own internal records indicate provided no critical intelligence. It’s only torture, apparently, if the bad guys do it and “officially sanctioned forms of torture are not torture because they’re officially sanctioned”. Regarding specific acts of barbarism, including the torture of 26 detainees the CIA later realized were wrongly accused, Cheney evaded a direct response by calling them “a means of revenge” because what “what the al Qaida terrorists did on 9/11” was worse.

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“I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. God dammit! I’m a billionaire.” (Howard Hughes)

2 Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price goes on trial for charges alleging that he accepted money, land and cars as bribes from 2001 – 2013. Despite the charges, he has not resigned his seat (and isn’t likely to) and the trial is not until January 19, 2016. Perhaps the right to a speedy trial is only if you want one.

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The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its exhibition program specializes in multidisciplinary, modern and contemporary art from the 1960s to the present day. Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist “White Cube”. The team of architects used an innovative stylistic idiom known as blob architecture and the gigantic building is affectionately called the “Friendly Alien” by its creators Colin Fournier and Peter Cook. in form and material, stands out consciously against the surrounding baroque roof landscape with its red clay roofing tiles but nevertheless integrates the façade of the 1847 iron house. It has an organic shape with a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels.

The BIX façade of the museum represents a singular fusion from architecture and New Media and is based on a concept which consists of the words “Big” and “pixels” is the acrylic glass skin of the eastern side of the building.

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rom a waste-to- energy power plant with a ski slope on the roof (picture 4) to a condo/apartment building you can bike through (picture 2), the creations of the Bjarke Ingels Group (a/k/a BIG), a Copenhagen, Denmark, and New York-based architecture firm are known for flaunting convention. And they’ve got even more amazing things in the works.

They are taking on the world – BIG time!

4 Amager Resource Center in Copenhagen s a plant that will be economically, environmentally and socially profitable. The roof will actually be a ski slope!

5 An eye-catching condo at 625 W 57th Street in New York City.

6 Coco Grove at Grand Bay in Miami, Florida with panoramic views and lush garden, is a new landmark in the community. The two condominium towers appear to be dancing.

7 Vancouver House (Vancouver, Canada) is a residential tower in a mixed-use urban village. Three triangular complexes provide spaces for working, shopping and leisure.

8 The Honeycomb will be the tallest structure in Albany in the Bahamas visible as a beacon from the Mediterranean Sea. The residence has a full glass façade wrapped in balconies – each with its own sunken pool.

Happening Now!

In Washington D.C., sixty models of BIG projects are now hanging from the National Building Museum Great Hall’s 3rd floor balcony as part of “Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation,” an exhibition which runs through August 30, 2015. (pictured below) From the scorching heat of the Arabian Desert to the unforgiving chill of the Finnish tundra, the ‘odyssey’ takes visitors on a journey across the globe to explore the climactic forces that shape our cities and buildings

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1 The VM Houses is a striking, wedge-shaped, balcony-rich condo with zigzagging features that look like a 3-dimensionnal game of Tetris.

2 The Mountain is the second generation of the VM Houses is 2/3 parking and 1/3 living space, the parking area being the foundation for the homes. All apartments have roof gardens, amazing views and street parking on the 10th floor. It appears as a suburban neighborhood of garden homes flowing over a 10 story building. All the rainwater is collected in an underground cistern and then recycled as drip irrigation throughout the terraced planters.

3 Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium is 16 ½ feet below ground in the high school’s courtyard. It is passively temperature-controlled and, above ground, its gently curved roof serves as an informal meeting place.

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9 The Big Pin is a 70,000 sf observation tower that will be an addition to the Phoenix, Arizona skyline.

The helical walkway – which begins from zero at the point of arrival, reaching its maximum at the middle, and shrinking back to zero at the point of departure - can be reached via three glass elevators.

10 The Hualien Residences in Taiwan place a particular focus on exercise and wellness. Green landscape stripes are used to create a mountain landscape and green roofs create a low energy master plan for this residential and commercial project.

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11 A 2 billion dollar commissioned master plan for the South Mall Campus of the Smithsonian to be implemented over many years includes the revitalization of the iconic Smithsonian Castle (which opened in 1855). (The plan requires review from the National Capital Planning Commission.

12 A proposal for a Middle East media HQ features giant tensile canopy. Formed of two cuboid towers, the project has been designed to encourage communication among the building’s various occupants, and a vertical village of newsrooms and broadcast studios is united beneath the canopy to brings together both staff and visitors.

13 Walter Towers in Prague, Czechoslovakia appears to be 4 different towers, but it is actually one continuous building.

14 Boscolo Hotel in Nice, France 15 Hotel TLT in Guiyang, China

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••••• Underwater Basket Weaving signed a 5-year lease for 5000 sf at the (still under construction) Groundswell Mall in Round Rock. The mall is scheduled to open in February, 2015. Wesley Broker of ABC Realty represented developer Peter Piper Properties and Sam and Janet Evening of SJE Interests represented the tenant.

Mark Markson of the Houston office of Houston-based BIGBUILD Architects has been named the architect of record for Penguin Towers, an 18-story mixed-use project in Dallas’s Highpark District.

The project will break ground before the end of the year. Andrews

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••••• The Santa Claus REIT has acquired the building at 2121 Loop 312 just north of the San Antonio city line. Originally a build-to-suit regional headquarters for the

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Outsourcing Your Call Center

acility management requires a call center in order to respond and coordinate maintenance activities; it is an invaluable interface between people and maintenance activities of all kinds. It might be needed at the most critical time when a direct, correct and speedy response to an emergency situation can save a life or prevent property damage. Or maybe it’s being awakened in the middle of the night with a request that could have waited until the next day.

Growing companies often reach a predictable crossroad: As a company grows, they often find that some functions such as call center operations and management take time and effort that would be better spent on the core business. If you’ve reached this stage, outsourcing this function is a valid option. Outsourcing should still give you the ability to maintain control of this vital part of your operations, yet add the help you need to get the job done without adding head count. This is significantly different than outsourcing whereby you turn over your staff and control and then pay much more for the privilege.

personnel, tools, hardware, equipment, software, and training.

Key Business Drivers

Your company’s key business drivers also dictate the selection of an outsourcing partner. If one of your key business drivers is the need to respond quickly to the changes in market conditions, then you’ll require the same from a professional facility solutions call center service. That company should work with a flexible contract, and the ability to quickly change the scope of work as your business requirements change.

Finding the Right Outsource Provider

First, identify the call center functions you want to outsource, then find the right outsource partner that fits your needs. Look for a company that will: • complete a due diligence checklist to determine your needs • offer flexibility with a diverse menu of services • provide professional, well trained staff with

which is the most equitable. You will also want to specify a service level agreement (SLA) that includes average time to answer metrics. This gets you out of managing this process and puts that responsibility with the outsourcing company, where it should be.

The contract will also specify that you, the client, own all the data generated. Your personnel should have web browser access to all of the data and reports that they have permission to access. This part of the agreement prohibits the call center service from using the data in market comparisons for other clients. If for some reason you changed the call center service provider, the data would be returned to you along with any files and reports.

In addition, the contract should address altering the scope of the work completed based on significant increases or decreases in procedures, processes, locations, or contractors in the system.

The acquisition or sale of a significant number of locations could trigger an automatic review of the contract.

The Relationship

Core Competencies vs. Business Functions

As a first step, you have already identified your company’s core competencies and the call center business functions that would be better handled by an outsourcing provider.

Now, keep control of those functions in-house that are part of who you are and what you are in the marketplace. By choosing a professional facility solution call center service as your outsource company, you will be able to provide call center services at an increased quality level with greater cost effectiveness.

A professional facility solution call center service provides education and training for their Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) on work order management, vendor backlog management, targeted completions, and facility maintenance requirements specific to your industry, and your company. You may never have the resources to do this kind of targeted education and enrollment in the course of a year.

facility maintenance experience • manage your service contract administration issues • manage your equipment warranties • quickly respond to accepted changes within your business (e.g. adding facilities or significant changes in the number of users)

The Contract

The call center services contract should include language about length of service, response times, service levels, vendor dispute resolution, and reporting requirements.

Most outsourcing companies typically charge per seat in a call center arrangement. Look for a call center that charges per work order created

Finally, after you’ve chosen the outsource provider and signed the contract, you will want to make sure you maintain a healthy relationship that company. I recommend the following: • approach the outsourcing relationship as hired staff that is an extension of your organization • expect all subsequent agreements in writing • periodically seek advise on any other service items that you really need • expect the company to learn about your business on a go forward basis • ask to stay informed about the management and issues concerning your service provider • provide and expect a single point of contact within your organization who can serve as a conduit between your business, end users, and the call center - this is usually your facility manager(s) • ensure your call center contact person understands your evolving business climate and the needs of the end users rather than focusing solely on contract administration issues • meet often during the first quarter to review any problems, discuss performance, and explore expectations • schedule quarterly reviews after the first quarter to discuss performance, changes in the business climate, any innovations to services and the potential costs of those innovations Following these simple guidelines should lead to a successful and rewarding relationship with your outsourced facility solutions call center service provider.

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2013-2014 2013-2014 United States 309,347,057 311,721,632 314,112,078 316,497,531 318,857,056 2,359,525 0.75% Top 5 States (absolute growth) Texas 25,245,717 25,657,477 26,094,422 26,505,637 26,956,958 451,321 1.70% California 37,336,011 37,701,901 38,062,780 38,431,393 38,802,500 371,107 0.97% Florida 18,852,220 19,107,900 19,355,257 19,600,311 19,893,297 292,986 1.49% Georgia 9,714,464 9,813,201 9,919,000 9,994,759 10,097,343 102,584 1.03% Arizona 6,411,999 6,472,867 6,556,236 6,634,997 6,731,484 96,487 1.45%

Top 5 States (percentage growth) Nevada 2,703,493 2,718,586 2,755,245 2,791,494 2,839,099 47,605 1.71% Texas 25,245,717 25,657,477 26,094,422 26,505,637 26,956,958 451,321 1.70% Colorado 5,048,575 5,119,661 5,191,709 5,272,086 5,355,866 83,780 1.59% Florida 18,852,220 19,107,900 19,355,257 19,600,311 19,893,297 292,986 1.49% Arizona 6,411,999 6,472,867 6,556,236 6,634,997 6,731,484 96,487 1.45% Source: U.S. Census Bureau • April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 60

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Daylight Savings Time is a way of making better use of the natural daylight by setting clocks forward one hour during the spring , and back again in the fall.

March

Earth Day April 22

In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. Millions participated, and Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated.

1 Dallas BOMA | Monthly Luncheon 1-3 IAVM | Guest Experience and Crowd management Conference in Dallas 2 IIDA Austin | Texas Capitol Day 3 BOMA Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon 3 IIDA DFW | State Farm Project Tour 6 CREW San Antonio | Rain to the Drain Site Tour 7 AIA Dallas | 2B an Architect 9 AGC San Antonio | Annual Golf Tournament at The Club at Sonterra 10 CREW Dallas | North Dallas Breakfast Group 10 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 10 AI | Chapter Meeting 11 IREM Dallas | Joint Luncheon with AAGD 11 Fort Worth IREM | Happy Hour 12 IIDA San Antonio | Imagine That Kickoff Party 16 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 16 GFWAR | Starbucks Session 17 BOMA Dallas | Monthly Luncheon 18 BOMA San Antonio | Luncheon 18 AGC of America Convention in Puerto Rico 19 BOMA Austin |TOBY Awards Luncheon 19 CCIM North Texas | Luncheon 19 ULI North Texas | Inaugural Impact Awards Event 21-22 NAWIC Dallas | Plano New Home & Remodeling Show 23 AIA San Antonio | Luncheon 25 SCR | Breakfast at Colonial Country Club 26 BOMA Fort Worth | Bowling Tournament at Main Event 26-29 ASA | National Convention in Seattle

April

1 IIDA DFW |Chapter Forum

Memorial Day May 25

A federal holiday (always on the last Monday in May) that commemorates men and women who have died in military service for the United States. Less formally, it is considered the start of the summer season.

Mother’s Day May 10

In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia conceived the idea of an annual nationwide celebration. On May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.

2 AIA Dallas | Celebrate Architecture Awards & Honors Reception 7 CREW San Antonio | 22nd Annual Forum 7 BOMA Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon 8 Fort Worth IREM | Luncheon at Colonial Country Club 8 AIA Dallas | RETROSPECT Kick-Off Party 9-11 BOMA Southwest Regional Conference in Tulsa 9 AIA Dallas | RETROSPECT Kick-Off Party 9 ULI North Texas | Breakfast Forum 11 or 18 ASA | Bass Tournament @ Bob Sandlin 13 AIA Dallas | Golf Tournament 13-15 ASID | Design to Lead Summit – Washington D.C. 14 AI | Chapter Meeting 15 BOMA Dallas | Throw Back Trade Show 16 CCIM North Texas | Luncheon 20 CREW Dallas | Golf Tournament 20 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 20 GFWAR |Starbucks Session 21 BOMA Dallas | Monthly Luncheon 21 IFMA | Facility Fusion 2015 in Orlando 23 ASA | Luncheon at Dallas Arboretum 23 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 24 AAFAME | Chili Slam 24 ULI North Texas | Signature Event: What’s Next?

24-25 ASA and TEXO | Bass Tournament 25-26 AIA Fort Worth | Homes Tour 30 Dallas BOMA | Throwback Thursday Trade Show

May

TBD Fort Worth IREM | Tailgate Luncheon at Ranger baseball game 1 IIDA | CRE8 Fashion Show 5 NAWIC Dallas | Golf Tournament 5 CREW Fort Worth | Crew de Mayo Golf Tournament at Southern Oaks Club

Father’s Day June 21

Sonora Smart Dodd was an influential figure in its creation. Her father had raised six children and she was inspired by Anna Jarvis. The first Father’s Day was in June of 1910; it was officially recognized as a holiday by President Nixon in 1972.

5 BOMA Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon 7 Fort Worth BOMA | Invitational at Texas Star 7 ULI North Texas | Showcase Event 12 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 13 AIA Fort Worth | Golf Tournament 13 ULI | National Spring Meeting in Houston 15 IIDA San Antonio | Imagine That 2015: Color My World at Say Sí 15 AGC San Antonio | Fun Shoot at National Shooting Complex 16 ASA | Poker Run for Scottish Rite Hospital and Happy Hill Farm 18 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 18 GFWAR |Starbucks Session 19 BOMA Dallas | Monthly Luncheon 21 ASA | Schmooze & Mingle 28 AIA Dallas | 2015 Design Awards - Unbuilt

June

2 BOMA Fort Worth | Monthly Luncheon 9 CREW San Antonio | Luncheon 10 Fort Worth IREM | Luncheon at Colonial Country Club 10 IREM Dallas | Luncheon 10 GFWAR | Luncheon at Colonial Country Club 11 ASA | Awards Ceremony 15 NAWIC Dallas | Dinner Meeting 15 GFWAR |Starbucks Session 16 ASA | Schmooze & Mingle 18 BOMA Austin | Membership Luncheon 18 CCIM North Texas | Luncheon 19 IREM Austin | Zombie Bowl/Ball 24 SCR | Breakfast at Colonial Country Club 26 ASA | Membership Luncheon at Las Colinas Country Club 28-30 BOMA International | Every Building Conference 7 EXPO in Los Angeles

Entries are the best information available at press time. Check the website of the organization (all listed on the masthead page) for changes and up-to-date information.

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Mayfest April 30 – May 3

Trinity Park 2401 University Drive, Fort Worth www.mayfest.org Fort Worth’s premier family-friendly festival, encompassing 33 acres along the Trinity River with a myriad of activities for the whole family in one of the best greenspaces in town.

Live music, festival food, carnival rides, bounce houses, free children’s activities, petting zoo, performing arts groups, paddleboats, rock-climbing, zip-lining, people-watching, art and gift market, 10K and 5K USATF certified runs, student art contest, and much more.

18th Annual Zoo Run March 28th

Run, walk or jog your way through the zoo and surrounding neighborhoods in support of the Fort Worth Zoo’s local and international conservation and education efforts. Offering a timed 5K, a 5K Fun and a 1K Fun Run, the Zoo Run features a USATFcertified course. Go to www.fortworthzoo. org to view a course map and for additional information.

Dallas Blooms Through April 12

Dallas Arboretum 8525 Garland Road, Dallas www.dallasarboretum.org/ For 30 years, this festival has offered one of the most spectacular floral displays in the world featuring over 500,000 blooming spring bulbs. Visit the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, designed to connect children with nature. With over 20 individual kid friendly activities, the children’s garden features The Texas Skywalk, The Moody Oasis, a Walk in the Clouds, and much more.

The Fort Worth Zoo’s annual music and tasting event that supports local and international wildlife conservation and education efforts, featurings the finest area restaurants stationed throughout the zoo serving sample appetizers, entrees and desserts. In addition to the delectable cuisine, the event features open bars throughout the park and live music entertainment. Several animal exhibits remain open until sunset.

There are always places to go and things to do Go to: www.visitdallas.com

Festivals, races, rodeos and more – all year ‘round.

Go to: www.fortworth.com/events

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11th Annual ChocolateFest April 24th & 25th Austin Ranch 2009 Anderson Gibson Road, Grapevine http://www.chocolatefestgrapevine.org

The Day of Chocolate and Wine Fri., April 24th 7 – 10pm

The Day of Chocolate and Art - Sat., April 25th 10:30am – 2:30pm

Activities and contests going on throughout the day as they listen to the delightful live music.

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austin Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Mar. 25-28 The Longhorn Track and Field teams host the 88th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

The event takes place from March 25th through March 28th at the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium.

Austin Fashion Week

April 10 – 15 Over a hundred events showcasing the work of fashion designers, photographers, hair stylists, makeup artists and models from around the state of Texas.

Statesman Capitol 10,000 Race April 12 In its 38th year, the largest 10K race in Texas and one of the top 10 in the nation.

Austin Food and Wine Festival April 24 – 26

The epitome of high spirits, with a packed schedule of hands-on grilling demos, up-close tastings with top chefs and sommeliers.

Eeyore’s Birthday Party April 25

Live music, beer, food, acrobats and costume contests surround this annual gathering of Austin’s most eclectic locals at Pease Park – a fund-raiser to benefit many local, Austin non-profits.

The Old Pecan Street Festival May 2 -3 A free, semi-annual juried arts and crafts festival held on historic 6th Street featuring over 275 artisan vendors from all over the world.

Summer X Games Austin June 4 – 7

Showcasing more than 200 of the world’s premier athletes in the sports of Skateboarding, BMX, Motocross and Rally at Circuit of the Americas.

Keep Austin Weird Fest and 5K June 27

The weirder, the better (they say). Live bands to keep your feet moving as you shuffle, slide, or moonwalk your way through the uniquely Austin crafts, vendor booths, and food trailer favorites at Long Center for the Performing Arts.

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Murphy’s St. Patrick’s Day River Parade & Festival Mar. 14-15

A family friendly festival of music, food and fun! Floats release 110 pounds of environmentally friendly green dye into the San Antonio River, transforming it into “The River Shannon.”

Valero Texas Open Mar. 23-29 The VTO has been played in San Antonio since it began in 1922. It has been one of the top-three most charitable PGA tournaments on the tour for the last several years.

Poteet Strawberry Festival Apr 10-12 Located just south of San Antonio, the Poteet Strawberry Festival includes concerts, dancing, rides, gunslingers, rodeo performances and, of course, lots of strawberries.

Fiesta San Antonio! Apr 16-26 More than 100 unique events satisfy every taste and interest and draw spectators from around the city, nation and world. Come celebrate Fiesta San Antonio! More than half of the events are FREE. Cinco de Mayo May 5 Celebrations commemorate the Mexican Army’s defeat of the invading French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Events include a festival with music and food at historic Market Square, concerts and other commemorations.

Culinaria - A Wine and Culinary Arts Festival May 13-17

This festival celebrates San Antonio as a premier wine and food destination and an important culinary and cultural gateway to Mexico and Latin America.

America’s Armed Forces River Parade May 16 On Armed Forces Day, professionally decorated floats will travel down the River Walk, themed according to their participants — all branches of service, veterans of recent conflicts, military support groups and more.

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he democratic republic of Costa Rica (which literally translates to the “Rich Coast”) is a lush and vibrant tropical country in Central America, bordered

by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. In contrast to many Latin American nations, it has avoided widespread violence and it has peacefully existed without an army since 1949 when it was constitutionally abolished.

Approximately 25% of the country is designated as protected national parks, more than any other country in the world. It boasts 5% of the world’s biodiversity yet occupies holds 0.25% of the world’s landmass. The National Conservation Areas System protects a total of more than 186 areas, including 32 national parks, 51 wildlife refuges, 13 forest reserves and 8 biological reserves. In 2007, plans were announced

by Costa Rica’s government to become the first carbon neutral country in the world by 2021.

All trails seem to lead to waterfalls, misty crater lakes or jungle-fringed, deserted beaches. Explored by horseback, foot or kayak, Costa Rica is a tropical chooseyour-own-adventure land - a sort of utopia for the outdoor enthusiast. Within the small country, travel from San José (the capital) to any destination — prominent or secluded — is quick and easy.

To the north, the cloud forest of Monteverde offers the activities of hiking, zip lining, and bathing in natural hot springs with an unobstructed view of the nearby Arenal Volcano. On the Pacific coast are picturesque beaches and optimal swimming

conditions. In the tiny town of Montezuma, you can hike to the water holes and waterfalls hidden in the posterior mountains or take a run along a beach path that extends for miles along the exquisite coast. A short bus ride away is Mal País, where surf is king and the juxtaposition of forest and expansive ocean is a sight to behold.

The Caribbean coast offers a distinct experience, strongly defined by the towns of Puerto Viejo — where Rasta culture reigns — and Tortuguero, the tiny island and key nesting home to various species of sea turtles.

The People

And then there are the people. Costa Ricans (Ticos as they call themselves) are very (and rightfully) proud of their little slice of paradise, welcoming guests to sink into the easygoing rhythms of pura vida (the pure life) – every bit as much a catchy motto as it is an enduring mantra. The perfect waves, perfect sunsets and perfect beaches seem like the pure life indeed. In the Caribbean, more than elsewhere, the pura vida mentality holds sway with its perfect waves, water temperature, and breathtaking unforgettable coastline. And each town has its own character and charm, each an experience distinct from the one before it.

Such wildlife abounds in Costa Rica as to seem almost cartoonish. Toucans ogle you from treetops and scarlet macaws raucously announce their flight paths. A keen eye will discern a sloth on a branch or the eyes and snout of a caiman breaking the surface of a mangrove swamp, while alert ears will catch rustling leaves signaling a troop of

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white-faced capuchins or the haunting call of a howler monkey. It is not uncommon for peaceful creatures to walk in and among hotel guests – belonging there every bit as much as the visitors. Blue butterflies flit amid orchid-festooned trees, while colorful tropical fish, sharks, rays, dolphins and whales thrive offshore – all as if in a conservationist’s dream.

With rainforest hikes and brisk high-altitude trails, rushing white-water rapids and world-class surfing, Costa Rica offers a dizzying suite of outdoor adventures - in every shape and size – from the squeal-inducing rush of a canopy zip line to a sun-dazed afternoon at the beach, from the seething life of the tropical rainforest to simmering volcanoes and cloud forests. And the country’s diminutive size makes it’s possible to plan a relatively short trip that includes everything.

The Peaceful Soul of Central America

Costa Rica consistently ranks among the top Latin American countries on the Human Development Index (HDI), which ranks nations by level of “human development” based on life expectancy, education and per-capita GDP. According to the Happy Planet Index, performed by the New Economics Foundation, Costa Rica is ranked #1 as the happiest country in the world in regards to the population’s well being.

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With world-class infrastructure, visionary sustainability initiatives, free public education and no standing army, the country is a green, peaceful jewel of the region.

More than a third of the land enjoys some form of environmental protection and there’s greater biodiversity here than in the US and Europe combined. Add to that, Costa Rica’s lyrical natural beauty and the warmth of its people and you have a place that truly embodies pura vida.. n

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Famous Nicknames Snoop Doggy Dog, born as Calvin Broadus, acquired his nickname from his

mother as a child. She thought he looked like Charlie Brown’s beagle, “Snoopy.”

nicknames have maintained a constant trend. When Combs became angry, he would actually huff and puff.

Brangelina is a combination of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. This celebrity supercouple was given this nickname by the media at the start of their relationship.

Destiny Hope Cyrus has had her nickname, Miley, ever since she came onto

the Disney scene. The nickname’s origins are believed to have begun, when as a baby, she was called “Smiley.”

Wacko Jacko is not exactly flattering, and was hated by his fans and Michael Jackson himself. This nickname was favored by the tabloids and was used much of the singer’s life.

Keanu Reeves got his nickname of “The Wall” during high school. He was well

versed in sports, and was known for his skills in hockey as a goalkeeper.

Xtina is certainly easier than writing out Christina Aguilera, but how did the

powered singer acquire this nickname? It was based on the idea of ‘Xmas’ for Christmas.

Jersey Shore star, Snooki, got her nickname in 8th grade. Recognized by her peers as the “make-out queen”, Nicole Polizza got her name from a character on “Save the Last Dance.”

Shawn Corey Carter, better known as “Jay-Z”, was a tribute to his mentor Jaz-O.

The nickname is also associated with subway lines, J and Z, which run in Brooklyn.

“Liver” is not really an attractive nickname, but it’s one accepted by Liv Taylor.

Aerosmith’s (Steven Tyler) daughter was given this name by critics who associated her features to Elizabeth Taylor’s.

Bruce Springsteen, also referred to as “The Boss”, got his nickname early on in his career because he would handle all of the business aspects of the business.

Many know her as Whoopi Goldberg, but her real name is actually Caryn Elaine Johnson. Her nickname came from her association with the whoopee cushion.

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Believe it or not, we have been calling Jennifer Lopez by J Lo since 1999. The pop star’s nickname started thanks to her infamous ex, P. Diddy. J Lo also became the title to her second studio album.

Richard Anthony (Cheech) Marin’s

nickname stands for chicharron, or fried pork skin - a favorite of marijuana smokers afflicted with the munchies.

Armando Cristian Pérez a/k/a Pitbull wanted a name that would highlight that he is a force to be reckoned with.

Robert Pattinson started out playing the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. After appearing in the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels, he acquired the nickname “R-Patz”.

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

was just a guy playing the bass with a band called the Phoenix Jazzmen when he wore a sweater onstage that changed his life. The jumper (as Brits call it) had black and yellow stripes, prompting the Jazzmen’s bandleader, Gordon Solomon, to call him “Sting.”

Eldrick Woods’s dad called an army buddy responsible for saving his life “Tiger” and ended up passing the name along to his son.

Robert James “Bob” Ritchie joined

Bo Wisdom of Groove Time Productions in Mt. Clemens, Michigan to perform at basement parties for $30 a night. He chose his stage name while performing at these venues; club goers dubbed him “Kid Rock” after they had enjoyed watching “that white kid rock.”

Dwayne Douglas Johnson - The Rock - is considered one of the all-time

greatest professional wrestlers. He was originally billed as “Rocky Maivia”, and gained mainstream fame as “The Rock” in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

After Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would return to acting, he teamed with Stan Lee (of Marvel fame) to develop The Governator. The plan was to release a cartoon TV series and comic books, then video games and then a feature-length 3-D animated film.

Production was halted in the wake of his infidelity scandal.

I always take life with a grain of salt… plus a slice of lemon… and a shot of tequila.

Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or simply just Diddy – Sean Combs’s series of

The Black Eyed Peas’ beloved female member (whose real name is Stacy Ann Ferguson) wants to officially change her name to Fergie, which has been her stage name for years. According to the singer’s lawyer, Fergie recently filed a request with Los Angeles County Superior Court and is seeking to be known forevermore as Fergie Duhamel (Duhamel is her husband’s last name).

Nicknames in ‘The Land of Opportunity’

“Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Match the names of the states with their nicknames. (Answers on back page.)

Alabama ______________________ Alaska ______________________ Arizona ______________________ Arkansas ______________________ California ______________________ Colorado ______________________ Connecticut ______________________ Delaware ______________________ Florida ______________________ Georgia ______________________ Hawaii ______________________ Idaho ______________________ Illinois ______________________ Indiana ______________________ Iowa ______________________ Kansas ______________________ Kentucky ______________________ Louisiana ______________________ Maine ______________________ Maryland ______________________ Massachusetts ______________________ Michigan ______________________ Minnesota ______________________ Mississippi ______________________ Missouri ______________________ Montana ______________________ Nebraska ______________________ Nevada ______________________ New Hampshire ______________________ New Jersey ______________________ New Mexico ______________________ New York ______________________ North Carolina ______________________ North Dakota ______________________ Ohio ______________________ Oklahoma ______________________ Oregon ______________________ Pennsylvania ______________________ Rhode Island ______________________ South Carolina ______________________ South Dakota ______________________ Tennessee ______________________ Texas ______________________ Utah ______________________ Vermont ______________________ Virginia ______________________ Washington ______________________ West Virginia ______________________ Wisconsin ______________________ Wyoming ______________________

1. Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State 2. Bluegrass State 3. Pine Tree State 4. Yellowhammer State 5. The Last Frontier; Land of the Midnight Sun 6. Grand Canyon State 7. Green Mountain State 8. Golden State 9. Constitution State; Nutmeg State 10. Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder 11. Gem State 12. Prairie State 13. Hoosier State 14. Volunteer State 15. The Natural State 16. Pelican State 17. Equality State 18. Free State; Old Line State 19. Peach State, Empire State of the South 20. Sunflower State; Jayhawk State 21. Sunshine State 22. Centennial State 23. Wolverine State 24. North Star State; Land of 10,000 Lakes 25. Aloha State 26. Show-me State 27. Cornhusker State 28. Granite State 29. Garden State 30. Land of Enchantment 31. Hawkeye State 32. Buckeye State 33. Sooner State 34. Treasure State 35. Beaver State 36. Keystone State 37. The Ocean State 38. Palmetto State 39. Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State 40. Lone Star State 41. Beehive State 42. The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents 43. Evergreen State 44. Empire State 45. Magnolia State 46. Mountain State 47. Badger State 48. Sioux State; Rough Rider State 49. Bay State; Old Colony State 50. Tar Heel State

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OOPS! We crapsacked all over this one and we sincerely apologize. There were pups that were pictured but not listed, and there were pooches listed that were not pictured. Several of our (wonderful and persistent) readers sifted through the droppings, however, and came up with scores of over 100% as a result.

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Here is what you were supposed to see:

1 Lyndon Johnson “sings” with Yuki (a white mutt) in the Oval Office.

Johnson’s daughter Luci found Yuki at a Texas gas station. Johnson also had two beagles (named 2 Him and Her and a pure white collie named 3 Blanco. (Photos by Yoichi R. Okamoto)4 Checkers was undoubtedly the best-known presidential dog to never have lived in the White House. Then Senator Nixon mentioned the dog in a speech in 1952 before he became the Republican vice presidential candidate. Three other dogs did get to live in the White House during the Nixon presidency – an Irish setter (5 King Timahoe), a Yorkie (Pasha) and a poodle (5 Vicky). Susan Ford surprised her father in the Oval Office with a golden retriever whose she changed from Streaker to 6 Liberty. The pair hit it off right away, and Ford often took Liberty for her walks. One of Liberty’s puppies (Misty) also got to live in the White House. 7 Grits, a mixed-breed dog, was given to Amy Carter by her teacher, but was later returned. Amy had one of the more uniquely named presidential pets with a Siamese cat named Misty Malarky Ying Yang who spent a lot of time among Amy’s 39 teddy bears. 8 Lucky the Bouvier des Flandres loved to chase newsmen, play hide-and-seek and have a two-hour siesta with President Reagan every afternoon in the Oval Office. 9 Rex, a King Charles spaniel, came to live with the Reagans when he was 1 year old. Victory, a golden retriever, lived with the Reagans at their California ranch. President George H.W. Bush’s dog 10 Millie is one of the most famous presidential pets. The English springer spaniel “wrote” Millie’s Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush, which reached the top spot on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list in 1992. In it, Millie describes a day in her life living with President and Barbara Bush at the White House, including attending morning briefings and afternoon meetings in the Oval Office combined with short breaks for squirrel hunting. Millie also the mother of two other White House pets: Ranger and President George W. Bush’s dog Spot. Bill Clinton’s chocolate Labrador retriever 11 Buddy became well known for his feud with Socks, the feisty cat. Buddy accompanied the president in the Oval Office, on walks on the White House grounds, and on trips to Camp David. 12 Miss Beazley, a Scottish terrier, was a birthday gift from President George W. Bush to his wife, Laura. When he came to the White House, he joined 13 Barney, the Bush family’s other Scottie.

The two (who were biologically related) became devoted to each other and loved playing ball on the White House lawn. 14 Bo Obama, a Portuguese water dog, was a gift to President and Michelle Obama from Edward Kennedy. He is at home in the Oval Office with the president or vacationing with the first family at Martha’s Vineyard. 15 Sunny, Bo’s younger ‘sister’, joins him for romps on the South Lawn.

AnswerS from PAGE 47: IN THE END

They all died in 2014. Marion Barry, 78; Jimmy Ruffin, 78; Don Pardo, 96; Lauren Bacall, 89; Tom Magliozzi, 77; Robin Williams, 63; Phil Everly, 74; Pete Seeger, 94; Shirley Temple (Black), 85; James Garner, actor 86; Casey Kasem, 82; Oscar de la Renta, 82

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Answers from PAGE 67: STATE NICKNAMES Alabama •Yellowhammer State Alaska •The Last Frontier or Land of the Midnight Sun Arizona • Grand Canyon State Arkansas • The Natural State California • Golden State Colorado • Centennial State Connecticut • Constitution State (official, 1959); Nutmeg State Delaware • Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder Florida • Sunshine State (1970) Georgia • Peach State, Empire State of the South Hawaii • Aloha State (1959) Idaho • Gem State Illinois • Prairie State

Indiana • Hoosier State Iowa • Hawkeye State Kansas • Sunflower State; Jayhawk State Kentucky • Bluegrass State Louisiana • Pelican State Maine • Pine Tree State Maryland • Free State; Old Line State Massachusetts • Bay State; Old Colony State Michigan • Wolverine State Minnesota • North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes Mississippi • Magnolia State Missouri • Show-me State Montana • Treasure State

Nebraska • Cornhusker State (1945); Beef State Nevada • Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State New Hampshire • Granite State New Jersey • Garden State New Mexico • Land of Enchantment (1999) New York • Empire State North Carolina • Tar Heel State North Dakota • Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State; Ohio • Buckeye State Oklahoma • Sooner State Oregon • Beaver State Pennsylvania • Keystone State Rhode Island • The Ocean State

South Carolina • Palmetto State South Dakota • Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State Tennessee • Volunteer State Texas • Lone Star State Utah • Beehive State Vermont • Green Mountain State Virginia • The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents Washington • Evergreen State West Virginia • Mountain State Wisconsin • Badger State Wyoming • Equality State

ANSWER FROM PAGE 67: You’re Going to Call Me What?

1. The Jolly Green Giant (as we now know him) made his first television appearance in 1958.

Green Giant and Le Sueur are brands of frozen and canned vegetables owned by General Mills and “The Valley of the Jolly Green Giant” refers to the Minnesota River valley around Le Sueur. The booming “Ho, ho, ho” became the Giant’s signature tagline in 1961, and since 1972 he has had a young apprentice, the Little Green Sprout, who represents the consumer.

2. Golden Crisp (originally Sugar Crisp is a breakfast cereal made by Post Cereals which consists of sweetened puffed wheat. It has undergone drastic changes in marketing over the years, including changing the name to Super Sugar Crisp, and then Super Golden Crisp, and finally Golden Crisp (during a time when many cereals dropped the word “Sugar” from their titles). The advertisements feature its mascot, an anthropomorphic cartoon bear character known as Sugar Bear, who sings the jingle, “Can’t get enough of that Golden Crisp.” In commercials, Sugar Bear could turn into “Super Bear” upon eating it. The focus of advertising shifted from targeting children to including parents, by downplaying the sweet taste (and associated sugar content) in the mid-late 1980s, where he would simply defeat his foes with a “vitamin-packed punch” as Sugar Bear.

3. In October 1971, the first two cereals in General Mills’ Monster Cereals line were introduced Count Chocula and Franken-Berry. Boo-Berry, the first blueberry-flavored cereal, followed in 1973. Since 2010, all three cereals are manufactured and sold only for a few months during the autumn/Halloween season in September and October; they are neither made nor sold the rest of the year. The characters depicting each cereal (Boo Berry of course being the one for the cereal of the same name) were all redesigned in 2014.

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4. Mr. Clean is the brand name and mascot owned by Procter & Gamble used for a cleaning solution and related products. He debuted in 1958 and has been in use since then; in fact, the product line boasts the longest running advertising jingle used in television history: Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime And grease in just a minute Mr. Clean will clean your whole house And everything that’s in it.

5. In 1956, when little Marky Maypo took one look at his bowl full brown maple-flavored oatmeal, he made a hideous face. So Uncle Ralphie gobbled down a spoonful and smiled with delight, causing Marky to change his mind and shout, “I want my Maypo!” MTV ‘s I want my MTV!” branding campaign in 1982 was based on the “I want my Maypo!” catchphrase. The cereal’s television ads sometimes featured athletes (e.g., Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain and Johnny Unitas)— all crying, “I want my Maypo.”

6. The Raid Bug (voiced by Mel Blanc) is the symbol of Raid - the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son; it began in 1956. The product’s slogan, “Raid Kills Bugs Dead,” was created in 1966 and trademarked in 1986 has been part of a successful, longrunning advertising campaign. Conjuring up images of an Eliot Ness-style raid on an illegal bar during Prohibition, the television spots featured the insects plotting a silly scheme like invading a kitchen, only to be foiled by the magical appearance of the product which swiftly dispatched it and other bugs to giddily horrible deaths. The bugs would scream the brand’s name (“RAAAIIIID!!!”), and then a huge cartoon-style explosion would occur.

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Match the red and white and blue flags with the country of which they are emblematic and send your entry (by email to editor@crestnetwork.com or fax to 817-924-7116) by the end of the day on April 10, 2015 and you could win one of the prizes shown on page 60 or another valuable prize. At least one winner from each of our market areas (Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin and Atlanta) will be chosen.

____ Australia

____ Iceland

____ Puerto Rico

____ Cambodia

____ Liberia

____ Republic of China (Taiwan)

____ Costa Rica

____ Luxemburg

____ Samoa

____ Cuba

____ New Zealand

____ Serbia Montenegro

____ Czech Republic

____ North Korea

____ Thailand

____ Dominican Republic

____ Norway

____ The Netherlands

____ France

____ Panama

____ United Kingdom

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