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ince becoming involved in the community in 2018 and moving its corporate offices to Wylie, McClure Partners has been responsible for relocating and opening more than half a dozen new businesses in town. “Wylie is a wonderful part of the Metroplex that appealed to us to because of its people, its value system, and its way of life,” said John McClure, Vice President of McClure Partners. McClure Partners was looking for development opportunities in Collin County for one of its brand partners, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. “After performing our retail demand site analysis models and spending a lot of windshield time driving, we discovered the corner of FM 544 and Regency in Wylie,” John said. “The challenge here was there was no median break for westbound traffic to access the site and there was not enough capacity in the current storm system design for this development.” McClure was able to partner with the Wylie Economic Development Corporation and work with city of Wylie staff to assemble the four lots, secure a median break through the Texas Department of Transportation, and install more than 400 linear feet of off-site storm sewer. That “enabled us to develop what is now Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, a barbecue restaurant, Wylie Dentistry, Posh Nail Salon and Inverness Pharmacy,” John said. Finding a lot and making it into a vibrant business area
– “taking a raw piece of land and turning into a greatlooking commercial building from scratch” – is one of the things McClure Partners likes best to do. McClure’s services include general contracting, development, land planning, tenant representation, and many others. “We are a one-stop shop that can handle it all,” according to Charles A. McClure, chair of the company’s board. Full-service development includes feasibility studies, site selection, underwriting and acquisition, financing and loan negotiations, architectural and contractor selection and negotiation, permitting and zoning, accounting and reporting, development and construction management, and move-in coordination. Charles and his mom, Frances L. McClure, incorporated McClure Partners Jan. 2, 1975, in Abilene as a residential real estate company. Charles holds numerous designations and honors including being a Certified Commercial Investment Member and a Counselors of Real Estate member. He is a senior instructor for the CCIM Institute, an instructor and lecturer for the North Texas CCIM Chapter and numerous other CCIM Chapters in the U.S. (CCIM is commercial real estate’s global standard for professional achievement, according to the organization.) In 2009, Charles was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) in London, receiving the highest Fellow designation under the group’s eminence program. He is a past president of the Abilene Board of Realtors
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