D CEO April 2018
Cover Story
Dallas-Fort Worth Commercial Real Estate Awards 2018
Our 52 finalists demonstrate discipline, innovation, and follow-through in their given fields of commercial real estate.
Features
Real Estate
Invitation to a Housing Revolution
How Dallas’ Invitation Homes quietly became the biggest owner of single-family rental houses in the country.
Business
Charged Up
A new partnership has Scott Miller’s Interstate Batteries poised to rev its engines.
Entertainment
Why You Need to Know Rob Matwick
Because as executive vice president of business operations for the Texas Rangers, he helped convince Arlington voters to commit half a billion dollars toward a new ballpark.
Business
Lamb Crafted Products Has Found Its Bread and Putter
Tyson Lamb’s Allen-based golf company is making its mark selling custom-made putters costing as much as $5,000.
Health & Medicine
Lunch With D CEO: Dr. Jeffrey Whitman
Whitman runs the biggest eye-care practice in North Texas, but he isn’t resting on his laurels.
Business
Caddis Healthcare Real Estate Is Thriving on Complexity
The fast-growing company has long-term plans to develop, buy, and hold healthcare real estate.
Business
A New Horse Joins the Private Equity Herd
A Dallas firm called Coltala is aiming to shake up the traditional private equity arena with an emphasis on improving human capital, not just financial gains.
Visual Arts
Artist Daniel I. Yanez Once Was Homeless
Now the Dallas artist, also known as Artist DIY, is commissioned to paint murals for the country’s largest owner of single-family rental houses.
Commercial Real Estate
What the Real Estate Industry Can Learn From the Hospitality Sector
Hospitality has expanded far beyond hotels to influence all sectors of North Texas real estate.
Business
My Toughest Challenge: Carol Reed
The chairman and CEO of the Reeds Public Relations Corp. on reinventing the company after circumstances nearly knocked it out of the game.
Business
Dallas-Fort Worth Is Not Truly the Silicon Prairie Yet
North Texas investors’ interest in tech startups is growing, but we’ve got a ways to go.
Business
The Wages of Quantitative Easing
As the Fed siphons dollars out of the economy, local banks could experience fewer ‘excess’ deposits—and more trips to the M&A altar.
Business
Why Big Business Supports Gay and Transgender Rights
Texas doesn’t have a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, but the largest employers in the area are policing themselves.
Animals
My Passion: Robert Earley
The president and CEO of JPS Health Network owns five Clydesdales on his property in central Texas.
Business
My Office: Crawford Brock
The owner of Stanley Korshak shows us around his workspace in the luxury retail store.
Personalities
My Style: Shama Hyder
The founder and CEO of Zen Media on fashion icons and her classic but eclectic style.
My Roots
My Roots: Henry Talavera
The Polsinelli PC shareholder on what he learned from his Colombian mother.
Business
A Day with the Founder and CEO of Vonlane
We follow the head of the luxury bus service at work.
Technology
Meet The Dallas 500: Zack Hicks
The CIO of Toyota North America on the role of new technology influencing the future of the auto industry.
Business
What I Learned: Beth Bowman
The president and CEO of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce on her first job, hosting birthday parties at Putt-Putt.
