jack gosnell
All things uptown and urban in real estate is Jack Gosnell's specialty. Jack He is Executive Vice President of CBRE | UCR Urban in Dallas. His arrival prompted the development of an urban department created to pursue urban redevelopment for mixed-use projects in city centers. The main focus of Jack's energy is on the adaptive reuse and redevelopment of urban centres. He is active in redeveloping downtown Dallas. In 2016, Jack received the Stemmons Service Award, the highest award and honor given in the commercial real estate industry in Dallas by the Texas Association of Commercial Realtors (NTCAR). Prior to CBRE | UCR Jack began his real estate career in specialty retail leasing and commercial sales in 1972 with real estate legend Henry S. Miller his junior. There he worked on the Turtle Creek Village and Old Town Village rentals, prototypes for more dense urban centers. Mockingbird Station, West Village, etc. He was an assistant to Henry S. Miller Jr. in the 1975 acquisition of Highland Park Village. Gosnell founded his own business in 1978 and then began his move to urban centers. He shifted his focus from specialty retail to multi-level retail. approach to real estate. He assembled five major blocks uptown, including land at One McKinney Place, The Residences on McKinney, and The Worthington. He was instrumental in bringing together much of the land in what is now the Uptown State area known as the Thomas District. From the '80s through his '90s, Gosnell brokered more than 200 building sales and more than 300 leases in the Northwest South of Hwy. Percent was a restaurant. At one point in the '90s, Gosnell represented 65 percent of Uptown/Downtown's 145 restaurants. These include: 8.0 Bar, Meddlesome Moth, Taverna, The Common Table, Fedora, Asian Mint, The Knox Street Pub, The Idle Rich Pub, Iron Cactus, Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, Palomino, Wild Salsa, Capital. Grille, Dallas Chop House, Ocean Prime, Dee Lincoln's Tasting Room, Four Colonials, Stephen Pyles' Stampede 66, FT 33, Ascension Coffee, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, Katy Trail -Ice House, The Rustic, Mutz Cantina, Mesero, Moxy, Shelby County Cafe, Oak, Mudin, Adelmo's, Shake Shack to name a few. Gosnell brought Forest City to Dallas, redeveloping the prominent Mercantile Bank Building, the Continental Building, and the historic Wilson Building into a downtown mixed-use development. CBRE | UCR Urban leases the retail portion and is actively working on the retail revival of the downtown central business district (CBD). He chairs Downtown Dallas Inc.'s (DDI) Retail Hiring Committee and is working on the Downtown Dallas Specialty Retail District leasing plan. Mr. Gosnell's current projects include the privatization of 1401 Elm downtown, his McKinney & Olive, The Union and The Farmers Market uptown. 1401 Elm is the landmark Skidmore Tower with his 120,000 square foot store, which is expected to be redeveloped and completed in late 2016. McKinney & Olive is located in his new Cesar Peri Tower with 60,000 square feet of upscale retail and restaurant space in the heart of Uptown Dallas. Union features his 100,000 square feet of retail, office and residential towers. The Farmers Market is part of a $90 million redevelopment of a Dallas landmark. A native of Arlington, Virginia, Jack received his Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University. He served in the Army and retired from the Army with a commendation as a Captain in the Corps of Engineers.
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