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They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly goes for Stream Realty Partners.
In the world of brokerage, property and investment management, the Dallas-based firm\u2019s footprint is Lone Star State-size. Stream manages a portfolio of more than 466 million square feet across 20 markets and transacts $11.5 billion of deals annually. Founded in 1996 by two former Trammell Crow leasing agents, it\u2019s grown into one of the largest U.S. commercial real estate service companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael McVean, general partner & co-founder at Stream. Prior to founding the company with Lee Belland in 1996, McVean had worked as a leasing agent at Trammell Crow Company. The two started Stream with the intention of investing directly in commercial real estate.
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But Stream\u2019s scope goes beyond services. The company is also an active investor in the office and industrial sectors, with a portfolio of more than 62 million square feet valued at $11.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Company executives believe that this multifaceted exposure to commercial real estate provides Stream with unique property and market-specific insights. The knowledge spurs an uncommon investment, development and management strategy for firms of this size. The institutional scale and significance of its investment activity was illustrated by Apollo Global Management\u2019s acquisition of a majority stake in Stream\u2019s data center development business<\/a> (see sidebar, \u201cStaying Focused\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key differentiator for (us) has always been the integrated nature of our services business, our investment business and our development business,\u201d said Chris Jackson, Stream\u2019s president & CEO, during a video interview from the company\u2019s Dallas office at the Trammell Crow Center, which the firm also manages. \u201cBy working in total harmony, these groups give us a lot of data, both anecdotal and real, and that\u2019s a source of strong deal flow for our clients and the company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 485,000-square-foot  industrial campus being built by Foundry in Pompano Beach, Fla. Stream, selected to lease the property in February, often makes investment decisions due to the on-the-ground data it gathers from its service company.
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Stream\u2019s top brass describes the investment strategy as based entirely on market trends. \u201cThe first thing we always look at is the fundamental underlying demand, and where that compares from a supply standpoint,\u201d Jackson said. The service arm of the company plays an intrinsic role in its investments.
In the industrial sector, where Stream is most active, the firm leases, manages and arranges sales for the likes of Link Logistics, Foundry Commercial, Bridge Industrial and MDH Partners. That work provides a window into the locations and building types that are most primed for success, and where supply-demand imbalances are most evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To name one recent deal, in February the firm was tapped<\/a> by Foundry to lease Festival Logistics Park, a 485,000-square-foot industrial campus in Pompano Beach, Fla. It\u2019s a red-hot market marked by robust population and job growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Adam Jackson, Stream\u2019s Chief Investment Officer. Jackson oversees the company\u2019s investment strategy, marked by a focus on market fundamentals and asset performance. A member of Stream\u2019s Value Preservation Advisors group, he also advises other office property owners on keeping their assets afloat financially.
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\u201cSince we lease a significant part of the industrial markets<\/a> in the Southeast, that gives us a very clear understanding of where the dislocation in the market exists, and where we see that imbalance is where we end up investing,\u201d said Adam Jackson, the company\u2019s chief investment officer. He also happens to be the CEO\u2019s brother. \u201cIt\u2019s more of where you see greater demand from tenants than recognition from investors,\u201d Adam Jackson told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, this strategy takes the form of investing in the high end of industrial supply, with ground-up speculative development in such markets such as Nashville, South Florida and Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last October, the company entered the Nashville industrial market<\/a> with the groundbreaking of the Central Pike Logistics Center, a two-building, 1.1 million-square-foot spec logistics campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In committing to the project, Stream was motivated more by the local market\u2019s industrial fundamentals than its influx of capital; Nashville\u2019s vacancy rate was more than 300 basis points below the national average. At the same time, prospective occupiers reported 11.5 million square feet in requirements, compared to a construction pipeline that totaled only 4.6 million square feet by the first half of 2025, Lee & Associates reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a sense, the firm assessed the project with the kind of analytical mindset it brings to its leasing assignments\u2014a common thread across its developments and dispositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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