What You Don't Know About Phil Puckett

Pictured: with his three sons on a dove hunting trip to Brownwood.

Title & Company: EVP at CBRE doing tenant rep.

What that means: I specialize in representing tenants in Downtown and Uptown on their office leases.

Memorable project(s): Representing McKinsey & Co; Boston Consulting Group; Winstead; Andrews Kurth; Fish & Richardson; Fulbright; Gardere; and Jackson Walker on their office leases in Downtown-Uptown.

What you’re known for: Office tenant rep in Downtown and Uptown and creation of the CBRE Downtown-Uptown DASHBOARD.

Hometown: Born in small town in Tennessee then moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (It was like the Beverly Hillbillies moving to the big city!)

Currently live: University Park.

Why DFW? Went to college here and never left.

School: SMU.

First job: Selling main frame computers for Burroughs Corp.

Job in another life: Drummer in rock band.

Person (living or dead) to meet: Dan Fogelberg.

Greatest fear:  Losing an important tenant rep assignment.

Daily habit: breakfast with coffee at Dream Café.

Favorite music groups: Toto and Steve Perry.

Favorite book: Bible.

Favorite movie:  Dances with Wolves, for a serious movie and Christmas Vacation, for a comedy.  

Favorite restaurant: Campezis.

Bucket list: Dove Hunt in Argentina, which I just did this summer with my youngest son, Bo.

Family facts: Beautiful wife for 29 years and three awesome boys (Neal, Campbell, and Bo).

Hobbies: Duck and dove hunting.

Startling fact: I duck hunt every Saturday morning during season. I don't miss a Saturday! If no one will go with me, I go by myself. I love it!