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Michael Dardick

Michael Dardick

President & CEO

Granite Properties

David A. Schmidt
Moderator

David A. Schmidt

President

SCHMIDT & STACY Consulting Engineers

Marijke Lantz Flowers

Marijke Lantz Flowers

SVP

Billingsley Company

Ran Holman

Ran Holman

Managing Principal

Cushman & Wakefield

Randy Heady

Randy Heady

Founder & Owner

Heady Investments

Randy Garrett

Randy Garrett

Principal

Transwestern

Kim Butler

Kim Butler

Director of Leasing

Hall Group

J.J. Leonard

J.J. Leonard

Managing Director

Stream Realty Partners

Michael Dardick

President & CEO

Granite Properties

Career Summary

Michael W. Dardick is a founding partner and CEO of Granite Properties, Inc. Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate investment and management company with offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Los Angeles. Since 1991, Granite Properties has acquired or developed over 25 million square feet of commercial real estate in excess of $7 billion.

Prior to founding Granite Properties, Michael was in banking, most recently serving as a Senior Vice President at a JPMorgan/Chase predecessor running the Foreclosed Real Estate Division.

Professional Affiliations

In the community, Michael serves on the Children’s Health System of Texas Board, Nominating and Governance Committee, Human Resource and Real Estate Committee and as Chairman of the Plano Board of the Children’s Medical Center Legacy Campus; as a Board Member of the Collin County Business Alliance; and member of The Dallas Citizens Council. He is also a Trustee for the Community Foundation of Texas.

In the industry, Michael is on the Leadership Team and Past Chairman of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Industrial and Office Council, a Member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO-Gold) and the worldwide YPO Real Estate Network. Michael is a past President and Board Member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) and Past Chairman and Board Member of The Real Estate Council (TREC).

Education / Personal

Michael is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, with a degree in finance. He resides in Plano with his wife Jill and two children.

Marijke Lantz Flowers

SVP

Billingsley Company

As Senior Vice President of Investments and Build to Suits for

Billingsley Company, Marijke Lantz Flowers is responsible for the

office build to suit transactions and major leases. Additionally, Ms.

Lantz leads the acquisitions of investment properties for Billingsley

Company.

Mrs. Flowers has 25 years of experience in commercial real estate

including asset management from acquisition to disposition. Before

joining Billingsley, she was Senior Vice President and Acquisitions

Officer at Valencia Capital Management and before that Managing

Director responsible for the Asset Services Group for Cushman &

Wakefield in Dallas. This role included project leasing, property

management and facility management for more than 19 million

square feet with properties located throughout the U.S.

Prior to her time with Cushman & Wakefield, Mrs. Flowers was a

Vice President at the Archon Group (a Goldman Sachs Company)

and was responsible for the dispositions and operations of the

commercial asset management group. This included more than 180

commercial assets located throughout the United States totaling

over 32 million square feet and dispositions totaling more than 2.5

billion.

Mrs. Flowers earned her Bachelor of Arts from Western State

College in 1982. She graduated with honors from the University of

Dallas with a Masters of Business Administration in 1985.

Randy Heady

Founder & Owner

Heady Investments

Randy Heady, a Dallas native, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970 with a B.B.A. in Finance. There he was privileged to become a member of the Texas Silver Spurs, an honorary service organization.

Mr. Heady entered the commercial real estate field in 1971 as head of the office division of Hank Dickerson & Company Realtors. After an eminently successful tenure specializing in office leasing, land brokerage and development consultation, he organized Randy Heady & Company Realtors in 1977 for the purpose of continuing the tradition established upon excellent service for his clients. Annual commercial sales and leasing in a given year have exceeded $160,000,000 in volume. The types of properties and product upon which the firm has focused its activities include the following:

- Office Buildings

- Land

- Shopping Centers/Retail

Mr. Heady served on the board of Governors of the Commercial Investment Division (CID) of the Greater Board of Realtors from 1975 through 1977. He has served on the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the Greater Board of Realtors. He has also served on the Advisory Board of Prestonwood National Bank and as a former Director and Member of the Executive Loan Committee of RepublicBank Richardson.

Mr. Heady has also been very active in the Dallas Chapter of Young Life, formerly serving as a member of the Executive Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Board for Crossfire Ministries, a local ministry responsive to the needs of at-risk Mexican-American gang youth in East Dallas.

Randy Garrett

Principal

Transwestern

TRANSWESTERN ROLE

Randy brings a truly unique “results oriented” 22 year history of multi-disciplined real estate expertise to each and every transaction on behalf of his long term clients. His experience and expertise on both local and national levels include tenant representation, national account management, financial analysis, strategic planning, municipal incentive negotiations, real estate consultation and build-to-suit coordination.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Randy has worked closely with corporate clients in the design, construction, and leasing of over 3.6 million square feet of office and industrial space and building sales transactions totaling over $410 million dollars in 12 states and Great Britain…from Seattle to Manhattan to London.

AmerisourceBergen Corporation, CheckPoint Software Technologies, General Mills, McGraw Hill, The Pillsbury Company, Sony USA, and UNISYS Corporation are just at few of the clients who have benefited from his process driven, bottom-line oriented approach.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION

Transwestern National “Champions Club”—Top 25 U.S. Producers –2006

“Best HQ or Corporate Campus Move “ in Dallas—Dallas Business Journal—2006

“Top Producer” - Transwestern Central Region –2006

“Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate” - Dallas Business Journal—2006

Transwestern Central Region “Champions Club” - 2006

(NAI Stoneleigh merged with Transwestern—2005)

NAI National Chairman’s Award—Southwest Region –2004

NAI National Office Council Secretary and National C.R.E.S.T. Council—2004

“Top Ten Producer”—NAI Stoneleigh—2003

“Top Ten Producer”—NAI Stoneleigh—2002

“Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate”—Dallas Business Journal—2002

Kim Butler

Director of Leasing

Hall Group

Kim Butler leads the leasing efforts for HALL Group’s HALL Park,

a 2.5 million-square-foot, 17-building office park in Frisco and

previously KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts, a 500,000 square-foot

Dallas Arts District office tower. Butler is also a member of the

HALL Group development team.

Butler has more than 35 years of commercial real estate

experience in Dallas – 25 of which were at Transwestern, where

she was consistently a top producer and held several executive

roles for the company.

Actively involved in the Dallas commercial real estate

community, Butler has received numerous awards and

accolades, including the Commercial Real Estate Women’s

(CREW) Outstanding Achievement Award, Transwestern’s

inaugural Founder’s Award and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ (NTCAR)

prestigious Stemmons Service Award, the highest honor from the industry group.

Butler currently serves on the executive committee and board of directors of The Real Estate Council

(TREC). She is also an active member of NAIOP, NTCAR, CREW, the Dallas Arts District and Downtown

Dallas, Inc., and has previously held board positions with each. Butler serves on the advisory council of

the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, and previously served on the associate board of

the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. She actively mentors both students and

young professionals. Butler’s civic and charitable activities revolve around her family and First United

Methodist Church – Dallas.

Butler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business

Administration from Southern Methodist University.

J.J. Leonard

Managing Director

Stream Realty Partners

J.J. Leonard joined Stream Realty Partners in 2015 and serves as the Managing Director for the Dallas office division. He is responsible for leading the strategic direction and operations of Dallas’ Office Team. In this capacity, his responsibilities include expanding Stream’s leasing and management platform throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth market.

J.J. possesses more than 14 years of commercial real estate experience, all in Dallas. JJ represents some of the largest institutional investors of office properties in DFW and has closed over 5 million square feet of lease transactions with an aggregate value of more than $1.0 billion.

Summary

Bisnow is thrilled to announce our first-ever Future of The Platinum Corridor® Summit! What could be the hottest area in Dallas, the area runs along almost 20 miles of Tollway from LBJ to SH 380 in Frisco, and has more than 15 office towers either planned, under construction, or recently opened. It is THE place to be for new developments.

Our expert speakers will examine the "Billion Dollar Mile," ways to improve transportation, and just why everyone loves this area so much right now. As always, come early and stay late for ample networking time!