Bob Gibbons is a veteran of the commercial real estate industry having started his career while a 20-year-old college junior at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1984. He worked for landlords of office and warehouse buildings for 20 years where he negotiated thousands of leases throughout the US valued at half a billion dollars. He now uses that experience exclusively for the benefit of companies and non-profits which lease or buy office space. He named his company REATA which is an acronym which stands for Real Estate Advisor & Tenant Advocate.

He cohosts the Confessions of a Recovering Landlord podcast with his wife who is also his business partner. He previously hosted The Next Level Show on an IHeartMedia radio station where he interviewed company founders. The 215 episodes are still available as podcasts.

He is a Texas Real Estate Broker, a member of the Plano & Frisco Chambers of Commerce, serves on the Plano Planning & Zoning Commission, is on the advisory board of The Brain Injury Network of Dallas, and is a former board member of My Possibilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REATA Commercial Realty, Inc. 2004 - Present

Plano-based corporate real estate services company

Real Estate Advisor & Tenant Advocate (Tenant Rep)

µ Represent companies in their negotiations to lease or purchase commercial property.

µ Property types include office, medical, flex and industrial.

µ Needs analysis, property search and analysis, negotiation, ongoing support

µ Endorsed Local Provider for Dave Ramsey organization.

µ Operated under CASE Commercial Real Estate Partners for a year

µ Host of Confessions of a Recovering Landlord podast

The Next Level Show – Conversations that Propel Business 2015 - 2019

DFW radio show host

µ Interviewed entrepreneurs about starting and growing companies.

µ 215 shows.

µ Shows were broadcast and streamed on KAAM 770 and an iHeartMedia station in the DFW market as well as YouTube and podcast.

CMD Realty Investors, LP 1995 – 2004

National, 104 year-old, family-owned investment advisor and fund sponsor based in Chicago

Regional Vice President – Asset Management & Leasing, Dallas, TX

µ Negotiated over 6 million SF of leases and $500 million in value.

µ Deal sizes up to 200,000 SF.

µ Grew the southwest region from 7 to 30 buildings in 3 years.

µ Portfolio value up to $435 million with annual revenue of $75 million.

µ Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, and Northern Virginia.

µ Created and implemented marketing, leasing, capital and asset management plans.

µ Increased rents in a 300,000 SF building by $6.00/SF in one year.

µ Increased value of a 200,000 SF building by $2 million in 18 months.

µ Outsourced all leasing for 18 buildings to 3rd party leasing agents in only 30 days.

µ Signed all leases and approved all budgets and capital improvement projects.

µ Managed up to 12 direct and 50 indirect employees and 8 outside leasing companies.

Prentiss Properties Limited, Inc. (sold to Brandywine Trust)

A national real estate investment trust

General Manager, Dallas, TX 1994 – 1995

µ Handled accounts for The Travelers, CIGNA, Teachers Retirement System of Texas, Invesco Realty Advisors, Acacia Realty Advisors, First Chicago, Koll Investment Management, Patriot American and IBM.

µ Supervised leasing, property management, and construction services.

µ Portfolio included 5.5 million SF of office, industrial and retail properties.

µ Dallas/Ft. Worth, Chicago, Denver, Austin, Milwaukee and Amarillo.

µ Managed up to 15 direct employees and 70 indirect.

Group Manager, Dallas, TX 1992 – 1993

µ Managed 1.8 million SF portfolio owned by The Travelers Insurance Company.

µ Austin, Dallas, and Amarillo.

Property Manager / Construction Manager, Various Cities 1988 – 1991

µ On-site manager for class A office buildings in Austin, Los Angeles and Dallas.

Belgian American Investments & Trade 1984 – 1988

European investment company

Project Manager / Broker, Dallas

µ Leased and managed industrial and land portfolio in Dallas/Ft. Worth.

µ Brokered major property assemblage for urban revitalization development.

µ Developed a residential subdivision in Denton for a Belgian investor.

EDUCATION

MBA - Business Management from the University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

BBA - Finance from the University of Texas, Arlington, Texas

DESIGNATIONS / LICENSES / MEMBERSHIPS

Texas Real Estate Broker

Commissioner – Plano Planning & Zoning Commission

North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR)

Texas and National Associations of Realtors (TAR & NAR)

CCIM, CCIM Institute (inactive)

CPM, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) (inactive)

Former Board Member – BOMA, IREM

Former Board Member – My Possibilities, Plano-based non-profit

Former Board Member – Mosaic Christian Fellowship