14. Building a Texas-sized Real Estate Career with Herb Weitzman, Founder and Executive Chairman, The Weitzman Group

The Dealmakers’ Edge with A.Y. Strauss

The veritable “King of Texas Real Estate,” Herb Weitzman talks with host Aaron Strauss about his long and storied career, the origins of the seminal Weitzman Group, and what those new to the commercial real estate industry need to do to succeed.
Highlights include:
• Hitting the ground running before graduating college.
• How to be an investment-minded broker.
• Lessons learned from the Savings & Loan crises.
• Three principles for succeeding in commercial real estate investing.
• How to build and create relationships that turn into winning deals.
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ABOUT THE GUEST:

Herbert D. Weitzman is Executive Chairman of Weitzman. In 1990, after nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Weitzman founded the company, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm that now ranks as the largest retail real estate brokerage force in Texas and one of the largest regional commercial real estate firms in the United States. As a property manager, Weitzman now ranks among the top 50 shopping center management firms in the United States, according to rankings by National Real Estate Investor.

Weitzman is the recipient of several honors and awards for outstanding contributions. In 2018, the University of Texas at Dallas announced the establishment of the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate following a legacy gift made by Herb and Donna Weitzman. Other notable awards include:

• 2018 Dallas Business Hall of Fame
• 2017 Urban Land Institute Impact Award for career impact on Dallas-Fort Worth
• 2016 “Pioneer” award for commercial real estate innovation from D CEO magazine
• 2016 “Lifetime Achievement” award for excellence in commercial real estate from the Dallas Business Journal
• The 2013 Bnai Zion Foundation honor for outstanding contributions
• The 2009 Southwest Jewish Congress Flame of Honor award
• 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Southwest for outstanding achievement in Commercial Real Estate
• Inducted into the Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame Class of 2004
• The 1998 Spirit of Achievement Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• The Distinguished Alumni Business School Award from the University of Texas at Austin
• The Anti-Defamation League Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award
• The Top Retail Broker in the D/FW Metroplex Award – Dallas Business Journal and North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ ranking.

Hosted by Aaron Y. Strauss, Managing Partner at A.Y. Strauss

Aaron Y. Strauss is one of the leading legal advisors in the commercial real estate industry, providing insight and guidance for billions worth of transactions during his career. As our firm’s founder and managing partner, he has positioned A.Y. Strauss as one of the region’s most respected law firms for commercial real estate owners, lenders and sponsors, serving the needs of our clients with the utmost in care, integrity and transparency.

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