Veteran project leasing executive joins Houston’s 5th-largest CRE firm from Hartman REIT

NAI Partners’ Landlord Services Division has hired veteran Houston office leasing executive David Bateman as Senior Vice President – Office Project Leasing to spearhead the division’s project leasing line of business.

In his new role, David will focus on enhancing the leasing and marketing services Houston’s Office Project Leasing team provides to its existing client base; while also working with the division’s Managing Director, Jim Tainter to further make available the full scope of NAI Partners’ Landlord Services platform in Houston.

Bateman comes to NAI Partners from Hartman REIT, where he oversaw leasing and brokerage operations for Houston and Texas. He has completed more than 300 transactions encompassing 6 million sq. ft. valued at $100 million. His clients have included Clarion Partners, DRA Advisors, Duke Realty and TA Associates Realty.

“I am thrilled to add a professional of David’s caliber to the Landlord Services Division as the Houston head of our Office Project Leasing team. It is a testament to the market’s reception of NAI Partners’ strategic diversification plan with regard to its overall services and capabilities the firm now offers its clientele and the subsequent triple digit growth of the Landlord Services Division over these past three years,” said Jim Tainter, Partner and Managing Director of NAI Partners’ Landlord Services division, which includes the firm’s Office Project Leasing service offering. “We’re excited as a company to continue that growth by have the opportunity work with and leverage David’s energy, experience and leadership to further enhance the customer-centric project leasing services we provide our CRE investors here in Houston.”

About NAI Partners

NAI Partners is the 5th-largest Houston-Area Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, the #1 Mover of Square Feet among leasing and sales brokerages, the largest independently owned and among the largest owner-operated commercial real estate firms in Houston, Texas, per The Houston Business Journal. NAI Partners was founded and is headquartered in Houston and has offices in San Antonio and Austin; offers the geographic expertise to complete real estate transactions throughout the state of Texas; and can leverage the power of the NAI Global network to arrange deals in any location throughout the world. NAI Partners employs more than 100 real estate professionals, and arranges more transactions than any of its competitors, completing over 500 commercial lease and sale arrangements every year. NAI Partners is a full-service firm offering client leasing and sales solutions in the areas of office tenant representation, office landlord representation, industrial tenant representation, industrial landlord representation, landlord services, retail services, property management, investment sales, an investment fund, and project management, among other services. The company has been named a Best Place to Work by the Houston Chronicle, Houston Business Journal and Austin Business Journal, and is among the University of Houston’s Cougar 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. Please visit us on the web at www.naipartners.com.