#345 - Chuck Anderson - Co-Founder @ Bandera Ventures

Charles Anderson founded Bandera Ventures with Pryor Blackwell and Thomas Leiser in May 2003. The Partners have over 140 years’ of experience in commercial real estate development, encompassing more than 62 million square feet of development and acquisitions throughout the United States and Canada. Bandera’s real estate development expertise includes office, industrial, retail, medical, data centers, and build-to-suit projects.

We discuss:
- How Trammell Crow was able to produce so many successful RE operators
- Building Bandera Ventures
- Why DFW is the best real estate market in America

Links
Bandera Ventures - https://banderaventures.com/
Trammell Crow Company - https://www.trammellcrow.com/

Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:35 - Chuck’s background
00:05:20 - Experiences working at Trammell Crow
00:08:18 - Thoughts on the current market
00:12:55 - How Trammell Crow was able to have so many All-stars under one roof
00:15:45 - Chuck’s role at Trammell Crow
00:17:46 - Ideating Bandera
00:20:20 - Battling cancer & the power of Bible study
00:30:32 - Advice for young folks
00:32:57 - Inside Bandera
00:38:51 - Data centers
00:45:24 - Bandera’s org structure
00:48:32 - Recourse Debt
00:51:14 - What would it take for you to do an office deal?
00:52:20 - TI
00:55:42 - Super luxury markets
00:58:50 - Capitalizing deals
01:04:15 - Development
01:05:44 - Why DFW is the best market in the country
01:14:20 - Permitting and Zoning
01:17:28 - Market predictions

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