Cawley Wilcox All-Star Team Snags Another Player

DALLAS-The changing face of Cawley Wilcox Cos. has added another critical player, this time from the ranks of the Archon Group LP. David Homsher is the new managing director at Cawley International. Homsher had been the asset manager for Archon’s relatively new telecommunications department and a vice president of Archon Financial LP. Since Homsher’s departure, Archon has reassigned another person to the telecom arm, says Greg Dresh, Archon’s vice president of human resources. Dresh says Homsher “had an important role,” but emphasized that he had been part of a team.

Bill Cawley, president and CEO, tells GlobeSt.com that his courting of the competition is all about building a class-A team to foster client relationships and brokers’ confidence. Cawley International specializes in tenant rep, under the leadership of Ran Holman, who came from CB Richard Ellis a year ago. John Conger heads up Wilcox Realty Group and Steve Platt leads Wilcox Development Services. Cawley has melded the three operations in the past month under the umbrella of Cawley Wilcox Cos., snagging Cushman & Wakefield of Texas’ 12-year senior managing director J. Reagan Dixon as its vice chairman and COO. Just four months ago, the Cawley team lured Joseph Owen from the Staubach Co.’s retail division to head up a developing investment sales operation.

Cawley admits he is hitting hard at competitors’ ranks and he plans to continue. “When I find someone I really respect, I get them as soon as I can because when you’ve got a quality person, the rest can take care of itself,” Cawley tells GlobeSt.com. In the past year, Cawley has brought 25 to 30 people on board. “I’m chasing a lot more,” he says. “I think I’m going to keep surprising everyone.” The combined operations’ team now numbers 100.