Pinsel Takes the Reins in North Texas

DALLAS – David Pinsel has been hired to the position of managing director for Colliers International’s North Texas region. Pinsel moved into his new role from his position of managing director with Colliers’ Inland Empire’s office.

Pinsel took the position Oct. 31 from Tom Murray, regional managing director of Colliers' Central Region, who was also handling oversight of the North Texas region on an interim basis. "Colliers considered many extraordinary candidates from around the commercial real estate community both locally and throughout the country during the search for the Dallas Market Leader," Murray said in a prepared statement to the press.

In his new position, Pinsel will oversee all aspects of the company’s North Texas operations including brokerage, asset and property management and day-to-day operations. But Pinsel has plans in addition to examining the big picture of Colliers North Texas.

“We’re among the top three in most markets,” Pinsel tells GlobeSt.com. “During the next three to five years, I’m looking to make this division among the top three in this market.” The way in which he plans to do this, he continues, is by providing support to brokers to help generate business and to hire talent.

“We’re looking for people with a good cultural view, who have high integrity and who are strong producers,” Pinsel says. “If you have those things, we’ll find a home for you.”

Pinsel comes to the North Texas region following a long stint in Southern California. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, began his career at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services in Long Beach, CA and was one of the founders of Sperry Van Ness’ Long Beach and Costa Rican offices. He served as managing director at the Colliers’ Inland Empire office since 2009.

He comments that the main differences between the Inland Empire and North Texas (especially the Dallas-Fort Worth region) markets boils down to real estate product types. Inland Empire’s commercial real estate make up is about 95% industrial, while Dallas-Fort Worth’s tends to be more diversified.

That difference isn’t really important in Pinsel’s mind, however. The goal, he notes, is to build the Colliers brand locally.

“The Dallas market has a lot of potential and a lot of capacity we haven’t utilized at this point,” he adds. “I like building things up. That’s what I did in Southern California with Colliers, and this provides a good opportunity to go ahead and do that again.”