HOUSTON—While still serving in the US Army in Bosnia, lieutenant colonel Frank Stanley began thinking about the future. A mentor encouraged him to consider commercial real estate. He completed the education requirements for a real estate license in his free time, and took and passed the test after he left active duty in 2000.
He joined the Cushman & Wakefield office in January of 2001, working first in corporate services and then seguing into brokerage. But after 9/11, Stanley was called back to active duty and sent to Iraq. In May 2004, he returned to Cushman & Wakefield and did brokerage work with the Kelley Parker and John Littman team in Houston for several years before being recalled out of retirement to active duty. Last year, Cushman & Wakefield asked the 33-year military vet if he'd like to rejoin the firm and develop a new veterans initiative. He jumped at the chance to be the firm's manager of veteran recruitment and programs. Stanley shared his insights about military veterans and CRE in this exclusive.
GlobeSt.com: What was it about the opportunity to head up the Veterans Initiative Program at Cushman & Wakefield that appealed to you?
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
