Hollinden, who has been with Holliday since 2000, has completed more than $750 million in investment sales transactions and more the five million sf of leasing transactions. The promotion comes at a time when Hollinden has been tasked with selling the Bank One Center, a 734,743-sf CBD office tower.

Hollinden and Jim Savage, also of Holliday, are marketing the landmark 24-story Bank One Center, owned by Lincoln Property Co. and Whitehall/Goldman Sachs. The tower is 95% occupied, with Bank One's corporate headquarters as the anchor tenant. The US Attorney General's Houston office, Transworld Oil and the firm of Winstead Sechrest &Minick also office in the building. Hollinden tells GlobeSt.com the office tower is an older building that underwent an extensive renovation in 1993.

The Houston market, Hollinden says, is piquing high interest among institutional investors, particularly in the downtown. That's a marked change from a year ago, he says, adding that now is a great time to be selling a building. He is optimistic that Bank One will be sold by year's end.