Moving into the newly created position is Toby Rogers, who was groomed in the Trammell Crow Co. ranks and subsequently became a vice president at CB Richard Ellis, which historically doesn't comment on personnel departures. Rogers tells GlobeSt.com that the biggest challenge is "getting ramped up in the two markets and learning the way Hillwood does business."

Rogers, who's marking his fifth year in the business, is taking over duties previously shared by senior vice president Dan Tatsch and vice president T. Preston Herold. With the change, Tatsch will be concentrating on development and land acquisitions while Herold will focus on a new market that Hillwood has in its sights.

Rogers, who started one week ago, has hit the ground running on "several large deals" that are working in his territories. In North Texas, he is responsible for all industrial space outside the 17,000-acre AllianceTexas lines.