DALLAS--Holland & Knight has hired Kelly Franklin Bagnall as a partner in its Dallas office.

THE WOODLANDS, TX--HALBERDIER Real Estate has closed on 15 more acres near the multi-billion dollar ExxonMobil corporate campus, and has set groundbreaking for its newest development, the GRAND Hardy Riley Crossings.

HOUSTON--Kyle Drake is president and founder of Drake Realty Group LLC, and has more than 12 years of experience in the industry. GlobeSt.com's Anna Caplan recently spoke with Drake about multifamily in Houston.

HOUSTON—Streetwise Retail Advisors, a recently formed Houston-based firm, is comprised of real estate veterans Ed Page, Ed James and Scott Gardner. The trio has worked on numerous well-known Houston-area projects, including Highland Village and Sugar Land Town Square. GlobeSt.com's Anna Caplan recently spoke with the group about their take on the city's exciting retail scene.

HOUSTON--OliverMcMillan has announced the latest tenants at its anticipated retail development, River Oaks District.

DALLAS--The Dallas office of Syska Hennessy Group Inc., a global consulting, engineering and commissioning firm, is in expansion mode, having hired engineering professionals Jeff Musser and Mark Murphy.

AUSTIN--Austin-based multifamily developer Oden Hughes has broken ground on a 312- unit class A community in north San Antonio.

DALLAS--Christopher M. Gibbons is the director of project leasing with Venture Commercial Real Estate, a retail brokerage firm based in Dallas. Gibbons recently spoke to GlobeSt.com's Anna Caplan about trends in the retail market.