DeLea Becker and Mark Vornberg met for the first time in 2017 for lunch at an old-school dinner in East Austin - Chu-Mikals. Excited to announce our first Partnership in a Commercial Real Estate Development together. 2422 East 7th - 50,000 SF Office and Retail Building in their beloved neighborhood - East Austin

The Mann Report publication wrote an inspiring article geared towards to importance of bringing owners into CRE. It’s no surprise that Beck-Reit’s own DeLea Becker was top of mind on this topic, as bringing more women into Commercial Real Estate is probably her favorite passion project.

Bisnow is honoring Austin’s most influential trailblazers - Top-level women executives and industry powerhouses who influence the way commercial real estate is done in ATX. Read the article full of quotes by our Founder DeLea Becker : “Building The Plane While Flying It”: Women In Austin CRE Are Soaring

According to research by BiggerPockets, women represent less than 2% of commercial real estate investors. This figure is surprising given that more women own and manage their own businesses today than ever before. Commercial real estate is an asset class that offers tremendous potential for growth, especially when you consider the current market conditions. However, most women are not investing in commercial real estate for one main reason: lack of knowledge about how it works and how they can get started investing. But this isn't true for Women In Commercial Real Estate. For Women in our profession, investing is squarely in our Circle of Competence.

There is potential to create $1 trillion dollars of value for women in commercial real estate by 2025 if we start investing like men. It's a $3.5 trillion dollar industry, and it's the largest one in the world.

We acquired 4403 W Commerce in December of 2020 after selling 2707 Rogge Lane. The Rogge property was an East Side shopping center near the Mueller that required a gut renovation. We had it leased up and were working through our redevelopment plans when Austin’s growth out-paced us and a bigger fish came with an offer we couldn’t refuse.

Similar to our 8808 Barker Cypress acquisition, we felt like we could sell high in the Austin market and move our gains into a safe and stable NNN investment elsewhere.

See Below for an Overview of the last 6-months at Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate, and Scroll to the Bottom for DeLea’s Notes and Takeaways from Rednews' Recent AUSTIN RETAIL FORECAST PANEL

Real estate broker and multiple business owner recognized for service-- DeLea Becker receives NAR National Commercial Award!