Blake Shipp
Assistant Vice President
 D/FW Commercial Retail Division
The Weitzman Group
bshipp@weitzmangroup.com





Professional Background
Blake Shipp is an Assistant Vice President with the Commercial Retail Division of The Weitzman Group, one of the largest commercial real estate brokerage firms in Texas. In this position, he specializes in retail project leasing and retail tenant representation throughout Dallas/Fort Worth, as well as site selection and ground-up development for local and regional clients.  Shipp is responsible for leasing more than 2.5 million square feet of commercial retail space across D/FW.  Shipp also handles the representation for a large portfolio of D/FW-area retail projects controlled by Weitzman’s sister company, Cencor Realty Services.  Prior to joining The Weitzman Group, Shipp was a real estate broker for Irwin Realty Group of Denton, where he handled leasing and property management responsibilities as well as the overall supervision of a team of sales professionals. He also has experience in multi-family development, financing and land acquisitions with Pinnacle Realty of Dallas.  On behalf of a Cencor joint venture, Shipp also handles the leasing of a 765,000-square-foot enclosed shopping mall called Golden Triangle Mall located in Denton, north of Dallas.

Honors and Awards
Shipp has been recognized as a Top 10 Producer for Weitzman’s Dallas/Fort Worth office and was honored in 2010 as a “Rookie of the Year Heavy Hitter”, a designation by the Dallas Business Journal that recognizes the leading commercial real estate brokers in North Texas.

Organizations
Shipp is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the ICSC Next Gen, the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors, The University of North Texas Real Estate Club and Young Real Estate Professionals.

Education
Shipp received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Real Estate and Finance from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.

Career Projects
Shipp has represented numerous retail projects throughout North Texas, including:

·    Arbrook Oaks: a 51,000-square-foot center with shadow-anchor
    SuperTarget in Arlington

·   Fielder Plaza : a 157,041-square-foot Tom Thumb anchored community
    center in Arlington

·   Denton Towne Crossing:  a 35,716-square-foot center shadow-anchored      
    by SuperTarget and Home Depot in Denton

·   Shops at Colorado: a 70,310-square-foot re-development with Conn's,
     Staples and Party City

· Colorado Square: a 38,536-square-foot retail center in Denton with
    Dollar Tree and Hastings Entertainment

· Tarrant Parkway Plaza: a 59,671-square-foot re-development with Ross
    and Dollar Tree in North Richland Hills

·  Former Home Depot: the sale of a re-development site in Denton for
    a 584-bed student housing project

· Flower Mound Towne Crossing:  a 19,728-square-foot neighborhood
   center in Flower Mound

·  Flower Mound Towne Center: a 40,046-square-foot Kroger
    Signature-anchored community center in Flower Mound

·  Main Street Village: a 70,709-square-foot  Kroger Signature-anchored
     community center in Frisco

·  Frisco Village: a 62,760-square-foot Tom Thumb-anchored community
   center in Frisco

·  Frisco Bridges North: a 32,061-square-foot mall-peripheral retail center
    shadow-anchored by 24 Hour Fitness in Frisco

· Dal-Rich Village: a 162,913-square-foot Whole Foods Market-anchored
   community center in Richardson