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July 22, 2007
COWAND JOINS WEITZMAN AS HOUSTON SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT
HOUSTON—Lyle
Cowand, a commercial real estate professional with more than two decades of
experience, has joined the Houston office of The Weitzman Group as a senior vice
president. In this position, Cowand is responsible for retail tenant
representation and retail project representation in the Greater Houston area for
Weitzman. He also will handle
leasing for new development projects. Prior to joining The Weitzman Group,
Cowand was a senior vice president with the Houston office of Transwestern,
where he was responsible for sourcing new retail development opportunities for
the company and other developer clients, as well as handling retail tenant
representation. Cowand has worked with noteworthy clients including Friendswood
Development Company, General Electric, American General Insurance, Orix Real
Estate Equities, Cedarwood Development, Walgreens and J.P. Morgan Chase. Cowand
has been involved in a significant number of transactions totaling in the
millions of square feet.
Cowand is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He received
a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing from the University of
Houston.
The Weitzman Group is one of the largest regional
commercial real estate brokerage services firms in the country
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