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Robert R. Hemphill

512-474-2224

Principle Broker

bob@weleaseaustin.com

My real estate career started at the Swearingen Management Company in Dallas, Texas. The year was 1984 and the Swearingen company was one of the city’s top Real Estate firms.  I remember calling on the company for an interview.  They told me that the Swearingen Company only hired experienced agents. Through persistence and some creative selling skills, I was soon having coffee with the company’s vice president. It was an entry level property management position, but it didn’t matter, I was in the commercial Real Estate business.


Arriving in Austin


In 1986 I had just returned from a weekend running the capital 10K in downtown Austin.  A short time later a broker told me about a company called Smith Allen.  They were looking for a leasing agent to help them open an office in Austin.  It sounded perfect.  But when I called the developer for an interview, he told me that he was very busy.  Tomorrow he was leaving town for two weeks.   I asked him if I could come right now. He thought a minute and said yes.  I arrived in Austin two months later and started leasing and managing industrial space.


Smith Allen


During the years at Smith Allen, I was responsible for the construction leasing and management of a mid-sized industrial real estate portfolio.  I also participated in the development of several build to suit warehouse properties, which included a 40,000 square foot building for Ashland Chemical and the 200,000 square foot manufacturing facility for Siemens.


Republic Commercial Properties


 In 1993 my friend Doug and a partner in the Real estate brokerage firm of Republic Commercial Properties approached me about working together on a bid for a large FDIC portfolio.  The bid specifications required that you had to have a CPM designation. Amazingly I had just completed my CPM.  We won the bid and I was now self-employed as a broker at Republic Commercial Properties.


The Robert R. Hemphill Co.


In June of 2003 the owner of Republic Commercial Properties encouraged me to start my own Real Estate Company.  The good working relationship of the past 10 years with Republic Commercial had created a new opportunity.  This opportunity allowed me to achieve a dream I had since high school:   "to be self-employed and own my own company". 


Education.


  • Bachelor of Business degree in Marketing TEXAS TECH university

  • Certified Property Manager (CPM) Designation

  • Certified Commercial Investment Member, (CCIM) Designation

  • Texas Real Estate Broker

  • Texas Realtor

 

Experience


  • Over 33 years in Austin Commercial Real Estate

  • Completed over 800 lease transactions ranging in size from 1,000 square feet to 35,000 square feet.

  • Managed Retail, Industrial, structured parking and office properties

  • Sold over 100 million of raw land, industrial, and office properties

 

Memorable transactions


  • The Investment sale of Brocton Lane 120,000 square feet Industrial building leased to Dell Computers

  • The lease renegotiations for the 30,000 square feet Pro-logis Industrial building leased to Bridgepoint Technical

  • The co-brokerage Sale of the twenty acre, 200,000 SF Central Freight Facility.

  • The Sale of 20 Acres on retail land located on Williams Drive in Georgetown Texas.

  • Office lease with Riverside Resources lease

  • The representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the Lease of 15,000 sf ft of office space at Quarry Lake.

  • The Bank of America lease buyout that netted my client $275,000.

 

 Professional


  • Commercial Brokers Association (formerly CLBA) Past President

  • Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) Past President

  • Downtown Rotary Club Past Member

  • CCIM, Central Texas Chapter – Past Board Member in charge of Programs

  • Young Men’s Business League

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