NAI Partners, Houston’s 5th-largest Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, is successfully navigating the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic with its professional staff, utilizing technology to continue supporting its clients.
“NAI Partners has been intentional in our use of technology over the last several months to continue to serve our clients.” said Travis Rodgers, Executive Vice President, NAI Partners. “Our people are our greatest asset, and we feel galvanized that we’ve been able to weather this storm and keep moving forward together. As a result we’ve avoided any furloughs, pay cuts or layoffs in our teams across Houston, Austin and San Antonio. We’re well-positioned to continue helping our clients and new customers with their office, industrial and retail needs. We see this time as an opportunity for our clients to evaluate their real estate strategies as part of their overall business plans.”
The firm had already been notably ahead of the curve in adopting new technological tools—including the company-wide implementation last year of Microsoft Teams, the now-essential online communication and collaboration platform—which have helped position its employees to navigate the recent uncertainty successfully and serve its clients uninterrupted.
“NAI Partners has long been a tech-forward company, and across the organization we have undertaken strategic collaborative efforts to identify and evaluate additional digital platforms to ensure we are constantly communicating and that our sales professionals have the tools they need to continue proactively meeting our clients' needs,” said Larry Koestler, Vice President of Marketing & Communications. “From virtual site tours via Google Earth Tour Builder and virtual office tours via Matterport; meetings utilizing Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and FaceTime; real-time research, information sharing and market commentary through LinkedIn and other social platforms; and online presentation tools like Prezi, our commitment to partnering with our clients to deliver solutions during this unprecedented time is as ironclad as ever.”
Additionally, NAI Partners—which annually completes over 800 leasing and sales transactions each year—is using this unprecedented time as an opportunity to add to its ranks, having made several recent new hires while continuing to actively recruit talent at all experience levels, from administrative professionals all the way on up to senior-level brokers. The company is more focused than ever on its goal to recruit more than 20 new sales professionals across its three geographies in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio in 2020.
Added Mr. Rodgers, “Partnering with our clients to meet their needs requires us to have the very best talent, which is why we work so hard to develop and retain the incredible folks we have in our shop, and also seek out top-level professionals who are great at what they do and are looking for the right culture and career-building opportunity.”
About Partners
Partners is the 5th-largest Houston-Area Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, the #1 Mover of Square Feet among leasing and sales brokerages, the largest independently owned and among the largest owner-operated commercial real estate firms in Houston, Texas, per The Houston Business Journal. Partners was founded and is headquartered in Houston and has offices in San Antonio and Austin; offers the geographic expertise to complete real estate transactions throughout the state of Texas; and can leverage the power of the NAI Global network to arrange deals in any location throughout the world. Partners employs more than 100 real estate professionals, and arranges more transactions than any of its competitors, completing over 500 commercial lease and sale arrangements every year. Partners is a full-service firm offering client leasing and sales solutions in the areas of office tenant representation, office landlord representation, industrial tenant representation, industrial landlord representation, landlord services, retail services, property management, investment sales, an investment fund, and project management, among other services. The company has been named a Best Place to Work by the Houston Chronicle, Houston Business Journal and Austin Business Journal, and is among the University of Houston’s Cougar 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. Please visit us on the web at www.naipartners.com.
