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August Letter from Al Hartman

Dear Hartman Team Members, We have so much to celebrate moving into the second half of the year! In review of our leasing activity for all markets year-to-date, we have leased over 500,000 square feet. The Leasing...

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7 CEO Books that CEO Al Hartman Recommends

Margaret Fuller, a 19th Century American journalist, editor and book reviewer, said, “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” This quote is exemplified by most people in executive leadership, who began as readers,...

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Al Hartman on Growing Hartman Through the Downturns of the 1980’s

Over the last 38 years, Hartman Income REIT has stayed resilient through many difficult times. In the 1980s, Houston’s commercial real estate market experienced a great downturn, just like we recently experienced...

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Al Hartman Interview on How Hartman Income REIT Is Staying Resilient in the Texas Office Markets

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Texas was experiencing an office leasing boom. Office rents in Central Texas reached an all-time high in Q1 2019, while Fort Worth became the third-fastest-growing U.S. job market in...

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July Letter from Al Hartman

Dear Hartman Team Members, Each quarter we join as a team to break through barriers. Our vision guides us, “We deliver exceptional investor returns through an empowered team that provides unparalleled service to...

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June Letter from Al Hartman

Dear Hartman Team Members,The leasing department finished May at 79.95%, putting us over budget. Let us congratulate Bryan Collins for his performance as the top producer, increasing his portfolio’s occupancy by 4.65%...

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May Letter from Al Hartman

Dear Hartman Team Members, For April, we earned 11.5% versus the 6.8% budgeted FFO Yield. The Leasing Department finished April at 79.74%, putting us over the Q2 budget. Let us congratulate Wil Logan for his performance...

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Texans lead Return to the Office, but It’s Complicated

Metropolitan areas in Texas lead the nation with the return to office trend. According to security company Kastle, which has been publishing a weekly “Back to Work Barometer,” office buildings in Austin, Dallas, and...

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Breathing Room: How Dedensification is Impacting Commercial Office Space

Densification is a watchword in the world of office buildings. The number of employees that can be accommodated in a given space is a metric used to calculate the bottom line. Interestingly, there is an identifiable...

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Safely Return to the Office with Bi-Polar Ionization

Given the current reality, many companies are being forced to make tremendously difficult decisions about the future of their organizations. These decisions include determining things like whether long-term investments...

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