Houston, TX, February 8, 2022 – Partners Real Estate Company (“Partners”), a top 5 largest privately held and independently owned commercial real estate firm in the state of Texas—and the holding company of commercial real estate service firm NAI Partners, and real estate investment and development platform Partners Capital—today announced that it has hired Roy Vasquez as its new Director of Training & Development.

Mr. Vazquez’s responsibilities will include overseeing the drafting, development, and publication of business line and support team playbooks; creating and implementing training modules and other educational content; and comprehensively documenting training processes, among other duties. Mr. Vasquez will be based in the company’s Houston office, and reports directly to Larry Koestler, Partners’ Executive Vice President of Marketing & Operations.

“As the developer and custodian of the entirety of the company’s training modules across all of our service lines and office locations—in addition to possessing the depth of experience and dexterity to be able to scale up as we expand geographically—it was imperative that we find an outstanding candidate to fill this role, and Roy checked every box on our list,” said Mr. Koestler. “He’s erudite, thoughtful, articulate, and easy to connect with, and we are extremely pleased to have him in the fold.

Mr. Vasquez joins Partners from Memorial Hermann, where he reviewed and improved system-wide training programs, consulted in instructional design, and performed education needs analyses with stakeholders, among other responsibilities. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at Parallon, a leading provider of healthcare business and operational services, as that company’s Director of Education. In that role he administered day-to-day learning and development logistics; researched and created business cases, and created new educational content and curriculum based on business owner feedback and perceived need.

Mr. Vasquez is a University of Houston alum, with both a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology.

For more information, please contact Larry Koestler, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Operations, at 713.629.0500.

 About Partners
Partners is a top 5 largest privately held and independently owned commercial real estate firm in the state of Texas. Partners was founded and is headquartered in Houston and has offices in San Antonio and Austin; employs more than 180 real estate professionals; and arranges more transactions than any of its competitors, completing over 700 commercial lease and sale arrangements every year. Partners is a full-service commercial real estate investment and services firm creating value for its investors through Partners Capital, its investment management platform specializing in the acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, and retail multitenant properties via multiple investment funds, and the development of retail, industrial, office, and mixed-use projects; and providing client solutions via its service business for Office, Industrial, Retail, Life Sciences, and Multifamily product types across Brokerage Services, which includes Tenant Representation, Project Leasing, Investment Sales, and Land Sales; Landlord Services, which includes Property Management and Facilities Management; Valuation Services, which includes Lending Appraisal, Appraisal Review, Portfolio & Financial Reporting, and Tax, Litigation & Due Diligence Advisory; and Project Services, which includes Construction Management and Space Management. Partners is the top Houston-based full-service commercial real estate firm on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America; the 4th-largest Houston-Area Commercial Real Estate Brokerage and #1 Mover of Square Feet among leasing and sales brokerages in Houston per the Houston Business Journal; the only commercial real estate firm on the Houston Business Journal’s Mid-Market 50 list; a top 12 largest San Antonio Commercial Real Estate Brokerage per the San Antonio Business Journal; and a top 20 Property Management Firm by square feet under management in Houston per the Houston Business Journal. Partners 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. Visit us on the web at www.partnersrec.com.