From “You want to build a spec office on the south side of the Domain!?” to “You leased a 310,000 SF office building to a single tenant on the south side of the Domain!”, and all the complexities in between.

As the Office Partner, Sam Houston leads all office development and investment for HPI. Sam helped grow HPI’s office portfolio from 2 people and 30,000 SF in 1995 – to overseeing a management and leasing team of 90 people, with an active portfolio of over 5 Million square feet of institutionally and privately-owned office assets across Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio. Sam has been directly involved in developments, acquisitions, and dispositions of office projects with a total asset-value of almost $1 Billion. Sam has overseen the development of over 3 Million square feet of office projects, including Barton Oaks Plaza III & IV, San Clemente at Davenport, and the most recent Domain Tower. Prior to joining HPI in 1995, Sam served as project leasing director for Charter Companies in Austin. For more than 4 years he worked as a leasing agent for Capital Associates in Raleigh, N.C. and was a broker at Cushman & Wakefield’s Raleigh office from 1987 to 1989.

Runi graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s of Science degree in Construction Engineering & Project Management. She joined HPI in 2016 to focus on ground-up construction, primarily in Central Texas. Runi serves as the Owner’s Representative on industrial, office, and senior living construction projects varying in size from $2M – $100M. She collaborates with contractors, design professionals, city officials, utilities, legal personnel, property managers, and many other project team members from feasibility through design and permitting, construction, and closeout. Prior to joining HPI, Runi was Senior Construction Manager for Hanger Clinic, the nation’s leading provider of prosthetic limbs and orthotic devices, managing all aspects of construction for the 800+ national portfolio.