DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 7, 2026--
HPI, a Texas-based commercial real estate firm, announced the launch of its Dallas Tenant Advisory Group, marking a strategic expansion of the firm’s platform. The new group will be led by Robbie Baty, a respected commercial real estate veteran with more than 20 years of experience representing tenants.
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“The time is right for our platform — and Robbie is the right leader,” says Hunter Lee, an HPI Partner. “He is deeply respected in the industry and embodies the competitive, client-first mindset we embrace at HPI.”
“Robbie’s track record is consistent and proven,” adds Colt McCoy, head of HPI’s Fort Worth office. “We are excited for the energy and expertise he will bring as we continue to expand our North Texas footprint.”
Since 2021, Baty has represented tenants on over 8.9 million SF of transactions, advising on major projects including the Santander Consumer USA headquarters lease — the largest office lease completed in Downtown Dallas in the past five years. His client experience includes Brinker International, the PGA of America, Matador Resources, and Sewell Automotive. Most recently, he served as a Vice Chairman and Dallas Office Tenant Representation Leader at Cushman & Wakefield, where he drove more than 2.5x revenue growth.
HPI’s decision to launch a dedicated Dallas Tenant Advisory Group follows several years of sustained growth. Over the last five years, the firm has grown assets under management in Dallas by almost 5x, strengthening its multidisciplinary platform across Texas.
“We aren’t doing this just to do this — we’ve been waiting for the right moment and the right person,” said Lee. “Robbie is a leader who’s hungry for this kind of opportunity.”
Baty believes the firm’s momentum — combined with Dallas’ economic trajectory — creates an ideal environment for reinvesting in the market with a focused tenant advisory team.
“When I look at the growth trajectory of Dallas, and the abundance of companies based in North Texas, I see a region that’s ready for additional, locally based tenant representation companies. HPI already has the platform in place to help us to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact in the market,” said Baty, a Dallas native.
As head of the Tenant Advisory Group, Baty, a D CEO Power Broker for eleven consecutive years and former NAIOP North Texas Office Broker of the Year, plans to build a best-in-class team, with a goal of hiring 10-12 producers for each of the office and industrial tenant representation teams.
He also sees significant opportunity in data center representation, which he plans to develop as part of the group’s long-term strategy.
“My focus is serving clients – I’m dedicated to building a team of professionals who will deliver the best client experience and outcomes possible,” Baty added. “It is also important to me that HPI is a Texas-based company. This is my home, and I firmly believe local companies want to work with local groups like HPI.”
Baty says he is particularly energized by HPI’s collaborative structure, which allows teams to work seamlessly across disciplines to deliver comprehensive resources to clients.
“I want to utilize my full skill set,” said Baty. “I’m a coach at heart – I love to build teams and lead. Starting a new business has always been a dream of mine, and I am thrilled to do it with such a great group of people. At HPI, I can truly do what’s best for the client. Their entrepreneurial mindset is exciting.”
About HPI: HPI was founded in 1992 with four employees and one million square feet. Today HPI employees over 200 people in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth, serving 900 clients across almost 30 million square feet.
HPI announced that Robbie Baty will lead its new Dallas Tenant Advisory Group.
LONDON (AP) — Britain braced for potentially life-threatening winds, rains and snowfall as a severe storm rolled in from the southwest of England on Thursday during what already has been one of the country's worst cold snaps in years.
Forecasters said the brunt of the storm would hit central England with as much as 30 centimeters (12 inches) of snowfall in just a few hours, which could disrupt schools, travel and commerce, especially in rural areas.
The Met Office, Britain’s national meteorological service, issued a rare red weather warning — its highest — for the southwest of England where wind gusts up to 100 mph (160 kph) were expected in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It warned of “dangerous, stormy” winds and very large waves, damage to buildings and homes, flying debris, widespread travel cancellations and power cuts.
Red weather warnings are issued when the forecaster considers it to be “very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.”
Storm Goretti, named by the French weather service France Meteo, was expected to leave Britain’s shores on Friday and then impact other parts of northwest Europe that already have endured snow, ice and freezing temperatures in recent days.
Neil Armstrong, chief forecaster at the Met Office, described Goretti as a “multi-hazard event” with heavy rain, strong winds and snow. “This is a complex spell of severe weather,” he said.
The Met Office also issued amber warnings for many parts of the U.K. These have an “increased likelihood of impacts from severe weather," meaning there is the possibility of travel delays, road and rail closures, flight cancellations, power cuts and potential risk to life and property.
the U.K. Health Security Agency also extended amber cold weather alerts acroos all regions of England until Jan. 12, meaning severe health impacts are expected. Officials expect a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, with impacts also possible on younger age groups.
Many parts of Wales, northern England and Scotland have been blanketed over the past few days with snow that has led to numerous school closures and travel disruption.
In the Netherlands, the bad weather eased on Thursday, helping Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, which saw hundreds of flights canceled on each of the first three days of the working week. However, it was briefly hit by a power outage in the morning.
Dutch national carrier KLM said there were still long lines of passengers at the airport but added that it was “doing everything possible to ensure departing passengers leave on time.”
On the opposite side of Europe, in the southeastern countries of the Balkans, bad weather was continuing to bring widespread disruption.
In Serbia, which celebrated the orthodox Christmas on Jan. 6, heavy snow has snarled traffic while temperatures in Slovenia have fallen to -25 degrees Celsisus (minus 13 Fahrenheit.
Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro faced floods after heavy rainfall and snow caused local rivers to overflow their banks, forcing dozens of people to evacuate their homes.
Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands and Jovana Gec in Belgrade contributed to this report.
Stranded travellers queue at the information desk at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, where more than 1,000 people spent the night as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights and choked highways and railroads. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Bamburgh Castle surrounded by snow in Bamburgh, England, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
A woman covers herself with a blanket against the cold next to a banking machine in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
People walk in front of the Reichstag Building, home of the German parliament Bundestag, on a snowy winter day in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Lost Earth Adventures' instructor Mick Ellerton climbs a frozen waterfall in Gordale Scar near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as ice warnings are in place across the UK ahead of a storm which is set to bring heavy snow later in the week, on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2026. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
