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Houston Commercial Real Estate Broker Profiles

Ed Cummins began his real estate career in Houston, Texas in 1963. He was a principal in the real estate brokerage firm of Shindler / Cummins, Inc. from 1966 - 1979 and owner of Barkley Properties Inc. from 1979 - 1992 which specialized in investment properties and sites for office, retail, apartment and subdivision developments.

Further, Ed has been involved with a number of high profile real estate developments. He consulted for Sunrise Colony Co., developer of the Royal Oaks Country Club on the former Andrau Airport in west Houston and earlier for West Houston, Ltd. on acquisition and pre-development for a 2,200 acre assemblage west of Cinco Ranch. He managed the redevelopment of a 327 unit garden apartment and 56,000 square foot office building inside Loop 610. Other consulting projects were in Shanghai, China, St. Petersburg, Russia, the former East Germany and Cairo, Egypt. Experience with major U.S. companies includes GE Capital, American General Investment Corp., Apollo Advisors, Colony Capital, PaineWebber Realty, various Texas developers and investors and many European, Mexican, Middle Eastern and Asian investors.

Ed graduated from Yale University in 1959 with a B.A. in History; other interests include sports, reading, travel and grandchildren. Civic experience includes board service for Duchesne Academy and University of St. Thomas and a director of Republic Bank of Houston, now a part of Bank of America.