Andrew Blake

Biography: Andrew is co-founder and managing partner of Presidio Interests, a Fort Worth-based commercial real estate investment and development firm with an unconventional, forward-thinking approach. Presidio specializes in strategic, transformative urban redevelopment projects, often converting obsolete and underperforming buildings into meaningful, attractive properties, thereby greatly enhancing value for building occupants, the surrounding community, and for the project’s financial stakeholders. Presidio has completed a number of successful urban infill development and redevelopment projects involving a variety of uses (creative office, class A office, retail, restaurant, residential, industrial/flex). Superior design and positive impact on the surrounding environment are essential elements of each Presidio project. Andrew oversees all aspects of the company’s investment and development activities including new acquisitions, development/ redevelopment management, and asset management of existing portfolio properties. He has served in transaction and portfolio management roles for several commercial real estate firms in Texas and California including Trammell Crow Company and CarrAmerica Realty Corp. Since forming Presidio Interests with Jim Harris in 2007, Andrew has managed the acquisition, development or redevelopment of over 230,000 square feet of urban infill commercial projects with estimated value in excess of $55 million.