Darlene Louk

Biography: Darlene has been involved in the Central Texas real estate field for 25+ years, and currently responsible for overseeing land and residential development for Hines in the Austin and San Antonio markets. She joined Hines in 2016 and is responsible for Central Texas land development projects including acquisition, development and disposition. Key project milestones include being named Master Planned Community of the Year for Lakeside at Tessera (a 2,000 lot masterplan in Lago Vista, Texas), restructuring debt on several large developments, issuing new Public Improvement District bonds and executing pod sales totalling over $58 million. Prior to joining Hines, Darlene was a Vice President responsible for a $110mm portfolio of master planned communities and commercial developments at Forestar Real Estate Group (NYSE: FOR). She has served on the board of CREW-Austin (Commercial Real Estate Women) and is a member of the Real Estate Council of Austin and the Urban Land Institute. She received her MBA and BBA-Finance from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.