On the Move:

Weitzman hired Stephen Schmidt as its chief investment officer in December, the Dallas Business Journal reported. The Dallas-based firm has focused on retail brokerage but is moving toward full-service, the outlet reported. Schmidt will identify investment opportunities and form relationships with financial institutions. He previously spent 15 years at Cypress Equities.
The Houston chapter of NAIOP named CBRE Vice Chairman Kevin Kushner its 2022 broker of the year in its annual awards honoring the city’s top real estate professionals on Feb. 15, the Houston Business Journal reported. Kushner reported a gross dollar volume of almost $122 million and over 2.7 million square feet of space leased or sold in 2021.
The North Texas Real Estate Hall of Fame inducted Rex Glendenning of Rex Real Estate, the Dallas Morning News reported. Glendenning has sold thousands of acres of land for development in the past 40 years, including the land for the Star at Frisco.
Custom homebuilder Gossett & Co. chose Erin Fabacher of Douglas Elliman in Austin for sales and marketing. The builder has $65 million under construction in the Texas capital.
Houston-based Partners Real Estate moved its San Antonio office to the Weston Center, a 32-story tower at 112 East Pecan Street, moving downtown from the inner loop of Interstate 410, the San Antonio Business Journal reported. The firm took 7,500 square feet for about 20 employees and room to grow.
Austin-based Keller Williams is expanding into Germany. The residential brokerage first expanded outside of North America in 2013, when it launched Keller Williams Worldwide. KWW agents closed $15.7 billion in sales last year, up 29 percent from the previous year, according to a media release.