Thompson Realty::Leadership

Arthur F. Kline, Jr, CCIM

Vice President

A Texas Real Estate Broker

Mr. Kline joined Thompson Realty Corporation in early 1992 to serve as Director of Leasing and Marketing. Mr. Kline's experience in office leasing is extensive having spent more than five years leasing Park Central, a 1.5 million square foot Class A, mixed-use project, located in north Dallas.

As the Assistant Director of Leasing for Compass Management and Leasing, a subsidiary of Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Inc., Mr. Kline was instrumental in closing over one million square feet of leasing transactions on behalf of the owners, J.P. Morgan, General Electric Pension Fund, Dai Ichi and the general account of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States of America.

Prior to joining Equitable/Compass, Mr. Kline had nine years of varied experience in responsible positions in many aspects of the real estate business. As the Executive Vice President of DJT Investments, as a Development Assistant with the Jim Coker Companies, and as an Associate with the Fults Companies, Mr. Kline worked in development, construction, syndication and brokerage of both improved and unimproved real estate.

Prior to entering the real estate industry, Mr. Kline was a marketing representative with International Business Machines (IBM) where his sales success earned him a trip to the annual 100% Club awards ceremony.

Some real estate transactions Mr. Kline has been involved in include:

Closed numerous multi-floor, major lease transactions with national and international credit tenants including Tandem Computers, Interstate Batteries, Nautilus, EDS, American Airlines, Safeco Insurance Company of America, Republic Insurance, Dynamex, Samsung and Haynes & Boone.
The assemblage and brokerage of more than $20 million of improved inner-city property in Fort Worth, Texas.
The assemblage and brokerage of prime inner-city redevelopment land in Dallas, Texas.
The development of mixed-use commercial property in Abilene and Austin, Texas.
$80 million of equity formation for projects in Virginia and Texas.
Closed multi -family brokerage transaction valued at $72 million.
Currently negotiating the disposition of a 5,000 unit multi-family portfolio.

Mr. Kline earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College in 1976 and his Masters in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in 1988. He received his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation in 1983 and is a past president of the North Texas CCIM Chapter, earned the Achiever Award from Fults Companies in 1985 and is active in a number of professional real estate organizations.