See Below for an Overview of the last 6-months at Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate, and Scroll to the Bottom for DeLea’s Notes and Takeaways from Rednews' Recent AUSTIN RETAIL FORECAST PANEL

This is not DeLea’s first rodeo, she has sat on the Red News Forecast Retail panel before. This is her 3-peat performance and the 1st time was the day before the pandemic shut down the world and she recalls an uncommon prediction that was in line with the outcome. Read about it in her blog below. You won’t want to miss DeLea talk about retail numbers, strategies, adaptive reuse, e-commerce impact, and trend analysis predictions.

Learn why commercial landlords, tenants, and brokers nationwide are embracing Otso in every lease deal.

Big welcome to Kelly Cloud and Kate Rhodes. This is more than adding Brokers to our Company Roster - this is DeLea putting her money where her mouth is. …..

Carrie Bobb is my HERO :

#1 - I love this person. She is my Hero.

#2 - What the What? What kind of man goes to all this crazy PREMEDIATED EFFORT to do this? And then to the company doesn’t quickly Do The Right Thing?

#3 - This is Horse Shit and I am pissed.

#4 - I’ve got to go create a place that is safe for Women in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage. Not only in my Company Policy & Employee/Contractor Agreements but boots on the ground. I need to hire women, seek them out, give them a safe place at Beck-Reit. Safe from that horse shit. Women have enough to deal with keeping themselves safe from harm, they shouldn’t have to worry about it coming from their bosses. I can’t save all the women, but I can take it one “Woman Hire At a Time”.

It started when DeLea and Mark met for the 1st time for breakfast at Chumikals in 2017 (a favorite East Austin Joint for both) and the breakfast stretched into lunch. A couple of days later the property was toured and under contract - the rest is Award-Winning History!

The inspiring architects at Dick Clark & Associates have been rightfully recognized for their incredible office design at 2120 E 7th St - winning the Austin Business Journal’s 2021 CRE award for Best Office Rehab.

Originally an 80s pawnshop, 2120 E 7th was built like a concrete bunker with just one window and no insulation or even air conditioning for most of the space. DCA’s ground up design and construction has transformed the site into an eye-catching functional space perfect for creative office and retail needs.

Beck-Reit’s Previous Office Will Be Razed for Mixed-Use Development

Beck-Reit & Sons Construction performed a gut renovation at 2131 Theo between 2014-2016, an adaptive reuse project that turned the aging auto repair shop into a 5-unit creative office space with shared conference room, kitchen, and lobby. The finished project was managed by Beck-Reit Asset Management and leased by Beck-Reit Commercial Real Estate until 2020, when the developers came knocking with an offer we couldn’t refuse.

East Austin:

In many ways, development has displaced the cultural arts traditions of East Austin, long the home of the city’s Black community. Now, its champions — Black artists, creatives and community leaders — are working to restore that soul.

Capitol View Arts and the Austin Justice Coalition, with support from local artists and dozens of volunteers from the Austin area, painted a ‘Black Artists Matter’ mural on East 11th Street the morning of Thursday, June 18 2021. #BlackArtistMatter

Here, DeLea shares where and why she sees inflation creeping into the market, how inflation interacts with typical investment vehicles, and how Commercial Real Estate is one of the best places to safeguard wealth against it.

"Everyone in this room right now should feel extremely lucky working in this city"

On June 23rd, DeLea Becker spoke alongside fellow Commercial Real Estate Experts at the REDNews 2021 Summit Retail panel about opportunities and trends of the Austin Market.

REDNews has been the first word in Texas Commercial Real Estate for over 25 years now. Their Summits brings together dozens of experts to speak on the “State of the Market” in their view. This year’s Summit will take place on June 23rd in Austin!

Beck-Reit Commercial is proud to sponsor the event once again this year, and even more excited to see our own DeLea Becker speaking as a panel-member on opportunities and trends in the current retail market! Her panel starts at 10:25AM. The Retail Market Panel will also include the following market experts:

Beck-Reit is Always Proud to Sponsor the REDNews Annual Summit! DeLea is joined by other panelist from

• Endeavor Real Estate Group

• CBRE

• The Retail Connection

6 years ago, Beck-Reit sold one of our mixed-use propertys in East Austin and did a 1031 exchange into 2 properties. 1 was a Ferrari Repair Shop on Theo Dr. off Airport Blvd near The Mueller Development. Our full redevelopment transformed the space into 5 unique creative office spaces with a shared kitchen common area and conference room. Now, just 6 years later, the property has been picked up by Cumby Development as the last piece of a new multi-family development getting ready to break ground.

The Face of Commercial Real Estate
DeLea Becker, Owner + Broker

East Austin is forever the heart and soul of Austin. The history, community, and culture of the area have forever impacted Austin for the better. This creative culture is what draws people in today: to live, work, play, and stay.

We are thrilled to announce that our flagship redevelopment, The Otto at 1201 E Cesar Chavez, is currently hosting an exhibit for this year’s Austin Studio Tour! Given the pandemic, the 2020 Austin Studio Tour will consist of creative and mostly outdoor self-guided tours of public art. The two-week celebration features over 420 Austin-based artists and collectives presenting between November 14th and 22nd.