Transwestern

Biography

TRANSWESTERN ROLE

With more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience, Hale leads Transwestern’s Capital Markets Group and serves as a senior member of the Healthcare Advisory Services team across Central Texas. His practice focuses on investment sales, development, and capital markets transactions for institutional, corporate, and private clients, as well as strategic real estate solutions for healthcare systems and medical providers.

Hale and his teams have completed more than $3 billion in transactions, representing clients including Clarion Partners, JP Morgan, Prudential, and TIAA-CREF, as well as healthcare leaders such as Ascension Health and Texas Children’s Hospital.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Hale joined Transwestern in 1990. Beginning his career in Dallas, he relocated to Austin in 1984 as managing partner of Umstattd, Swinney & Hutchins. He later led the South Texas region for SWS Realty before joining Transwestern, where he has held senior leadership roles across development, investment sales, and occupier advisory services.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION / RECOGNITION

  • Transwestern Champion Award - 7 times
  • Austin Business Journal- Heavy Hitter Award - numerous
  • CoStar Power Broker Award - numerous
  • Urban Land Institute (ULI)
  • Austin Commercial Real Estate Society (ACRES)
  • Real Estate Council of Austin (RECA)
  • Arc of the Capital Area
  • Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
  • Texas Exes - The University of Texas

EDUCATION

Hale earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Texas.