Bright Realty's senior executive team has over 80 years combined real estate experience in all facets of real estate development, property management and agency leasing as well as brokerage and commercial property dispositions.
Parker Bright oversees Bright Realty as CEO. Mr. Bright leads the daily activities of Bright Industries which was founded in the 1950s by his grandfather, the late H.R. "Bum" Bright, followed by his father, the late Clay V. N. Bright, and uncle, the late Chris R. Bright. Bright Industries' services include real estate development, home building operations, golf operations, financial services, and corporate hospitality. He is currently on the Board of Directors for Bright Industries, Bright Realty, Bright Capital Group and American Legend Homes.
Mr. Bright holds a B.S. from Texas A&M University and began his career with Bright Realty in 2006 working in retail property management and transitioned into the residential, retail, commercial and hospitality construction management, where he supervised both the horizontal and vertical projects throughout the Castle Hills Master-Planned Community in Lewisville, Texas.
Mr. Bright has been active in several Dallas charitable and civic organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas, Young Life, and North Texas Food Bank. He is a licensed real estate broker in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Parker Bright
Chief Executive Officer – Board of Managers
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Eric Stanley
President & Chief Operating Officer - Board of Managers
President & Chief Operating Officer - Board of Managers
Biography
Eric Stanley is president and chief operating officer for Bright Realty and member of its Board of Managers. Mr. Stanley began his real estate career in 1981 managing his family's real estate development business. He originally joined Bright Realty in 1986 in a management position overseeing Bright Realty's multiple real estate investments. In 1989, Mr. Stanley joined the Trammel Crow Company in a senior management position responsible for the 1.5 million square foot-plus Bank of Oklahoma high-rise tower. From 1996 to 2004, he managed an Austin commercial development company, directing the development, management and sales of more than one million square feet of class A office, commercial and retail shopping space and $10 million-plus in lease transactions. He returned to Bright Realty in 2004 where he has since overseen the development, leasing and management of a number of retail, mixed-use, office and multi-family projects involving millions of square feet, as well as hundreds of land transactions related to single-family lots and commercial properties.
Mr. Stanley is past president elect of Tulsa's Institution of Real Estate Management organization (IREM) and vice president of Tulsa's Building Owners and Management Association organization (BOMA). He has held an Institute of Real Estate Management's Certified Property Manager designation since 1993 and is a licensed Texas and Oklahoma real estate broker.
Mr. Stanley is married with three grown children and resides in Castle Hills. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, fishing, golf and spending time with his family.
Keegan Smith is the chief financial officer for Bright Realty. As chief financial officer, she is responsible for strategic planning, managing the finance and accounting operations, securing equity and debt financing for development projects, along with managing banking relationships.
She joined the company in 2008 and most recently held the position as executive vice president of finance. In her previous role, she was primarily responsible for real estate project analysis supporting the development and financing of over $442 million in commercial and residential projects, including but not limited to existing income-producing properties, multi-family project development and single-family residential lot development.
Prior to joining Bright Realty, Ms. Smith held positions with JLL (formally The Staubach Company), Lennox Industries and Ryan, LLC. Ms. Smith is a graduate of Texas A&M University where she earned a bachelor of science in finance from the Mays Business School and is an active member of CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women). Ms. Smith is married with two young boys who keep her very active.
Zach Bright
Executive Vice President of Multifamily Operations – Board of Managers
Executive Vice President of Multifamily Operations – Board of Managers
Biography
Zach Bright serves as the Executive Vice President of Multifamily Operations for Bright Realty, having worked his way to the position after serving as Assistant Asset Manager and Senior Property Manager. In his role, Zach oversees all daily activities of Bright Realty's Multifamily division, currently boasting over 1,000 multifamily units at two suburban properties in The Realm at Castle Hills, a 324-acre mixed-use development in Lewisville. Zach also manages a unique rental house community of 72 single-family homes at The Realm, one of the first all-rental home communities in DFW.
In addition to overseeing these properties, Zach is currently involved in the design and construction of The Realm's next multifamily development of more than 350 apartments. Also, following in the tradition of his father, the late Chris Bright, and his grandfather, the late H.R. "Bum" Bright, Zach participates in several philanthropic causes including Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas, North Texas Food Bank, and the Independent Order of Oddfellows.
In their free time, Zach, and his longtime partner & fiancé, Savannah, enjoy soaking in the history, architecture, food, music, and culture wherever their travels - Both domestic and international - take them.
Zach Bright
Executive Vice President of Multifamily Operations – Board of Managers
As Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations for Bright Realty, Lucas Patterson oversees the daily operations for Bright owned and managed commercial properties. Mr. Patterson and his team are responsible for the property management, land sales and leasing of the 650,000 plus square feet of commercial properties currently owned by Bright Realty and its partners. Mr. Patterson has over 20 years of real estate industry experience including leasing, sales, and asset management. He holds a master in business administration with a concentration in real estate finance from The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas in Austin.
Mr. Patterson is married with three children. In his spare time, he enjoys attending his children's activities, watching college sports, and discussing, with a small measure of bias, the merits of his Longhorns over Aggies, Razorbacks, Buckeyes, and the like with his co-workers.
Nate Grattan serves as Senior Vice President of Multifamily Operations for Bright Realty. In this role, Nate facilitates all daily activities of Bright Realty's Multifamily division, currently boasting over 1,000 multifamily units at two suburban properties in The Realm at Castle Hills, a 324-acre mixed-use development in Lewisville. Nate also manages a unique rental house community of 72 single-family homes at The Realm, one of DFW's first all-rental home communities.
In his leisure time, Nate enjoys spending quality time with his family trying new restaurants, going to theme parks, concerts, and traveling. Nate also participates in charitable causes sponsored by Bright Realty such as North Texas Food Bank and Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas.
Britton Lankford has more than two decades of commercial real estate experience in Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina. Prior to joining the Bright team in 2011, Mr. Lankford worked for Century 21 Commercial in retail project leasing, managing 13 agents and handling retail tenant representation. Prior to Century 21 Commercial, he worked at Cross Development, overseeing all aspects of Wal-Mart Super Center shadowed retail projects with site selection and leasing for over 4 years.
The majority of his retail brokerage consists of Third Party Retail leasing and retail tenant representation. Landlords he has worked with include Glenborough, Greenway Investments. Meridian Bank, State Bank and Trust, CME Development, Thompson National Properties, Eagle Equity, Mark R. Smith Co, Cawley Partners, Windmill Development, Victory Group, RTG Capital and more. Currently he is leasing the high profile mixed use development The Realm at Castle Hills. His tenant representation work includes clients such as RaceTrac, WingStop, Anytime Fitness, Waxing the City, Papa Murphy Pizza, Long Prairie Dental, II Brothers' Grill & Bar, Spirit Halloween, Soul Fire Pizza, and more. For the past six years, Mr. Lankford has focused on new construction retail in high income communities that cater to national retail and medical tenants. Currently he is overseeing 1.4 Million sf of commercial property.
Mr. Lankford is a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Texas, a member of North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He was born and raised in North Texas and has lived in Plano since 2002 with his wife and two boys. He graduated from The University of Texas.
