Unlock Houston’s commercial real estate potential: How private investors are expanding their portfolios

When JLL Senior Director John Indelli transitioned from an analyst role into commercial real estate brokerage in 2018, one of his first calls was to DML Capital, a Houston-based real estate developer. DML owned a few shopping centers that Indelli drove by frequently, and he thought it would be good to connect.

That call turned into lunch at Escalante’s with principals Sajjid Dawood, Saleem Lakhani and Anil Mohammed in January 2018, and it was the start of a long friendship. Three years later…