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Herbert D Weitzman

Executive Chairman
Dallas-Fort Worth
3102 Maple Avenue Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75201
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Biography

Herbert D. Weitzman is Executive Chairman of Weitzman. In 1990, after nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Weitzman founded the company, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm that now ranks as one of the largest retail-focused real estate services firms based in Texas. On the brokerage side, Weitzman leases a retail portfolio of approximately 44 million square feet in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. As a property manager, Weitzman is responsible for managing a statewide portfolio of more than 22 million square feet of retail and commercial properties. 

Weitzman's honors and awards include:

  • The 2022 Gifford K. Johnson Community Leadership Award from the University of Texas at Dallas
  • The 2018 Dallas Business Hall of Fame
  • The 2017 Urban Land Institute Impact Award for career impact on Dallas-Fort Worth
  • The 2016 "Pioneer" award for commercial real estate innovation from D CEO magazine
  • The 2016 "Lifetime Achievement" award for excellence in commercial real estate from the Dallas Business Journal
  • The Bnai Zion Foundation honor for outstanding contributions - 2013
  • The Southwest Jewish Congress Flame of Honor award - 2009
  • The 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Southwest for outstanding achievement in Commercial Real Estate
  • The Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, 2004 induction
  • The 1998 Spirit of Achievement Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
  • The Distinguished Alumni Business School Award from the University of Texas at Austin
  • The Anti-Defamation League Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award
  • The Top Retail Broker in the D/FW Metroplex Award -- Dallas Business Journal and North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ ranking.

Weitzman has a long history of civic and professional involvement, including:

  • The 2022 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala Chair, with Donna Weitzman, involving organizing and fundraising for the Symphony's signature benefit event.
  • The International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation, Board of Directors
  • The Real Estate Council, Board of Directors
  • The International Council of Shopping Centers, former Trustee, current member
  • National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Board of Directors
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center's Board of Visitors
  • Dallas Summer Musicals, Board of Directors
  • The American Jewish Committee, board member
  • The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, board member
  • The University of Texas at Dallas Holocaust Studies Program, Board of Directors
  • Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, Advisory Council
  • NACORE (National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives), member
  • SIOR, former president, current member, D-FW Chapter

Weitzman received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin.