Mark E. Hord, Founder/Principal

Mark Hord's over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry comes from multiple perspectives: as a lawyer, a banker/lender and an investor. 

In August 2012, Mark and Gran Via joined forces with Ben Sumner and KOC Acquisitions to form KOC Gran Via, which sources and executes value-add and other commercial real estate transactions. 

Prior to forming Gran Via, Mark was a commercial real estate attorney for eight years with Jackson Walker, LLP, where he represented buyers, sellers, owners and tenants in the sale, leasing and development of every type of commercial real estate.  In 1999, he began a 13-year career as an executive officer in what ultimately grew to be $3.7 billion asset, NASDAQ-listed ViewPoint Bank/ViewPoint Financial Group (Member - Russell 2000), where his experience included overseeing the commercial real estate lending, residential mortgage, collections, investor relations, HR/training, facilities and legal divisions of the bank as well as the bank's title company subsidiary.  In 2012 he also served as Interim President and CEO of the bank and its public holding company after the retirement of the bank's long-time President.

While at the bank, Mark was charged in 2003 with creating the bank's commercial real estate lending division, which in nine years built a CRE loan portfolio of over $600 million that generated over one-third of the bank's total loan interest income.  Over those nine years the portfolio experienced a remarkable cumulative charge-off percentage of just 0.40% while also consistently being the bank's highest yielding portfolio.   He also handled all of the bank's real estate acquisitions and sales, including the purchase of an office headquarters building and the acquisition/leasing of the bank's new branch locations.

He has demonstrated his dedication to community service by serving six years as a Dallas City Council appointee on two different city commissions; sitting on the Dallas Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors; serving as Chairman of the Advisory Board for a $83 million, community development-oriented private equity fund; serving on the Board of Directors of the Spring Valley Athletic Association (SVAA); coaching youth sports and volunteering to mentor underprivileged Dallas ISD students.

Mark graduated from Texas A&M University in 1986 with a B.B.A. in Finance and from the University of Texas School of Law (with honors) in 1990.  He is also a Texas-licensed real estate broker.