Meeting/Event Information

Monthly Meeting

Speaker: Paul H. Layne,
Executive Vice President, Master Planned Communities
The Howard Hughes Corporation

Paul H. Layne is Executive Vice President of Master Planned Communities for The Howard Hughes Corporation. He is responsible for the master planned communities of The Woodlands and Bridgeland in Houston, Texas and Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more than 30 years, Mr. Layne has been a vital leader in Houston’s commercial real estate community as well as in national and international real estate.

Prior to joining The Howard Hughes Corporation, Mr. Layne was Executive Vice President at Brookfield Properties Corporation, leading the financial performance of a 9.7 million square-foot portfolio in Houston’s Central Business District.  He was responsible for all of the region’s activities including leasing, operations, property management, legal, accounting, development and construction, as well as Brookfield’s global partnership task force. 

Prior to Brookfield, Mr. Layne was President of Cullen Center and Executive Vice President at Trizec Properties, which was acquired by Brookfield in 2006.  At Trizec, Mr. Layne was responsible for 20 million square feet of space in the Southwest and California markets, leading over 300 employees. He was also involved with the acquisitions of key assets including the Sears Tower in Chicago, Metropolitan Square in St. Louis, Allen Center Complex in Houston and Bank of America in Los Angeles.

Before joining Trizec in 1994, Mr. Layne was Senior Vice President for the Horne Company for nine years, and Vice President and General Partner for Prime Asset Management, Inc. for five years.

Mr. Layne received a bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Houston and attended South Texas College of Law. He serves on the boards of the Houston Downtown Management District, the Central Houston Association, the University of St. Thomas, Houston’s Coalition for the Homeless, Houston’s Center for Hearing and Speech, University of Houston Graduate Real Estate Program and Lone Star College Foundation.

He also serves as a Trustee for the Scanlan Foundation, a moderator and advisory board member for the Houston Business Ethics Forum and the South Texas College of Law Real Estate Conference, and is a member of the Serra Club. He is President Emeritus of the Houston Downtown Management District Board and the Christian Community Service Center Board of Directors. Mr. Layne has been a speaker at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Business Ethics Conference, and serves on the development committee of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory High School.

May 15, 2014
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

McKesson
10101 Woodloch Forest Dr.
The Woodlands, TX 77380