![]() ![]() In college, Larry was given the opportunity to intern with a local utility company who also awarded him a partial scholarship to study electrical engineering. Larry Jones has always wanted to be an engineer. Larry Jones, PE Associate | Senior Electrical Engineer John’s favorite quote is from Winston Churchill, “Success is not final failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue that counts,” because he believes that one is never finished in life and even if you fail, at least you tried. John has two kids, a son who who graduated from The University of North Texas with a degree in graphic design, and a daughter who works for Mothers Milk Bank of North Texas, a nonprofit that collects breastmilk from healthy, nursing mothers who have a surplus and is dispensed to premature and fragile infants without access to their mother’s own milk. He also volunteers for Skills USA, teaching high school-aged kids, who compete in local, state and national competitions, about land surveying. John is an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. “Cooking is very relaxing to me and I feel like I’m creating something good out of raw ingredients that may or may not taste good by themselves.” John’s favorite place to visit is New York City because he loves the different cultures, food, and architecture it has to offer. If he wasn’t a land surveyor, John would be a chef. Outside of work, John loves cooking, football and karaoke. In high school, John held the rank of Master in the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (World Chess Federation). He has provided field and office supervision on land surveying projects for public and privately funded projects, including the DFW Airport, City of Fort Worth, TXU Electric, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Trinity River Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, TxDOT, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Railtran, and Fort Worth Transportation Authority. Shortly after BHB added a surveying department, John joined the team and is now the head of the surveying department. Previously, John worked for a company that provided surveying services to BHB. John Margotta has been with BHB for over 20 years. Sign up to keep your eye on what’s new and next in Dallas-Fort Worth, every day.John Margotta, RPLS Vice President of Land Surveying It has a lot of hospitality and nice, vintage, upscale hotels, but there’s not enough apartments within downtown Fort Worth.”Ī total of 268 residential units will be offered between the two buildings, according to the DMN. “Holistically, it will be just this giant mixed-use community,” Bluelofts co-founder John Williams told the Dallas Business Journal, adding that “Fort Worth is known for excellent hotels. With both the Star-Telegram and Oil & Gas buildings being redeveloped by Bluelofts, they’re basically being considered as one big project. Two buildings will become one ‘giant mixed-use community’ It recently acquired the colorful 1950s-era 211 North Ervay building in downtown Dallas, which is also slated for residential conversion-a growing trend in both Dallas’ and Fort Worth’s downtown districts. Dallas-based Younger Partners handled the marketing for both sales. L to R: Ike Bams and John Williams, co-founders of Bluelofts Inc., and Kenneth Wolfe of Wolfe Investments Īs with the Oil & Gas building, Bluelofts’ acquisition was made with Plano-based Wolfe Investments as a partner. ![]()
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