Taylor’s one-stop shop for property and land acquisitions
The recent grand opening of Taylor Professional Services and Corridor Title on what is being called Real Estate Row fulfills a two-year vision, according to the entrepreneurs behind the enterprise.
The strip, located in the 100 block of West Fourth Street, creates a one-stop shop for the local real estate industry, promoters said.
The Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce held a dual ribbon cutting Sept. 17 to highlight the last two pieces of the project — adding Taylor Professional Services and Corridor Title.
“We love the real estate participants here and we see that there’s just great opportunity here,” said Patrick Rose, founder of Corridor Title.
Corridor has eight offices in Texas.
“We’re built to last, and so when we put our roots somewhere, we’re going to stay,” he added.
The real estate businesses included along the south side of Fourth Street are:
• Pamela Pfeil, Realtor, EXP Realty, 123 W. Fourth St.
• Top Notch Properties/ Top Notch Mortgage, 119 W. Fourth St.
• Taylor Professional Center, 113 W. Fourth St.
• Metropolitan Development Group – The Ferguson Condominiums sales gallery, 109 W. Fourth St.
• Corridor Title, also at 109 W. Fourth St.
• Cornerstone Real Estate, 105 W. Fourth St.
Rose said he opened the Taylor branch in part because another Real Estate Row tenant, Pawel Hardej of Metropolitan Development Group, convinced him to come see what was happening in the Taylor market.
“I saw Taylor through metropolitan developments, Pawel Hardej’s eyes and I understood what was happening with the Ferguson, and I began to understand,” Rose said. The Ferguson is a luxury condominium planned for downtown Taylor.
“My colleagues and I are here to cut this ribbon and be a part of this community and ultimately roll up our sleeves and go to work and help be a part of the story,” Rose added.
Real Estate Row is the vision of Rick Pfeil, who owns Taylor Professional Center, a co-work space for industries involved with real estate including surveyors, contractors, architects and real estate agents.
The bright, airy space includes offices, cubicles, a conference room, a larger meeting area and media room and amenities including a printer, shredder, refrigerator and more.
“Another advantage is that we have mailboxes.
You would get a downtown Taylor address so you could use that when you list your business with Google,” Pfeil said.
“It just gives a little bit of a different feel if you’re a small business and you have an address in the downtown area versus some small businesses that start out at home and use their residential address.”
Pfeil owns the building that houses most of the real estate businesses along Fourth Street.
He said ownership gave him the freedom to be creative when designing a vision for the area, and with his wife Pamela Pfeil being a Realtor, a hub for Taylor’s growing number of real estate services would be a good use of the space.
Rick Pfeil renovated the building and started curating companies that fit the profile he was looking for, he added.
In addition to Real Estate Row and the Ferguson, business leaders note downtown is seeing gradual but renewed development including the city’s Justice Center at Second and Washburn streets, debuts of ventures such as Sweet Claw Ice Cream and Claw Machine Shop, the revamp of the Howard Theatre and the location of KRXT radio to the McCrory Timmerman Building.
The Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce held a rare dual-ribbon cutting earlier this month for two businesses opening on Taylor’s Real Estate Row on Fourth Street — Corridor Title and Taylor Professional Services. Photos by Edie Zuvanich
Rick Pfeil designed the interior of Taylor Professional Services and did much of the carpentry himself. The space is decorated with antique carpenter tools, tying into the theme of real estate businesses. It’s now part of Taylor’s Real Estate Row.
