Wheeler wins award for Beaumont multifamily update

​​​​​​​BEAUMONT – The Beaumont Board of Realtors has announced that Wheeler Commercial was awarded the 2018 William C. Jennings Award by Texas Realtors at their annual Winter Meeting in Austin on Feb. 11.

The William C. Jennings Award, administered by the commercial division of Texas Realtors, recognizes the year’s most outstanding commercial transaction based on contribution to the community, the merit and creativity of the transaction, and the application of commercial real est​ate principles and practices. 

The winning transaction involved a run-down apartment complex in Beaumont that was transformed into a safe, updated property. This award marked the first time in its history that it was given to an entire firm.

The award is named after former Real Estate Center Advisory Committee Chairman William C. Jennings Sr. of Fort Worth. He served has chairman from 1990 to 1991. ​His son, W. Douglas​ Jennings, is the current Advisory Committee ​chairman.