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t m c » p u l s e | a u g u s t 2 0 1 4 22 t m c » p u l s e | a u g u s t 2 0 1 4 Q | What brought you to Houston? A | I grew up in San Antonio and had visited Houston on numerous occasions, and I was impressed with its activity and growth. I envisioned a great future for this young city and for those who were part of it to grow and experience the many opportunities it would foster for learning and succeeding. After graduating from Texas A&M with a Mechanical Engineering degree, I moved to Houston and went to work for Texaco as a sales engineer and traveled all over the area. During that time, I sat across a desk from their in-house real estate man- ager and observed him making real estate deals. I saw how negotiations happened and, while it looked INdUSTry SPOTLIGHT challenging, it was obvious that it required hard work, persistence and creativity. And, most importantly, it looked like fun. I knew nothing about real estate, but became fascinated with it and took every course, attended every class, read everything I could while lis- tening and learning from anyone in the business. After five years I left Texaco and jumped in the middle of commercial real estate, ultimately joining Weingarten Realty's team in its formative years, and in 1985 I estab- lished Wulfe & Co. Q | Describe the city at that time. A | The population in 1955 was about 600,000 and growing. It was the largest city in the state, but it was Ed wulfE, CHairMan and Ceo oF CoMMerCiaL reaL eState brokerage, deveLopMent and ManageMent FirM wuLFe & Co., SHareS a Look baCk at HouSton'S CoMMerCiaL growtH and How tHe texaS MediCaL Center iS poSitioned to HeLp SHape tHe City'S Future.