John Amend
President, The Amend Group
Dallas, TX 75214
Phone (214) 621-6900
Property Types
Office
Markets
Austin, Dallas/Ft Worth, New York City
Bio
John T. Amend is founder and President of The Amend Group. Mr. Amend formed the organization in 1989 with the vision of creating a premier real estate services system to meet the changing needs of corporate clients. The Amend Group’s unique business model combines all the necessary elements and methodology (site selection, programming, design, estimating, scheduling, and construction, with overall project management) into an integrated and parallel process allowing for the proper determination of complex business decisions. By combining these services and modern delivery processes, the company’s clients are accustomed to significantly compressed project costs and schedules, while achieving higher than expected project quality.
Prior to forming The Amend Group, Mr. Amend served as a Certified Public Accountant with a national accounting firm, as the president of a finance company, and as a development partner with one of the world’s largest real estate companies. In 1983, Mr. Amend channeled his energy towards expanding the real estate services industry, overseeing the formation and growth of a Dallas corporate real estate services company.
Mr. Amend is regarded as a leader and innovator in the real estate industry. His experience and leadership are coupled with his vision of complete integration of workplace needs. Mr. Amend’s personal commitment to client satisfaction is a driving force behind the success of his company.
Mr. Amend has been involved in championing many causes, including the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, The North Texas Food Bank, the Gladney Center for Adoption, the Komen Race for the Cure, the Dallas Humane Society, the John Goodwin Tower Center Medal of Freedom, Young Life, Buckner Children’s Home, the Rise School of Dallas, the Children’s Cancer Fund of Dallas, the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, the National Book Festival, the Barbara Bush Celebration of Reading, the Texas Book Festival, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, the M.D. Anderson Board of Visitors, and the SMU Cox School of Business.
Mr. Amend graduated magna cum laude and received a degree in Accounting from The University of Texas.
Mr. Amend and his wife of 32 years, Teresa, reside in Dallas, Texas, and have three adult children: Amy, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School who is a General Surgery Resident at Baylor Hospital in Dallas; John William, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in finance; and David, an accomplished musician and songwriter, who attends college in Austin, Texas.
