Dallas’ Pacific Elm Forms 3-O Real Estate With Ignite-Rebees Founders to Develop ‘Irreplicable’ Mixed-Use Destinations

Pacific Elm CEO Jonas Woods will helm the new venture, with Billy Prewitt stepping up to replace him at the company. Backed by veterans of placemaking, investment, and hospitality, 3-O is expected to oversee more than $4 billion in projects spanning Dallas, LA, and other major markets.

Pacific Elm Properties has launched a new real estate venture in partnership with three veterans of placemaking and hospitality. The Dallas-based firm has joined forces with Ignite-Rebees founders Tristan Simon, Mark Masinter, and Tom Paterson to form 3-O Real Estate Partners.

Jonas Woods is transitioning from his role as CEO of Pacific Elm Properties to lead 3-O Real Estate Partners as CEO. He’ll guide the new venture alongside Tristan Simon, Mark Masinter, and Tom Paterson—founders of Ignite-Rebees, known for their work in placemaking, experiential retail, and hospitality-driven property management.

Billy Prewitt, formerly chief investment officer at Pacific Elm, will succeed Woods as CEO of the firm.

“3-O is focused on developing one-of-one, enduring real estate projects that unite place, culture, and hospitality,” Woods said in a statement. “By combining our team’s large-scale development and investment expertise with a creative, hospitality-driven approach, we are uniquely positioned to create destinations of lasting cultural and financial value.”

3-O will develop and operate retail and mixed-use projects drawn from the combined portfolios of Pacific Elm and Ignite-Rebees. The firm said current projects are underway in Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Nashville, and Los Angeles. Across those markets, 3-O oversees more than $4 billion in development and manages over 2 million square feet of real estate.

The new firm is positioning itself as a vertically integrated developer, operator, and investor. According to 3-O, each destination is conceived to be “singular and irreplicable—anchored in its place, intentional in its cultural vision, and distinguished by proprietary hospitality-driven programming.”

Together, the principals behind 3-O bring decades of experience in real estate development, value-add operations, and hospitality. The team has collectively launched and operated multiple hospitality businesses, completed dozens of development and redevelopment projects, and executed more than $10 billion in real estate transactions across the U.S.


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