Commercial Real Estate Council honors two Little Rock real estate legends
March 9-15, 2026
Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock (CREC MLR) will honor Tom Ferstl and Mark Saviers with the Legend award for their legacy of commercial real estate accomplishments and inspiring achievements in metro Little Rock at the 8th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards on Thursday, March 12, at 5:00 p.m. at the Little Rock Junior League Headquarters Building, 401 S Scott Street.
Tom Ferstl
Tom M. Ferstl has spent more than six decades shaping the real estate valuation profession in Arkansas. Born April 19, 1939, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, he built his career on education, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Mr. Ferstl earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1967, his MBA from Northwestern University in 1968, and his Juris Doctor from UA Little Rock in 1972. His professional career included leadership roles as Vice President and Manager of Republic Mortgage Company and as Chief Appraiser for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation before founding his own ventures, including Ferstl Enterprises and Affiliated Appraisers of Arkansas.
In 1967, Tom Ferstl founded what would become Ferstl Valuation Services with a simple but powerful goal: to provide reliable, trustworthy, and certified real estate appraisal services. In 2000, his son, J.T. Ferstl, joined the company. The father-son partnership established a legacy rooted in loyalty, respect, and pride in their work. Today, the firm stands as one of the oldest and largest full-service appraisal companies in Arkansas, known for tackling complex assignments and serving as trusted advisors across the region. Mr. Ferstl’s distinguished career includes numerous professional honors, reflecting a lifetime dedicated not only to business success, but to strengthening the profession for future generations.
Mark Saviers
Mark Saviers is one of the founders of Tempus Realty Partners. He has served as General Partner of Asset Strategies of Tempus since inception in 2016. Mark has 43 years of experience in developing, leasing, and acquiring office buildings, business parks, data centers, warehouses, and corporate headquarters/campuses. His extensive work in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Illinois with the Trammell Crow Company Myers and Crow & Saviers, Ltd., included acquiring and managing Westlake Corporate Park in west Little Rock, at that time a campus of six office buildings and about 30 acres of to-be-developed land. On one of those land parcels, Mark led the team to develop a build-to-suit office building for Aegon Transamerica.
Mark is one of three co-founders and a current board member of Cushman & Wakefield/Sage Partners, a commercial real estate firm with offices in Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock. He is the author of the book Flipped, which tells the story of how God helped his brother-in-law and partner of Sage, Tommy Van Zandt, survive and thrive after a tragic accident in 2009, and how faith, family, friends, and community came together to create triumph over tragedy. Mark is married to his high school sweetheart, Vicki, and they are proud parents of two grown sons, Marshall (married to Beth) and John Mark (married to Melissa) and grandparents to four grandchildren. He enjoys fishing, hunting, and traveling with family and friends.
Past recipients of this award include Dickson Flake, Jimmy Moses, James Hathaway, Gus Vratsinas, Rick Ashley, John Flake, and Timothy Grooms.
Tickets are available at crecmlr.org/events. For more information contact info@crecmlr.org or 501.291.2210.
CREC MLR supports and promotes all aspects of commercial real estate. Groups, individuals, and companies representing development, property management, finance, construction, and other industries work together to facilitate engagement, education, and networking in commercial real estate in the metro Little Rock area.
1. Tom Ferstl
2. Mark Saviers
