Abel Design: Meet the Fast 100: Commercial real estate firm shifts focus amid the slump

A rapidly growing Woodlands-based commercial real estate firm is pivoting its focus as oil prices remain low. Cypressbrook Co., a commercial real estate development, brokerage and management company has grown in the past two years to include a branch devoted to design-build services. That fast-growing arm contributed to the company's first appearance on HBJ's Fast 100 List of fastest-growing Houston companies. "Last year, we were firing on all cylinders," said Michael Novelli, Cypressbrook's managing...