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Mark and his wife Taylor reside in their East Dallas Ju-Nel home acquired in 2007 with daughters Sterling and Vaughn. Their favorite aspect of living in their Ju-Nel home is the massive openness of the common spaces and the expansive views of large trees and green garden space which bring the outside in and connect the home with nature.
Mark started his career in retail with MAY Department Stores (now Macy's) in St. Louis, MO. Working his way up through the organization to corporate buyer for MAY Merchandising Company, he learned the importance of serving the customer and the value of listening. Leaving MAY in St. Louis after 13 years for an opportunity with Fossil Group in Dallas, Mark held various executive positions as Vice President in sales, brand management, analytics and operations. After 17 years at Fossil Group, Mark joined Vissute real estate where he specializes in commercial investment sales and helping residential buyers & sellers achieve their real estate goals.
From a young age, Mark was influenced by his maternal grandfather, John D. Randall, son of prominent Chicago Civil Engineer Frank Randall. Frank authored History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago, long regarded as the definitive catalog of Chicago architecture. JDR, who was an architect and architectural historian, studied at the Illinois Institute of technology under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. As a staff architect for the Southern Illinois University campus at Edwardsville, he functioned as the university’s expert professional liaison to Gyo Obata and the HOK design team. He led the effort to acquire and curate the University's Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection. Later in life, he became an ardent historic preservationist and successfully championed efforts to preserve the Louis Sullivan Wainwright building in St. Louis MO and Sullivan’s Guaranty building in Buffalo NY. He authored and published A guide to significant Chicago architecture of 1872 to 1922 as well as History of the Building Development in Chicago and 100 Greatest Treasure of American Architecture, et al. The John D. Randall Papers collection can be found at the Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson & Burnham Art and Architecture Archive.
Mark's mother Darcy A. Randall carried on her Father's legacy with a Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright museum in Santa Barbara CA featuring a private collection of Sullivan and Wright documents, drawings and artifacts - some of which still remain in the family. While residing in Glencoe, a Chicago suburb, the Randall Family lived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Brigham House.
A deep passion for architecture and the works of Rowley and Wilson has led Mark to the work of identifying, authenticating and documenting every Ju-Nel home, with the ultimate goal of creating community, awareness and preservation.
