New York-based real estate finance firm Cassin & Cassin has tapped former New York associate Tara Darling as the managing partner of the firm's nine-year-old Dallas office, and hired two associates as the firm focuses on rebuilding its north Texas office.

Darling, who joined Cassin & Cassin in 2019, said she moved to Dallas in late August, and was promoted to partner and office managing partner on Sept. 1. Firm chairman Joseph Cassin said the position has been vacant since former partner Courtney Bristow joined Jackson Walker in March as a partner in Dallas.