HOUSTON Gerald D. Hines, the founder and chairman of the Hines real estate firm, died Sunday, according to his son Jeffrey C. Hines. Hines established his Houston-based company in 1957, which transformed local real estate and helped shape the Houston market. That belief led to him working with several well-known architects and reshaping the skylines of cities around the world, including Houston. Among his proudest accomplishments are the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston and the establishment of the Urban Land Institutes Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, the release said. The Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park on Post Oak Boulevard is named after the mogul.