Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS Blog

We are proud to introduce our new association members:

John S. Bowling, Meadows & Ohly, LLC
Kent P. Chambliss, Meadows & Ohly, LLC
Robert C. Crane, C Design Inc.
Jerry W. Fitzgerald, Fitzcomm Commercial Realty
Randy W. Hopkins, The Hopkins-McElhannon Group
Thom Klingman, AlfredWilliams & Company
Michael Laferte, Peak Communications, Inc.
Arthur W. McElhannon, The Hopkins – McElhanon Group, Inc.
Samantha Powell, AlfredWilliams & Company
Perry Quick, Fifth Third Bank
Tomasita L. Toney, Meadows & Ohly, LLC
Matthew Treble, Jones Lang LaSalle
Dwaine Whitley, The Hopkins-McElhannon Group, Inc.

To learn more about the members of CRCBR, visit our online directory at: http://www.crcbr.org/directory.cfm.

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Effective 2/29/12, North Carolina will be terminating the reciprocity system it has had with other states.   Effective 3/1/12, an out-of-state licensee (sometimes referred to in rules and regulations as “a foreign broker”) can obtain a North Carolina license by demonstrating that he/she has a license in good standing from their state and by passing the North Carolina specific portion of the real estate exam.  Also effective 3/1/12, the North Carolina real estate licensing exam will be comprised of two parts:  the national portion of the exam which tests on non-state specific topics common in real estate and a North Carolina specific portion, which covers license law, state statutes and typical practices. Nonresident licensees will to continue to renew their nonresident North Carolina licenses without additional requirements.

South Carolina has informed North Carolina that they will honor fully completed requests for reciprocity until 2/29/12.  SC nonresident licensees will receive renewal notices in the spring, renewing as they have in the past without any additional requirements.  Effective 3/1/12, any agent in North Carolina wishing to apply for a SC  license will need  to take the SC  portion of the state exam in order to obtain South Carolina nonresident license.

This process is the most common manner in which states are licensing nonresident licensees.

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Congratulations to the following CRCBR members on their recent achievements:

Beacon Partners Grows Industrial Portfolio
Beacon Partners recently closed on the two million square foot purchase of four Charlotte business parks:  Century Place, Commerce Park, Granite Distribution Center and Carowinds Distribution Center. The deal closed in two separate December transactions.  The +100,000 square foot Century Place (formerly Ameron #3) project closed on December 7, 2011.  The building sits directly across North Graham Street from the one million square foot Atando Business Park and less than one mile south of I-85.  Beacon’s project leasing agent, Tim Robertson says, “Century Place provides a terrific complement to our northern industrial portfolio and will give our customer base an expanded ability to grow within the Interchange Submarket.”

The bulk of the purchase was comprised of the remaining three projects in the Southwest Submarket, totaling approximately 1.9 million square feet, which closed December 29, 2011.

The acquisition brings Beacon Partners’ industrial portfolio to over five million square feet throughout the Carolinas.  “We are very pleased to close out 2011 on such a positive note.  This acquisition provides a great springboard for Beacon as we aggressively seek to expand our industrial and office presence in North and South Carolina,” says industrial partner, Jon Morris.

Percival McGuire Commercial Real Estate – Joey Godbold and C. Robert Percival
The former Mid-America Cedar facility consisting of 4 buildings and 6 acres of land located at 3700 Smith Farm Rd. in Stalling, NC has sold to VSTRA International Corp. The site will serve as the U.S. headquarters for Mighty Paintball, a designer, manufacturer/importer of equipment and systems for the paintball gallery industry.  Mr. Joey Godbold and Mr. C. Robert Percival of Percival McGuire Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Mid-America Cedar.

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Congratulations to the following CRCBR members on their recent achievements:

Charlotte Metro Credit Union – Deane True
Deane True of Charlotte Metro Credit Union recently closed a $2M refinance for a CRE investment holding company in Cornelius, NC for a multi-unit neighborhood shopping center.

Cornerstone Property Advisors – Charles S. Neil, CCIM
Charles S. Neil, CCIM, of Cornerstone Property Advisors represented Al’s Pizza in leasing 4,000 square feet at Parktown Village.  Al’s Pizza is based out of Jacksonville, FL and this is the first out-of-state franchised location for the company.  Cornerstone also recently represented Jump Sky High which recently opened in 40,000 square feet at 601 N. Polk Street in Pineville.

Zach McLaren

Mohr Partners, Inc. – Zach McLaren
Mohr Partners, Inc. is pleased to announce that Zach McLaren has joined the firm’s Charlotte, NC office.  He will be specializing in office tenant representation in the Charlotte Region.  Prior to joining Mohr Partners, McLaren worked at TheraSim, Inc. in Durham, NC as a Client Services Project Manager & Instructional Designer where he led the client project services team.

“We are excited to have Zach coming on board,” said Keith Bell, Managing Partner for Mohr Partners in Charlotte.  “Zach will be a great fit as we work to grow our office tenant representation services in the Charlotte market.”

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