February 21, 2012
Marriott Charlotte City Center
11:30 am – 2:00 pm

Join us for the annual Deal Makers Awards Luncheon on February 21, as we recognize top brokers and developers in the commercial real estate industry. See who will win Top Producer Awards, 10-year pin recognition, and more! Don’t miss this opportunity to support your industry peers.

Event Emcee

Jon Morris

Jon Morris
Partner – Industrial Development
Beacon Partners
Jon has been employed with Beacon Partners since 1995 and has served in a variety of leasing, development and asset management roles.  Today, Jon oversees Beacon’s industrial development and acquisitions program and has asset management responsibilities for a number of key investments including Atando Business Park, 77 Overlook, 7600 Long Creek and International Corporate Center.  He has also completed well over one million square feet of development projects for Beacon.  He is a graduate of Davidson College, where he received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and German.

Program Information

Program Agenda
11:30 am – 12:00 pm – Registration/Networking
12:00 pm –  1:30 pm – Lunch/Awards Program

Registration Fees
Members – $40
Non-Members – $65

• To register online, click here.
• For a printable registration form, click here.

Questions?

If you have any questions about Deal Makers, please contact the CRCBR offices at 704-377-8982 or at info@crcbr.org.

We are holding a SiteIndex training course on Thursday, February 23rd from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the CRCBR offices, located at 1300 Baxter St., Ste. 360 (Midtown Centre building located at the intersection of Baxter St. and S. Kings Dr., opposite corner from Trader Joe’s).

In order to register, please sign into www.SiteIndexCharlotte.com click on the link ‘Sign up now for a training session.’ Classes are free but pre-registration is required.

Space is limited so sign up today.  If you have any questions, please contact the SiteIndex offices at 704-940-7381.

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.

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.

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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NC Revenue Collections Better Than Projected
Triangle Business Journal
It appears that revenue collection in North Carolina is doing better than expected.  Follow the link and see the collections metrics so far.
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2012/01/10/nc-revenue-collections-up.html

2012 to be Another Challenging Economic Year for NC
News & Observer
Economists believe that North Carolina’s economic recovery will continue to be slow, and possibly slower than the nation’s.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/01/04/1751508/nc-economic-outlook-gray.html

Marquee Signage May Become More Available
The Loop
The City of Charlotte is looking at revising the rules for marquee signage on buildings, making them more available.
http://rebiccharlotte.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/city-proposing-expanded-use-of-marquee-signage/

Changes to State Building Code Effective Dates
The Loop
Some changes have been made to the effective dates for building code effective dates in the state of North Carolina.
http://rebiccharlotte.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/state-building-code-effective-dates/

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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We want to hear what you’ve been up to. If you have any transactions, awards, promotions, or any other news, please send your information to us at thevoice@crcbr.org.

NAR is looking for information about your commercial market activity.  Your responses help inform members and markets about the direction of commercial markets, sales, pricing, and leasing activity. 

Please take a few moments to respond to the brief Commercial Real Estate Market Survey, covering 4th Quarter 2011 sales and leasing activity.  The survey takes about 5 minutes.  Your individual responses on these important issues will remain completely confidential. 

Please go to http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22EDSTTDJSN by January 20, 2012.  The results of this survey will be emailed to respondents in an advanced report before its official release.

If you have any questions, please contact NAR Research at (202) 383-1033.

Ligon Commercial Real Estate – Marla Sessoms and Aaron Ligon
SIMON Property Group, owner of SouthPark Mall and the Village at SouthPark, has leased a 8,197 square foot restaurant to City Tavern of Charlotte, NC.  The restaurant was formerly San Antonio’s Modern Mexican, and is located by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Container Store and McCormick & Schmick’s.  Marla Sessoms and Aaron Ligon of Ligon CRE were the brokers for the transaction.

CRCBR Executive Vice President, Theresa Salmen, (left) presents Kathleen Rose with the SiteIndex drawing iPad

Congratulations to Kathleen Rose of Rose & Associates Southeast Inc. for winning the SiteIndex iPad!
In December, the Charlotte CPE announced a rebranding and name change, to SiteIndex, in an effort to differentiate the Charlotte CPE from the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS®, and to market to a wider audience throughout the Charlotte region.  We announced that subscribers could log in to the new system for a chance to win a new iPad.  Our winner is Kathleen Rose of Rose & Associates Southeast Inc.  Congratulations, Kathleen!
 
Subscribers can continue to receive the same system, features, and benefits, including the Karnes report.  Your login and usability for the website will be the same – you just need to change your Internet bookmark to the new web address – www.SiteIndexCharlotte.com.  If you are currently not a subscriber to the system, but wish to learn more about the benefits of SiteIndex, please contact Emily Crespo at (704) 940-7381 or emily@crcbr.org, for more information.

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