About
Professional Summary
I have experience in all aspects of industrial brokerage including: leasing, sales, build-to-suit, site acquisition, investment sales and consulting. I have been with Colliers since 1981 and have completed over 1,500 transactions in my career. I am an expert in the industrial market and am proud to have represented many national and international companies with their real estate needs in the greater Columbia market. I have also provided valuable consulting work, site acquisition and leasing services for many national developers including: Magnus Development Partners, Scannell Properties, Collett Industrial, Panatonni Development, Red Rock Development, Kirco and Miller Valentine Group.
I am inspired by the drive of my clients and customers to grow their businesses, create jobs and invest in our community. I enjoy the thrill of taking on the challenge to find real estate solutions for them to help them progress their business goals. My experience in Columbia gives me a solid platform to deliver solutions that enable these companies to grow.
Accomplishments
In 2020, my team closed an $185 million, 37-property, 5.5 million-square-foot investment sale as the largest single acquisition of commercial real estate properties to take place in South Carolina. For that transaction, we were awarded SIOR’s worldwide 2020 Top Industrial and Investment Transaction Awards. I am a Life Member of the Central Carolina REALTORS® Association Circle of Excellence. I received the CCRA Commercial Transaction of the Year Award four times. I was named the overall Top Producing Agent over ten times by CCRA. I have received CoStar Power Broker awards in industrial leasing and sales transactions every year since 2015 when they started covering the Columbia market. I have received numerous recognitions from Colliers | South Carolina for outstanding service. I have received the Walter M. Keenan Award as the company’s top producer seven times and am consistenly ranked as a Top 10 Producer. I have also received Colliers | South Carolina President’s Award.
I am a member of the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Everest Club, recognizing the top ten percent of all Colliers brokers in the U.S.
Education
I graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. I always wanted to be an entrepreneur and Colliers has allowed me to grow my platform of services as Colliers has stayed on the cutting edge of providing solutions to our clients and customers.
I began with Colliers immediately upon graduation from college and have been here ever since. When I chose industrial brokerage as a specialty, there was a void in the central South Carolina industrial market, and I knew that I could develop not only the Colliers industrial sector, but also work to develop Columbia’s industrial market into the thriving economy that is it today.
Memberships & Involvements
CCRA – Central Carolina REALTORS® Association
SCRA – South Carolina REALTORS® Association
NAR – National Association of REALTORS®
SIOR – Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®
SCEDA – South Carolina Economic Developers Association
CentralSC Committee of 100
I am past President of the Carolinas Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®. I am a former chair of the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Board and former board member of the Congaree Land Trust. I have previously served a three-year term on the City of Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals as Chair.
Services
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My Team
My Team
As part of the Colliers platform of services, I serve both tenants and landlords with their respective industrial needs. I assist tenants with comprehensive site selection, acquisitions and dispositions and lease negotiations. In addition, I offer similar services to institutional landlords, which include strategic planning, detailed reporting and market analysis, marketing and lease/sale negotiations. I work with an integral team and find that our teamwork is one of our biggest advantages in completing deals for our clients that exceed their expectations.
Working in industrial brokerage, I have the opportunity to see the vast progress of companies and help to play a part in a client’s business development. I find that, for me, success is finding the best possible outcome for a client within their constraints and knowing that I have brought significant value to their growth.
I specialize in leasing, user sales and investment sales of industrial properties.
Since a young age, I have had a profound interest in and exposure to commercial real estate. I have long found industrial brokerage to be intriguing because it serves as the foundation of many different types of businesses and processes. It is very rewarding to have the opportunity to play a role in the goals and progress of each of our clients as a trusted industrial services advisor.
I am a Senior Brokerage Associate in our Columbia office working with the industrial brokerage team of Chuck Salley, SIOR, Dave Mathews, SIOR and Thomas Beard, SIOR. I focus on and specialize in leasing, sales, build-to-suit projects, site acquisition and investment sales for investors, developers and tenants looking in central South Carolina.
Industrial brokerage offers a runway for creative thinking and problem solving for clients’ and customers’ needs. At the conclusion of a deal, we have not only assisted our clients in achieving their goals, but also assisted companies in maximizing their productivity and profitability in the same breath. In doing so, we get to play a role in growing businesses in our community and stimulating the local and regional economy. This is a reward that few other careers can offer.