Keith Bell, a managing partner at Mohr Partners, is leaving the firm to join Cushman & Wakefield.
Bell, who specializes in tenant representation, says he couldn’t turn down the opportunity to join Cushman’s national platform as a senior vice president.
“That’s what really sparked my interest,” Bell says. “It’s a great platform and offers a lot of things that can bring value to my clients.”
Zach McLaren will also make the move from Mohr Partners to Cushman with Bell.
Scott Dumler…Keith Bell leaving Mohr Partners to join Cushman & Wakefield
Keith Bell, a managing partner at Mohr Partners, is leaving the firm to join Cushman & Wakefield.
Bell, who specializes in tenant representation, says he couldn’t turn down the opportunity to join Cushman’s national platform as a senior vice president.
“That’s what really sparked my interest,” Bell says. “It’s a great platform and offers a lot of things that can bring value to my clients.”
Zach McLaren will also make the move from Mohr Partners to Cushman with Bell.
Scott Dumler…
A Kansas company that combines extended-stay hotel rooms with apartments is planning to open four locations in the Charlotte market.
WaterWalk, based in Wichita, Kan., is planning to bring its concept to locations in University City, southwest Charlotte and the Ballantyne and Lake Norman areas. Launched last year by hotel veteran Jack DeBoer, who founded Residence Inn and Summerfield Suites, WaterWalk opened its first hotel-apartment combo development last year in Wichita.
The WaterWalk concept…
The Charlotte office of Thalhimer has joined CNL Commercial Real Estate.
Orlando-based CCRE is adding 29 employees from the Virginia-based firm, which lost its affiliation with Cushman & Wakefield in North Carolina due to Cushman’s acquisition by DTZ.
The addition brings CCRE’s headcount in Charlotte to 80, including 20 brokers, and it increases its leasing and management portfolio to approximately 24 million square feet, up from approximately 12 million. The Thalhimer group includes commercial…
PulteGroup Inc. is planning a single-family development on 73 acres off Tilley Morris Road, adjacent to a proposed mixed-use development by Crescent Communities.
The single-family development, called Kellmoor, would consist of 100 homes, according to real estate records. The site is across from Stonemeade Lane and stretches west from Tilley Morris to a 72-acre property on Providence Road where Crescent is planning to build a food-themed development called Crescent Providence Farm, which I wrote…
Crosland and Allen Tate broke ground on Tuesday on a six-story dual-branded hotel in SouthPark.
The Charlotte real estate firms are partnering with Chartwell Hospitality to develop the project, which will include a 160-room Hilton Garden Inn and a 110-room Homewood Suites. Located on a 3.65-acre site on the west side of Sharon Road, behind the Sharon Corners shopping center, the hotel is expected to open in late 2016.
Demolition of the Olde Towne Apartments, a 40-unit complex formerly on the site,…
The latest development planned near the Interstate 485 interchange at Providence Road will have a food theme, but nearby residents remain concerned about how much traffic they’ll have to digest as the area’s development boom continues.
Crescent Communities is planning a mixed-use development called Crescent Providence Farm on 72 acres next to the Waverly development on Providence Road. The Charlotte firm is seeking approval for a 180-room hotel, 30,000 square feet of commercial space and up…
CNL Commercial Real Estate, which has 50 local employees, has spun out of its parent company.
Investment management firm CNL Financial Group has agreed to a management-led buyout of the business by the partners of CNL Commercial Real Estate and their joint-venture investment partner, HQ Capital Real Estate.
The companies say that the separation allows CNL Financial to focus on its alternative investment platform and allows CNL Commercial Real Estate to continue to expand its corporate services,…
A rezoning request for a mixed-use project in midtown has been approved by Charlotte City Council, one week after the request was initially denied.
Last week, the rezoning request, which faced a protest petition, fell short of the nine votes required for it to pass. The developer of the proposed project, Goode Properties, agreed to reduce the maximum height of a building along South Kings Drive to 100 feet, and the council agreed to reconsider the rezoning application.
The maximum height recommended…
Starting Friday, many of Charlotte’s most active apartment developers will work together on a single-family project for a good cause.
A group of 11 companies are teaming up to build a house for Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte. Brian Natwick, president of Crescent Communities’ multifamily group and Habitat Charlotte’s board chair, recruited the organizations for the build in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in west Charlotte.
“We compete from time to time, but it’s great for us all to…
The owners of 400 South Tryon have started a $1.9 million lobby renovation at the uptown office tower and recently opened a new 4,000 square-foot fitness center.
Trinity Capital Advisors and DRA Advisors, which purchased the 33-story building last year for $61 million, started the renovation this month and the work is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The updated lobby will feature materials such as white polished stone, porcelain, and zebrawood, and gathering spaces will feature…