Commercial Spotlight
May 29, 2008

 

 
UPCOMING EDUCATION
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Commercial Spotlight 2008 was a Huge Success!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Commercial Spotlight.  Held May 29^th at EpiCentre, the event showcased 35 exhibiting companies and brought in over 230 attendees.
 
Please see the list of exhibiting companies below to learn more about them and what they do.  PLUS - take a look at the onsite photos!
 

Would you like to host next year's Commercial Spotlight?  
Please email space specs to Lori Harrison at lori@crcbr.org.
 

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2008 COMMERCIAL SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITORS

Alpha Commercial Real Estate

ARCADIS
ARCADIS, a multi-disciplinary architectural and engineering design firm will feature a slideshow displaying its projects and capabilities. An established global company, with regional focus and expertise in land planning, architecture, interiors, surveying, and civil engineering. ARCADIS employees are available to answer any questions.

Beacon Partners
Beacon Partners is currently developing four, office/warehouse commercial subdivision projects throughout the Charlotte region, including Mooresville, Rock Hill and Concord.  Space, ranging from 14,000 - 150,000 square feet, is available for sale or lease at 77 Overlook, LakeField Corporate Center, SouthCross Corporate Center and International Corporate Center.

Bissell Patrick, LLC
Bissell Patrick, a major regional influence in commercial real estate transactions and consulting services presents two Master-Planned Office Parks:  Providence Park at Providence & I-485 and The Airport Center off Billy Graham Parkway as well as Sykes Industrial Park West, a Class A Distribution Project with two speculative 40' clear buildings.

Carlson Real Estate Company
Carlson Real Estate Company is dedicated to developing long-term relationships by operating with caring and integrity, and providing innovative and accommodating solutions.  It currently owns 1.3 million square feet in Charlotte and is seeking additional land and value-add acquisitions.

Carolina Business Interiors

CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

Charlotte Region Commercial Property Exchange
This website is designed with brokers in mind, in order to assist them in sharing their listings to a broader audience (www.charlottecpe.com) via search engines and broadcast emails.  The Commercial Property Exchange for the Greater Charlotte Area covers counties in both North Carolina (Alexander, Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, and Union) and South Carolina (Chester, Lancaster, and York.)  We feature Office, Industrial, Retail, and Land Listings that are both for Sale and/or for lease.  With local technical support, CRCPE is a key tool used for marketing your properties and searching for others, marketing yourself and finding brokers by specialty easily and effectively.

Childress Klein Properties
Childress Klein Properties has developed a flexible warehouse/manufacturing facility in Forsyth County, North Carolina.  It is located in Union Cross Business Park, adjacent to US 311, near I-40.  The building is 304,200 square feet and is expandable to 340,200 square feet.  Built as a single loading building, it offers the additional flexibility of conversion to a cross dock facility.  This flexibility and extensive use of glass, allow the facility to double as a regional headquarters, and manufacturing or distribution facility.

Choate Interior Construction
Choate Construction Company was founded in 1989, based on the philosophy of excellence over volume.  Over the last 19 years, this philosophy has helped the company to grow to more than $740 million in volume in 2007.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Choate operates offices in Savannah, Georgia; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina.  The firm concentrates in the general construction, construction management and design-build of interior, corporate, retail, institutional, automotive, biomedical, industrial, healthcare, hospitality, senior living spaces and waste-water treatment.

Classroom Central
Since Classroom Central's inception in 2002, it has served the education and creative needs of the children of Greater Charlotte by providing students with donated merchandise through a free store for teachers.  In its first five years, Classroom Central served 126 schools, more than 6,482 teachers and 86,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and surrounding districts and distributed more than $12 million in free school supplies.  Classroom Central's mission is to equip students to effectively learn through the collection and distribution of free school supplies. For more information, visit http://www.classroomcentral.org.

Colliers Pinkard
KBS Realty Advisors is one of the nation's leading commercial property owners with over 18 million square feet of space under management distributed throughout 110 properties in major markets. Crossroads Distribution Center IV, is a new acquisition for KBS in the Charlotte region and offers 152,000 SF of 30' clear height, in either cross dock or front load configuration.

Cox & Schepp Construction, Inc.
Cox Schepp is North Carolina's 11th largest general contractor with expertise in green building, commercial, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, corporate interiors, restaurants and historic restorations. We provide construction services to a diverse clientele, including national development firms, retailers, international industrial firms, financial institutions, transportation firms and individual real estate investors and owners.

D.S.S. Corporation
DSS is a general contractor which provides commercial construction services geared to meet the specific needs of developers, tenants and commercial real estate professionals in the Charlotte-metro area.  For the past 10 years we have been specializing in interior corporate office, industrial, medical and flex projects. 

ECS Carolinas, LLP
ECS utilizes GPR as a non-destructive geophysical method.  While around for many years, recent advances have made it possible for the professional to effectively apply GPR to many different tasks. Please contact your local ECS office for additional information.

Edifice, Inc.
Currently celebrating 30 years in business, Edifice was established in 1978 in Charlotte, North Carolina specializing in construction. Today they have become a leader in commercial construction in the Southeast.  They have a diverse portfolio in the civic, education, religious, industrial, medical, entertainment, office, retail and multi-family markets.

Geological Resources, Inc.

Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain and protect customers' mission-critical IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. Hosted Solutions operates SAS 70 Certified facilities in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete managed services portfolio. For more information please visit www.hostedsolutions.com.

Insite Properties, LLC
Insite Properties, LLC is a commercial real estate firm specializing in development, acquisition, and brokerage. The firm's objective is to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We react to the observed needs of our focus markets and strive to provide a solution when an opportunity is presented. Insite Properties is headquartered in Charlotte, NC with an additional office in Charlottesville, VA. Our focus markets include cities in NC, SC, and VA.

J.F. Schultze Construction
J.F. Schultze Construction is one of the premier commercial general contractors in the Carolinas.  Focusing on office, medical office, industrial, mixed-use, retail and entertainment type projects, Schultze delivers an unparallel level of service to its developers and end users.  Please call Robby Lowe for an introduction to J.F. Schultze Construction today at 704-295-0469.

Keystone Partners, LLC
Keystone Partners is a commercial real estate firm which offers regional and national office and industrial tenant representation, third party office and industrial leasing, sales, and management, as well as construction management. Keystone leases and manages the park for Windsor at Greylyn, LLC of Boston, MA.  Greylyn is a 652,000 flex, retail, and industrial park located  in Southeast Charlotte.

Kirco Realty Services Group, LLC
KIRCO offers a full line of acquisition, development, construction, asset and property services management, brokerage, finance or consulting services.  We provide premier development services to customers, in addition to creating properties for our own portfolio. KIRCO provides our customers a unique "ownership" culture for project planning, site selection, feasibility studies, design, financial modeling, permitting, and tenant relocation activities.

Lauth Property Group
Since 1977, Lauth has been building facilities for clients to lease or own throughout the United States. Lauth's years of solid experience, coupled with completed projects worth billions, make it a leading national development and construction firm. Lauth delivers virtually any type of facility including healthcare, industrial, office, and retail from offices nationwide.  Office and Industrial projects currently underway in the Southeast Region include two new distribution buildings in North Pointe Industrial Park near the Port of Charleston, EdgeWater Corporate Center, a 90-acre master-planned Class A office park in Fort Mill, SC and NASCAR Plaza, a 20-story, world class office tower in downtown Charlotte.

Meadows Office Furniture Co.
Meadows Office Furniture Co. has offered our clients professional quality services for 41 years.  We offer sustainable and adaptable interior solutions through movable wall, raised access flooring, and office furnishings.  Our core values of respect, experience, service, and flexibility have enabled us to build an extraordinary company.

Merrifield Partners
1927 South Tryon - The 82,000 s.f. office condominium project is under construction at the corner of S. Tryon and Doggett Street. The project will be a Leed Certified Green building and offer the ability to own office space in the very sought after SouthEnd market. The building will offer excellent views of Downtown and offer space available from 2,500 s.f. up to 27,000 s.f.  Contact:  Mark Newell at 704-561-5243.

Orexco 1031 Exchange / The Title Company of North Carolina
Old Republic Exchange Company (OREXCO) specializes in serving as Qualified Intermediary in 1031 exchanges.  The Title Company of North Carolina (TCNC) provides title insurance and escrow services.

OREXCO and TCNC are sister companies, both committed to providing fast, high quality service to their clients.  Our offices are located uptown in the Hearst Tower.  OREXCO can be reached at 704-333-0308 and TCNC at 704-342-4278.

Patterson Pope
At Patterson Pope, we take the complicated and make it simple. Your records, your stuff, your space, all simplified. If it's in your organization and you can touch it, we help you store it, track it and retrieve it using less space and time than you ever thought possible. 

Polaris Properties of the Carolinas, Inc.

R. B. Pharr & Associates, PA
CRCBR members trust R.B. Pharr & Associates, P.A. with their land surveying and mapping requirements.   RBP&A is focused on providing their clients with accurate, precise and dependable surveys. The firm has five offices in North and South Carolina strategically located in downtown Charlotte, Cornelius, Gastonia, Indian Trail; and in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Red Rock Developments
RED ROCK DEVELOPMENTS is made-up of an aggressive, seasoned team that combines over 75 years of experience and 10 million square feet of commercial development and construction experience. The company's focus is build-to-suit lease transactions, project development services, land and park developments, speculative buildings, and portfolio acquisitions throughout the country with an emphasis in the Southeast.  Our core property types are office, manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, and retail.  We never lose sight of the fact that the most important project is the current one! RED ROCK DEVELOPMENTS is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina with a regional office in Charlotte, North Carolina and other regional offices opening in the near future.

RREEF
RREEF is a full-service real estate investment manager which manages approximately $36.7 billion in pension fund real estate investments for 469 corporate, public and international clients. Its activities include acquisition, portfolio management, property leasing & management and disposition. Headquartered in San Francisco, RREEF has 78 offices nationwide with a local office located in SouthPark.

Spectrum Properties, Inc.
Spectrum Properties leasing and management portfolio includes over 4.6 million square feet of office, industrial and residential property in the Carolinas, and we have development expertise in office, multifamily (both for rent and for sale), and mixed use product types. All new projects are LEED certified, and we employ "smart growth" principles to all our projects.

Taylor Wiseman & Taylor
Taylor Wiseman & Taylor is a professional services firm that has experience in civil engineering, land development engineering, land surveying, SUE and planning.  Since 1901, we have demonstrated the ability to apply our experience and expertise to a wide variety of projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

The Bissell Companies, Inc.
The Bissell Companies is the corporate parent for the Bissell Family of Companies and is headquartered in the Chandler Building in the Ballantyne Corporate Park. H.C. "Smoky" Bissell is the Chairman and Edward L. "Ned" Curran is the President.  Utilizing "Best Practices", the Bissell Family of Companies maintain an intense commitment to delivering the highest level of quality, personal service to its customers.

The Nichols Company
The Nichols Company, Inc. has been a leader in the growth and revitalization of the greater Charlotte community for the past decade. Our brokers have unparalleled knowledge of the local commercial real estate market with a focus on the city-center and its three mile radius, including corridor redevelopment, adaptive reuse of existing buildings, and expertise in change-of-use zoning and permitting.

Trinity Partners
Trinity Partners, LLC consists of 40 real estate professionals, located in three offices, providing a comprehensive range of commercial real estate services for office and industrial users and owners in Charlotte, and throughout North and South Carolina. We focus on offering sophisticated project leasing, tenant representation, property and asset management, industrial brokerage, project management, and investment property sales services. Clients range from small and large users of office and industrial space to large institutions, including many of the country's largest office and industrial institutional real estate owners.

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Spring 2008 education courses are scheduled through June 6.  Below is the list of the classes being offered, along with the scheduled dates.

Electives |  Ethics  |  Gold Passport

Electives

1031 Tax-Free Exchanges: The Nuts & Bolts, Course #2250 - (CE Approved)
This course will provide an overview of 1031 exchanges including "warehousing" and parking exchanges, discuss the paper trail for a qualified intermediary transaction, review tax issues, considerations for partnerships and recent development updates.
June 6, 2008 — 8:30am - 12:30pm  (Speaker: Carol Hayden)
• To register for classes online, Click Here.
• For a printable registration form, Click Here.

NOTE: Class will be held at the Marriott Executive Park, 5700 West Park Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217.  For detailed directions, call the Marriott at 704-527-9650.

ETHICS WILL BE DUE AGAIN ON DECEMBER 31, 2008!
To satisfy NAR requirements, all REALTOR® members of CRCBR must take an ethics class before December 31, 2008.  If you have taken an ethics class since January 1, 2005, you are exempt from taking the class.  However, if you last took the ethics class in 2004 or earlier, you MUST take an ethics class to continue CRCBR membership.

Anyone who has taken an ethics class not sponsored by CRCBR must fax, email, or mail a copy of their Certificate of Completion to Emily Crespo.  An online ethics course is available, but does not count as CE credit.  Brokers-in-charge are encouraged to take the online course in order to prevent attending a third class during the licensing year.  For online instruction, Click Here.  If you have any questions about the ethics requirement, please contact CRCBR.

Ethics

ONLINE ETHICS TRAINING
There are two online ethics training courses available on www.REALTOR.org.  Each course meets the specific criteria and learning objectives required for either new REALTORS® or existing REALTORS® as established in the Statements of Professional Standards Policy #47 - New Member Orientation Program, and #48 - Quadrennial REALTOR® Ethics Training found in the NAR Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual.  These courses do not count as an elective for your license.

For more information and access to each course, use the links below. You must be a registered REALTOR.org user with an ID and password to access the following links. You may need to wait one hour before access the course if you just registered for REALTOR.org.

New Member Code of Ethics Orientation: Course for new REALTORS®.
Quadrennial REALTOR® Ethics Training: Course for existing REALTORS®.

Instructions on Taking the FREE Online Ethics Training
For step-by-step instructions on how to take the free online ethics training classes, Click Here.

Questions
If you have any questions about online ethics training,  please contact the CRCBR offices at info@crcbr.org.

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Gold Passport

GOLD PASSPORT
CRCBR has a fast, easy, and affordable way for you to keep up with your continuing education requirements, and to stay abreast of what's going on within commercial real estate.  It's called the Gold Passport and it's your ticket to incredible value and outstanding education!

Benefits
Gold Passport takes $20 off the already discounted member price for two CE courses.  You can use your Gold Passport anytime between the time you purchase it and December 31, 2008.  Pay no rescheduling fees if CRCBR is notified by 12:00 pm the business day prior to the class date.  Pay for your continuing education once, and schedule classes at your convenience.  Gold Passport entitles you to eight hours of continuing education credits.  Please Note:  Gold Passport holders cannot register online for classes.  All registrations must be done via fax or mailed in.

Gold Passport Policies & Restrictions
• The Gold Passport is available to REALTOR® members only.
• Passport valid from the date of purchase through December 31, 2008.  (Please note that Gold Passport is based on the calendar year, not the Real Estate Commission license year.) 
• Passport not valid for the Commercial Certificate Program (CCP) CoreConcepts Level 100 Series. 
• Passport not valid for CRCBR on-line continuing educations classes.

Cost
The cost of the Gold Passport is $110.  To purchase a Gold Passport, please check the appropriate box on the print registration form.

• For a printable registration form, Click Here.

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ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION
Online continuing education classes are now being offered. Online education makes it more convenient for you to get the knowledge and credits you need without disrupting your schedule.

Listing Properties Online Course
This course introduces concepts critical to successfully listing properties. As students learn new concepts and key formulas, they are given an opportunity to apply them through the problems presented in the case studies.
• Class registration fee: $65
• To register for classes online, Click Here.
   (once the REcampus page opens, select "Continuing Education" from the "Real Estate"
     scroll-down menu options)

Understanding Investments Online Course
This course introduces concepts critical to successfully working with investment properties and clients. As students learn new concepts and key formulas, they are given an opportunity to apply them through the problems presented in the case studies.
• Class registration fee: $65
• To register for classes online, Click Here.
   (once the REcampus page opens, select "Continuing Education" from the "Real Estate"
     scroll-down menu options)

Questions
If you have any questions about online education,  please contact the CRCBR offices at info@crcbr.org.

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Do you know about the REALTOR® Political Action Committee?
The North Carolina REALTORS® Political Action Committee (NC RPAC) is a non-partisan committee organized for the specific purpose of raising funds to support political candidates of all parties at the local, state and federal levels of government.  NC RPAC exists through the voluntary contributions of members, their spouses, and families of NCAR. NC RPAC was established by NCAR in recognition of the need to increase political activity and awareness among members, and to protect the interest of the real estate industry in the political arena.  You can be a large or small contributor to NC RPAC. However, we encourage every REALTOR® to give at least $25. NC RPAC contributes these funds to the campaigns of candidates at all levels of government. Of the contributions received, 30 percent of the funds are sent to the National RPAC and 70 percent stay in North Carolina to fund local and state candidates. Your voice is heard through the impact of your NC RPAC dollars.  We take great pride in the fact that NC RPAC consistently is the No. 1 business PAC in the state! It is essential that we are able to support the candidates that will fight for REALTOR® issues when elected. REALTORS® are under constant threat of sales tax on your commissions, higher taxes on your business, and increased real estate taxes. Your RPAC contributions are the key to our being able to make a difference in the Legislature.

CRCBR has kicked off its annual RPAC Campaign this month, and we ask that you consider contributing to this important organization! With the funds received, RPAC is able to assist us in local, state, and national issues that affect REALTORS®.

Directions for making an online contribution to NC RPAC
1. Go to www.ncrealtor.org
2. Sign in:
      UserID:  Email Address
      Password:  NRDS#
3. Put your mouse over the word RPAC
      a. A new list of links will appear
      b. Click:  Make a Contribution
4. You will then come to a page with a Contribution Disclosure
      a. Click "I have read the Disclosure" and "I agree"
      b. Choose the Board of REALTORS® that you would like to give credit (CRCBR)
      c. Click submit
5. Complete the online contribution form

If you do not know your NRDS#, email info@crcbr.org.  For further information on NC RPAC, or to mail in your contribution, please click HERE.

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