AVISON YOUNG
Driving innovation in commercial real estate solutions and services
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Reggie Bell was working for a large real estate investment firm and Todd Justice was making his mark in the private equity world when the two met playing golf and realized their skills and experience were a great match. After their first venture together in 2008, they set out to build a full-service commercial real estate organization, employing experienced professionals in their industry to evolve and grow their business. The family of companies includes Avison Young, Southern Real Estate Management and RealOp Investments, a commercial real estate investment fund. Both Avison Young and Southern Real Estate Management are a result of a recent partnership with Charleston-based WRS Realty to merge existing entities and form the Greenville offices of both companies. The organization recently relocated to new offices at 300 E. Coffee Street in downtown Greenville. Kyle Putnam, CCIM, who joined in 2010, and most recently, Paul Sparks, are partners in the firm. Kyle holds a masters degree in Real Estate Development (MRED) from Clemson University, and was recently named one of Greenville’s Best & Brightest. Paul was previously the Executive Vice President and Senior Credit Executive for CertusBank and has personally underwritten and acquired over $2 billion in commercial and residential assets in his career. Other recent additions to the team are Chip Hunt, Asset Manager for RealOp, and Amy Wood, Vice President of Southeastern Management. Chip also holds a Masters Degree in Real Estate Development (MRED)
from Clemson University and most recently worked with Piedmont Office Realty Trust, the fourth largest office real estate investment trust in the United States. Amy Wood, CPM is Vice President for Southern Real Estate Management. Amy joins the team with an impressive portfolio of management experience in excess of 2M square feet. Avison Young is the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its principals. The company comprises 1,500 real estate professionals in 54 offices, providing value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties. Avison Young recently added team members Summer Johnson, John Odom, Larry Crain, Rob Howell, Charlie Timmons, John Saunders and Cort Nagle (not pictured).
300 East Coffee Street, Greenville www.avisonyoung.com | 864.334.4145
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