The CRCBR covers 18 Charlotte-area counties. That’s a lot larger territory than the handful of counties, including Mecklenburg, on which Hensley said he focuses at Charlotte-based Piedmont Properties, where he’s a broker who specializes in industrial sites.
The need to care for her parents brought Wendy Richards from Colorado to Charlotte. She left the Rockies and, she said, a rockier real estate market
The smell of fresh wood. The sound of tractors moving earth. Holly Alexander, director of business development for Charlotte-based Concorde Construction, said she loves the signs that construction on a new building is under way.
Many companies shrank during the recession, but Park Avenue Properties has grown. A lot. Sales manager Jennifer Stoops said the number of properties managed by her team has skyrocketed 2,900 percent since 2007.
Matthew Brown's career has taken him from Prudential to Sotheby's to Charleston. But when Prudential came calling on Brown last year, he and his wife jumped at the chance to move back to Charlotte.
When a collision with a drunk driver in 1980 cut his racing career short, Bob Shlosser traded his helmet for a blazer and began a real estate business. Now, he’s owner of Charlotte Home Advisers.
After years of watching what he calls “decadence and disconnects” in the architecture business, Bobby Dinsmore abandoned the business and teaching to start his own company, The Masterbuilder Fellowship in Matthews.
After starting her real estate career with Re/Max, McAlpine started her own company, Cornelius-based McAlpine Properties. Now she juggles her business with preparations to have her first baby.
As owner of The McDevitt Agency, Shane McDevitt’s name is associated with high-profile Uptown Charlotte condominiums projects, like Skye and The Vue, which has made headlines as buyers try to cancel their contracts.
With no wheels, Charlotte-based broker Dennis Marsoun sells real estate in one neighborhood. Even without a car, Marsoun claims his business is going places. He talked with us about how he rolls – or doesn’t.