NAI Carolantic Realty Brokers Receive TCAR Frontier Awards

At the 2009 Triangle Commercial Association of Realtor’s Annual Frontier Awards, held March 12th, seven NAI Carolantic brokers were presented with awards including E. Stephen Stroud, SIOR, Chairman of the firm who was named the 2008 Realtor of the Year. The TCAR event, held at the Board of Realtor’s offices in Cary, was established to recognize deal makers and community leaders. The keynote address was given by Fred Day on the Outcome of the ULI/Triangle Reality Check and the festivities were emceed by ABC news anchor Steve Daniels.

The following awards were presented to NAI Carolantic brokers:

Trailblazer Awards
A new category for the Frontier Awards, James M. Barnes, SIOR and Ed Brown, SIOR, CCIM were two of only five recipients from a large brokerage firm to win this award recognizing broad-based, multi-disciplined production activity for the year.

Million Dollar Sales Club
James M. Barnes, SIOR, Ed Brown, SIOR, CCIM and E. Stephen Stroud, SIOR, were recognized for membership into TCAR's 2008 Million Dollar Sales Club. Entrance into the Million Dollar Sales Club was determined by a broker having had total sales in excess of $8,000,000.

Million Dollar Land Sales Club
E. Stephen Stroud, SIOR, Chairman of NAI Carolantic Realty, and William Kyle Greer were recognized for membership into TCAR's 2008 Million Dollar Land Sales Club. Entrance into this club was determined by two of three factors: $5 million or more, 10 or more transactions, and/or 200+ acres.

Million Dollar Office Leasing Club
Robin Roseberry Anders, SIOR was recognized for membership into TCAR's 2008 Million Dollar Office Leasing Club. Entrance into this club was determined by two of three factors: total leasing volume of $6 million or more, 15 or more transactions for the year and/or leases totaling a minimum of 125,000 rentable square feet.

Million Dollar Industrial Leasing Club
Three of NAI Carolantic's brokers: Ed Brown, SIOR, CCIM, Aldene 'Dee' Creech Osborne, SIOR and John Webster were recognized for membership into TCAR's 2008 Million Dollar Industrial Leasing Club. Entrance into this club was determined by two of three factors: total leasing volume of $3 million or more, 10 or more transactions for the year, and/or leases totaling a minimum of 100,000 rentable square feet.

NAI Carolantic’s Winning Team
 
NAI Carolantic Realty President, Jimmy Barnes, SIOR, and NAI Carolantic Realty broker, Kyle Greer, recently addressed an assemblage of commercial real estate professionals, students and legal representatives at a real estate symposium held at St. Augustine’s College, located on Oakwood Avenue in Raleigh, NC. The theme of the one-day symposium was “Commercial Real Estate: Land of Opportunity.” Sponsored by the statewide trade association, AAREPNC (African American Real Estate Professionals of North Carolina), the symposium is thought to be the first one of its kind held in the Triangle area. More information about the event and AAREPNC can be found at their website, www.aarepnc.com.
 
NAI Carolantic Realty’s President, Jimmy Barnes, SIOR, was recently appointed to serve a three-year term as part of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee.  In addition, he was named Vice Chair of the Economic Development Committee.  The overall mission of the Economic Development Committee is to market Wake County as the best place for business location, retention and expansion.
 
Congratulations to Kyle Greer and Kerry Saunders who were recently appointed to the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors Board of Directors.  They will serve on the Board for two years.