Business Briefs for January 5, 2006
Kyle Hoyt joins Berenyi
Kyle M. Hoyt has joined the Berenyi, Inc. comprehensive design team of architects, civil, industrial and structural engineers, and land planning, landscape and survey professionals.
Prior to joining Berenyi, Hoyt worked with Walter Phillips, Inc., a civil engineering design firm in Falls Church, VA, and designed roads, storm water systems, and land develop plans for residential construction developments and commercial sites.
Hoyt also worked with Shirley Contracting Inc., a heavy highway construction company located in Lorton, VA, where he was responsible for traffic control and safety around the Mixing Bowl Project, a multi-million dollar construction site at the intersection of I-95 and I-495, and for calculating construction bids on hundred million dollar infrastructure projects.
Hoyt graduated from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, with a B.S. degree in civil engineering.
"Berenyi has developed a thriving work environment that allows its professionals to be personally and professionally successful," said Hoyt.
Reid Davis closes deal
Reid Davis of Anchor Commercial Real Estate Services completed the lease for the Shoppes at Park West to Loop Pizza Grill.
Anchor Commercial joins global real estate alliance
Anchor Commercial, LLC has been selected as the representative of Corporate Facility Advisors - CORFAC International - in the greater Charleston commercial real estate marketplace.
The Daniel Island commercial real estate firm becomes the 151st office in a worldwide alliance coordinated by CORFAC International, an organization of leading, privately held entrepreneurial commercial real estate firms.
Anchor Commercial is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm, providing service in the office, industrial, retail and land sectors, as well as both property management and development. Principals of the firm, Robert H. Nuttall, Jr., SIOR, and R. Milton Thomas, III, CCIM, report the firm completed over 110 transactions totaling more than $27 million in 2005.
"We are proud to welcome Anchor Commercial to our expanding global real estate alliance," said Todd Payne, SIOR, president of CORFAC International. "Anchor Commercial brings outstanding talent, expertise and professionalism to CORFAC International and expands our organization in the growing South Carolina marketplace.
"This affiliation is a reflection of CORFAC’s commitment, both nationally and internationally, to consistently attracting the best firms to our growing partnership," said Payne.
According to Nuttall, "The high-quality firms that are already members of the CORFAC alliance are just one of the reasons we decided to become a part of this outstanding organization. Our partnership with CORFAC will allow Anchor Commercial to establish a regional, national and global presence, as well as to remain individual yet connected internationally.
"CORFAC will also provide our firm with valuable tools and relationships to better serve our clients. We truly look forward to this partnership," he said.
The addition of Anchor Commercial, along with the recent inclusion of Greenville-based Bentley Commercial, solidifies CORFAC’s presence in the Carolinas. Piedmont Properties of the Carolinas, Hagan Properties Inc., and the Lewis Group also represent CORFAC in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina, respectively.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, CORFAC is comprised of professionals proficient in a wide variety of services, including brokerage, investments, property management, development and support expertise. Partner firms of CORFAC are selected based on their professional integrity, industry leadership and high standards of quality, client service and market knowledge and performance. CORFAC boasts one of the highest percentages of brokers with designations in professional associations, including the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Certified Commercial Investment Members (CCIM), Counselors of Real Estate (CRE), the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and Certified Property Managers (CPM) of any national organization or firm.
Last year, CORFAC partner firms completed more than 13,400 commercial real estate transactions worldwide, encompassing over 400 million square feet and valued at $8.7 billion. CORFAC is ranked among the Top 25 Brokerages by National Real Estate Investor magazine based on the annual total value of leasing transactions and investment sales of its firms, among the Top 25 Commercial Real Estate brands in the Lipsey Company’s annual survey of commercial real estate professionals, and among the Top 50 Property Managers by Commercial Property News magazine based on the aggregate overall square footage managed by individual CORFAC firms.