Lynda Terreson
About Lynda
As a commercial real estate advisor with Stirling Properties in Daphne, Lynda represents Landlords and Tenants across the Gulf South, specializing in retail and office properties for national, regional, and local clients. Her experience includes the sale and leasing of freestanding, inline, and mixed-use commercial assets, with an emphasis on strategic growth, relationship-driven service, and long-term value creation.
Prior to transitioning into commercial real estate, Lynda built her career in Corporate Restaurant Marketing, partnering with both emerging award-winning Fast Casual concepts as well as some of the largest QSR brands in the industry. This background provides her with a unique understanding of franchise operations, consumer-driven real estate, site strategy, and brand expansion.
Lynda earned her Bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University, is an active member of ICSC, and is licensed in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
David Valletto
About David
David’s real estate career with Beck Partners began in 1989. Since that time, he has amassed an expansive knowledge base of the industry and gained extensive experience in all facets of leasing, sales, management and site selection. His experience in the construction business, prior to joining Beck Partners, has proven to be of tremendous benefit to both tenants and property owners in determining construction/renovation costs and design alternatives. Currently, David is a Senior Advisor with Stirling.
Whether local, regional or national, David’s clientele rely on his expertise and entrust their businesses to his knowledge and experience. Exceeding customers’ expectations is his primary business goal.
David has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Alabama.
Business Affiliations:
- University of Alabama Football Letterman & A-Club Member
- Licensed Real Estate Broker in Florida and Alabama
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Member
- Member of the N.W. Florida chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Member of both the Pensacola and National Associations of Realtors
Melissa S. Warren
About Melissa
Melissa S. Warren, CCIM is a Senior Commercial Real Estate Advisor and the New Orleans metropolitan market leader for Stirling. She has provided clients with commercial real estate advisory services since 2001. As a Senior Advisor with Stirling in New Orleans, LA, Ms. Warren focuses on industrial, office, and retail sales, leasing, and tenant and landlord representation.
On behalf of clients, Melissa conducted investment, market, financial analysis and negotiated purchase and lease contracts. She coordinates transaction due diligence, site selection services, and user decision analysis, and assists clients with planning and zoning matters. Additionally, Melissa has represented medical clients with medical retail and office site selection services. Before joining Stirling, she was the leasing agent for East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, LA. She has represented financial institutions in the disposition of distressed commercial assets and excess branch disposition. Over the years, she served numerous industrial and bioscience clients providing them with the services of site selection, market analysis, shipyard disposition, industrial park and river terminal land acquisition, ground-up development, and asset disposition.
Ms. Warren’s organizational service includes founding Board Member and Treasurer of the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association’s Gulf Coast Chapter; past Board Member and President of the NOMAR-CID (New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors – Commercial Investment Division); and past Board Member of LACDB (the Louisiana Commercial Database). Commercial Real Estate professional affiliations include CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), NOMAR-CID, NAIOP (the Commercial Real Estate Development Association), New Orleans CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women); WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association); and NAIOP (National Real Estate Development Association).
Melissa serves on the Board of the Louisiana SPCA, and volunteers with New Orleans City Park, and Habitat for Humanity.
Before joining Stirling, Ms. Warren was a senior real estate advisor for Grubb & Ellis/ Sawyer Commercial in Gulfport, MS. In 2006, she was designated a (CCIM) upon successfully passing the comprehensive final exam and passing the CCIM Institute’s panel judgment for the portfolio of qualifying industry experience.
After Hurricane Katrina, the mayor of Gulfport, MS selected Ms. Warren to co-chair the committee to rebuild Gulfport Harbor’s Jones Park where she helped spearhead fundraising, architectural charettes, and development designs for the rebuilding of the park.
Ms. Warren graduated from Mississippi State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She holds Louisiana and Mississippi real estate licenses.
Danny L. Watts
About Danny
Danny L. Watts is a Senior Advisor with Stirling’s commercial real estate team, working from the company’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, office. With more than 30 years of brokerage and advisory experience, Danny brings extensive knowledge of the commercial and industrial real estate markets.
He specializes in the sales and leasing of industrial, office, and special-use properties. His specific areas of focus include site selection, land brokerage—from small, single-tenant parcels to major developable sites, and property valuation.
One of Danny’s greatest strengths is helping his clients navigate the ever-changing landscape of commercial real estate and serves in an advisory role during transactions. He is fluent in the requisite studies, tests, reports, and coordination of the multiple third parties necessary to successfully steer a project through the final closing. He also has a thorough understanding of rezoning, land use, and entitlement issues.
Danny frequently serves as a consultant on large special-use commercial projects related to regulatory licensing, helping clients achieve required compliance issues and valuation. He was instrumental in the success of a 14-parish assignment across the State of Louisiana for a major landfill development project, and has worked with several additional developments, from solid waste disposal companies to operators of MSW to C&D landfills. He has also effectively advised clients on the changing highest and best use of troubled assets like the transition from special-use/restaurant assets to retail use.
Prior to joining Stirling, Danny served as a Senior Advisor with SVN | Graham, Langlois & Legendre commercial real estate firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU).
Gantt Wilkinson
About Gantt
Gantt serves as an Advisor in Stirling’s Daphne, Alabama office. His duties with Stirling include general brokerage, leasing, and investment analysis. He is also part of Stirling’s Hospitality Investment Sales team led by Manish Sthanki, CCIM.
During his time at Stirling, he has been involved in several retail, office, and industrial leasing projects and has brokered the disposition of multiple assets across various property types.
Before joining Stirling, Gantt worked with Harless and Co. in Tuscaloosa, AL as an assistant property manager for their portfolio of multi-family properties. Also, during his time at The University of Alabama, Gantt was a sales representative and merchandiser for Gulf Distributing, LLC out of their Birmingham and Mobile offices.
He was born and raised in Fairhope, AL, where he currently resides, and graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in Business Administration and Real Estate. He holds a real estate license in Alabama and is a member of ICSC and the Alabama CCIM Chapter.
Jack Williams
About Jack
Jack Williams began working in the real estate industry in the 1980’s. Then his family opened Rosie O’Grady’s, Inc., DBA Seville Quarter in 1988 and The District in 2018, where he became and remains the General Manager, putting his real estate career on hold. Jack also ran a referral company called Southern Referral and was the broker of that company for several years. Wanting to get back into real estate, he joined Beck Partners in 2015. He is currently a Stirling Advisor and is licensed in Real Estate in both Florida and Alabama.
Jack obtained a Finance Degree from Florida State University, Class of 1980. He is currently a member of the Pensacola Country Club, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the Pensacola Chamber. Jack has served as the President of the Rotary Club of Pensacola, Pensacola Sports Association and Leadership Pensacola. Jack was awarded the Emerging Leader PACE award and Volunteer of the year for both the Chamber and Pensacola sports. He is involved in numerous charities as well as active in other community events.
Business Affiliations
- Pensacola Chamber’s PACE Emerging Leader
- Pensacola Sports/Pensacola Chamber Volunteer of the year
- Leadership Pensacola alumnus of the year
- Paul Harris Fellow
- Lou Gregory award of PRA
- 1st Tee of Northwest Florida Board Member
