About Melissa
Melissa S. Warren, CCIM is a Senior Commercial Real Estate Advisor with Stirling in New Orleans, LA. She has provided clients with industrial, office, retail, and site-selection services since 2001.
On behalf of clients, Melissa conducts real estate investment, market, financial analysis and negotiates purchase and lease contracts. Over the years, she served numerous industrial, medical, and bioscience clients providing them with the services of industrial waterfront and shipyard disposition, industrial park and river terminal land acquisition, ground-up development, and asset disposition. She coordinates transaction due diligence, user decision analysis, and assists clients with planning and zoning matters. She represents financial institutions in the disposition of distressed commercial assets and excess branch disposition.
Ms. Warren’s organizational service includes founding Board Member and President of CREDA Gulf Coast Chapter (the Commercial Real Estate Development Association); National Board Member of CREDA; past Board Member and President of the NOMAR-CID (New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors – Commercial Investment Division); past Board Member of LACDB (the Louisiana Commercial Database), and Board Member of the LASPCA.
Commercial Real Estate professional affiliations include CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), CREDA (Commercial Real Estate Development Association), 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.
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.
