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Stirling Properties Welcomes Thomas Bryan to the New Orleans Team

Thomas BryanStirling Properties is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas Bryan to the Commercial Brokerage Division as Sales and Leasing Executive. Thomas will work from the company’s New Orleans, LA office located at 615 Baronne Street, Suite 100.

Mr. Bryan began his Commercial Real Estate career in 2007 and has since accrued a wealth of knowledge through leasing, sales and property management experience. He is currently responsible for the marketing and leasing of approximately 350,000 square feet of retail space. In addition to his retail landlord representation, Mr. Bryan has worked extensively with national, regional and local retail clients in a tenant representation capacity, including Lee Nail Spa, Alton Lane, Devon & Blakely, School of Rock, and MetroPCS to name a few.

Mr. Bryan is a native of Richmond, VA where he most recently worked as a Sales & Leasing Associate for CBRE. He is a graduate of the College of Charleston with a degree in Business Administration.

Mr. Bryan can be reached at 504-523-4481 or via email at tbryan@stirlingprop.com.

 

Stirling Properties Announces Most Recent Transactions in Alabama

Below is a list of Stirling Properties’ most recent closed transactions in the Alabama area. For more information on the individual transaction, please contact the Agent associated with that transaction.

MOBILE, ALABAMA

  • The building formerly utilized as El Chico Restaurant, located at 830 I-65 W. Service Road, has been leased to La Cocina Mexican Restaurant. La Cocina plans to open its second Mobile location in the 5,800 square-foot building this fall. Jeff Barnes of Stirling Properties handled the lease.
  • Amedisys Home Health of Mobile has recently relocated and expanded their offices at Mobile Office Park. They are now located in Suite 204 in Building 2, and occupy over 5,200 square-feet. Jill Meeks of Stirling Properties handled the relocation and expansion.

Stirling Properties is located in One St. Louis Centre, 1 St. Louis Street, Suite 4100 in Mobile. For more information regarding our services, please visit us at www.stirlingproperties.com.

August 26, 2015|Agents, Alabama, Blog, Commercial, Deals|

Stirling Properties’ Angela McArthur Secures Two Locations for Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Angela McArthurEarlier this month Angela McArthur, Broker Associate with Stirling Properties, closed on two locations for Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Florida.

Downtown Pensacola will be enjoying Five Guys this fall at 440 E Chase St next to Newk’s Eatery, who just recently redeveloped a former Wintzell’s. The second restaurant will be located at 4796 Highway 90, Suite 3, Pace, Florida and will open in the spring. The building is being developed by Trademark Properties of Pensacola and will break ground in the coming weeks.

For more information regarding these transactions contact Angela McArthur at 251-375-2481 or amcarthur@stirlingprop.com.

August 24, 2015|Agents, Blog, Commercial, Deals, Florida|

President’s Message: Reflection, Rebirth, Resiliency

President's Message

Next week, we will pause to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. From the shock, disbelief and uncertainty in the days, weeks and months that followed, Southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast have persevered. New Orleans has risen up from the brink of death to emerge, as it once had been, into one of the premier cities in the U.S. and the world. The publisher of Forbes called it “the greatest turnaround of our lifetime.”

New Orleans

Recently, I found a memo that I sent to our Stirling team on September 13, 2005 (just 2 weeks after Katrina and coincidentally just 11 days before Hurricane Rita devastated western Louisiana and Texas). While still living through the fog of the disaster and the uncertainty about what our future might hold, I marveled back then at the generosity, kindness and out pouring of support from people within Stirling and also from all over the country. It was truly an amazing expression of caring.

I wrote “It is my hope, that somehow someday, from the rubble of those buildings destroyed and the memory of people that were killed that something positive can happen for our future. Maybe, from that beginning, we can find ways to put aside our differences and to come together to achieve even greater heights.”

As I reflect back today, I am stunned by what has happened in the last 10 years — truly it is beyond anything I might have dared to imagine.

Our city and region have rebounded economically, culturally and in quality of life issues, with top rankings in tech job growth, brain gain, entrepreneurship, economic development and improved schools. GNO, Inc. sums it up in their K10 Top 10. The region is now positioned as a hub for science and technology, for water management and emerging environmental industries. The city’s medical corridor, called the BioDistrict, is anchored by the new, world-class $2 billion University Medical Center and VA Hospital. A new, world-class airport terminal will also open in 2018.

My hopes about putting aside our differences have similarly exceeded my dreams with our Super Region consisting of the 22 parishes of Greater New Orleans, Houma-Thibodaux and Greater Baton Rouge working together in an unprecedented manner for the common good.

Equally impressive has been what has happened within our company in those last 10 years. We have grown in size and strength. Amazingly, almost 150 new people have joined our team since then. Consider the projects we have undertaken just in the Greater New Orleans area since Katrina:

  • Acquisition of Pan American Life Center
  • Fremaux Town Center
  • Mid-City Market
  • Fresh Market Redevelopment on St. Charles Avenue
  • Multiple Walgreens, including the Walgreens on Magazine Street
  • River Chase Expansion
  • Magnolia Marketplace
  • Offices at Mid-City Market (under construction)

Since 2010, the investments just within the City of New Orleans totaled over $156 Million. In many ways, our latest development to have its grand opening, Magnolia Marketplace on South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, is a fitting story of the 10th Anniversary of Katrina. From literally an abandoned, blighted, crime-ridden housing project rose a center of business, jobs, revitalization and rebirth of a previously downtrodden area.

While we have come a long way and have much to be proud of, ten years is not the end of the race. We must and will work together to continue to build on the progress of the last decade.

But before we begin the work of the next ten years, I would like to take a moment to pause and reflect, to thank all of you who were so caring during the dark days and to those of you who have come together to help create the success we have achieved together.

August 19, 2015|Blog, Corporate, President's Message|

Coalition for Coastal Resilience and Economy (CCRE): Ecosystem Restoration Is Economic Development

As Chairman of the Coalition for Coastal Resilience and Economy (CCRE), I wanted to take a moment to introduce the coalition and give an update about the traction we’ve made in our first year. Launched in July 2014 by the economic development organization Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.), CCRE is a business-led coalition tasked with creating an educated, informed voice of advocacy for sustainable restoration efforts in Louisiana’s wetlands, rivers, deltas, and coastline. It is made up of non-partisan, Southeastern Louisiana business leaders that believe investing in smart restoration today will ensure continuing economic opportunities in the future. CCRE will advocate for policies that promote, protect and drive resources to Louisiana’s coast.

RESTORE Act Meeting - August 2014

RESTORE Act Meeting – August 2014

In the last year, CCRE members and I have participated in several unique coastal experiences, including seaplane and boat tours of Louisiana’s coastline, designed to increase awareness of the needs, opportunities and plans for coastal protection and restoration. We’ve met with government officials, including U.S. Congressman Steve Scalise, to collaborate and discuss the most effective ways to utilize RESTORE Act funds to revive and protect Louisiana’s wetlands and coastline. As we approach the Katrina Anniversary, coastal restoration and resilience is bound to be a part of the media coverage about the region’s recovery over the last ten years.  In fact, there was a terrific piece in the New York Times recently “How to Save a Sinking Coast: Katrina Created a Laboratory.” To ensure that the narrative around coastal issues is appropriately framed—furthering the region’s position as an international leader in resiliency and restoration—GNO, Inc., on behalf of the CCRE, is reaching proactively to media via coastal overflights, interviews and panel briefings. Also, GNO, Inc. Chairman Michael Hecht and I penned a Letter to the Editor and submitted it to the New York Times, providing additional context to the recent John Barry story, “Is New Orleans Safe?” Restoring the wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico coastline is arguably the region’s most pressing environmental and economic issue. With the coming influx of funding from the RESTORE Act and other oil spill-related settlements, CCRE has a unique opportunity to ensure the continued prosperity and sustainability of Southeast Louisiana. Now is the perfect time to implement smart, long-lasting solutions to improve the coastline, communities and economy. I am excited about the role the business community will play in this effort.

 

Stirling Properties Announces Latest Investment Sale in Mobile, Alabama

USPS Distribution Center

Stirling Properties’ agents Justin Toomey and Andrew Dickman recently completed the sale of a 100,000 square-foot United States Postal Service facility in Mobile, Alabama. The industrial distribution warehouse, located at 4538 Shipyard Road, was sold for $3.1 Million on Friday, July 31, 2015. Justin and Andrew represented the seller, Alabama Gulfstar, LLC and a local Mobile based investor group with the acquisition.

For more information regarding investment sales, leasing opportunities or any of your real estate needs contact Stirling Properties at 251-375-2495 or visit www.stirlingproperties.com.

August 7, 2015|Agents, Alabama, Blog, Commercial, Deals, Investment Sales|
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