Will Barrois
Vice President & Manager - Advisory Division
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About Will
Will Barrois joined Stirling in 2002 and serves as Vice President and Manager of the Advisory Division, an area that includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwest Florida. Located in Stirling’s Mobile, Alabama, office, Mr. Barrois oversees all aspects of the company’s Advisory and Investment Sales division and is a qualifying broker for Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Before transitioning to Alabama, Mr. Barrois served as a Senior Advisor at Stirling in the Covington, Louisiana, office for 12 years. There he specialized in tenant representation and investment sales throughout the Gulf South region.
Mr. Barrois is a graduate of Louisiana State University and received a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He resides in Fairhope, Alabama, with his wife and two daughters.
Business Affiliations:
- ICSC State Director, Alabama and Mississippi
- ICSC Past Government Relations Chair, Alabama
- Retail Brokers Network (RBN)
- Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce – Partners for Growth
- Leadership Mobile Class of 2019
- Leadership Alabama Class of 2022
- Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) – Corporate Cabinet Member & Trustee
Jim Dowling
About Jim
Jim Dowling, SIOR is a Senior Advisor / Associate Broker with Stirling, specializing in brokerage, leasing, and development of all land types, including commercial, industrial and investment properties throughout Louisiana. His focus is on retail, office, warehouse, and manufacturing properties, as well as urban land and farms, acreage, and timberland. Jim has extensive experience in site searches, evaluations and acquisitions, land assemblage, feasibility studies, property valuations, highest and best use determinations, rezoning, land development, build-to-suit, and real estate investment acquisitions.
Jim has been a licensed real estate broker since 1974. Prior to joining Stirling in 2016, he served as president of J. Wesley Dowling & Associates, Inc. Realtors and Coldwell Banker Dowling Beauvais & Associates, Inc. Realtors.
Jim is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR); past president of the LA/MS/AL/NWFL chapter of SIOR; graduate of the Louisiana Real Estate Institute (GRI); member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR); member of Northwest Louisiana Association of Realtors; and member of Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB).
Jim attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, and is a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.
Karen McElroy, CCIM
About Karen
Karen McElroy, CCIM began her real estate career in 2003, specializing in the buying, selling, and leasing of commercial property. Based in Shreveport, her areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, Shreveport/Bossier City and surrounding areas on the I-20 corridor. She offers a full range of leasing and brokerage services, including tenant and buyer representation, property listings, site selection, and consulting. She has worked with many local, regional, and national clients with the site selection process and/or in acquisitions and dispositions.
Karen is an active member of ICSC (Innovating Commerce Serving Communities), has earned the designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), and is a member of the Retail Broker’s Network (RBN). She was a recipient of the 40 Under 40 Young Professionals sponsored by the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce and is a graduate of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program and the Dale Carnegie Program. She is past chairman of the Northwest Louisiana Real Estate Trends Conference and a past member of the Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB) Board of Directors.
Mrs. McElroy is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She is married with five children and is actively involved in numerous school, church, and community nonprofit and service organizations.
Stacy Odom
About Stacy
Stacy Odom brings a wealth of knowledge about the Ark-La-Tex Market and has commercial real estate experience across a multitude of project types, including retail, medical, investment sales, office, and industrial sectors. As an Associate Broker, she has represented a wide range of local and national clients with expertise in the areas of retail site selection, buyer/tenant representation, landlord representation and corporate acquisitions and dispositions of portfolios. Stacy has represented clients such as Aldi, AutoZone, Newk’s Eatery, Capital One, Tommy Xpress Car Wash, Ochsner Medical, Great Clips.
Ms. Odom is a licensed real estate broker in Louisiana and Texas. Her membership includes the Louisiana CCIM Chapter, Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC), Retail Broker’s Network (RBN), and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR). Her community involvement includes being a graduate of the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Leadership program and supporting the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier, Friends of the Meadows Museum, and Samaritan Counseling Center.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Ms. Odom received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Real Estate.
