Melissa Warren Named As Sales & Leasing Executive
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company is pleased to announce that Melissa Warren, CCIM, has joined its Commercial Brokerage Division as Sales and Leasing Executive. She will work from the company’s New Orleans office located in the Pan American Life Center at 601 Poydras Street.
Warren has provided clients with commercial real estate advisory services since 2001. Her focus is on industrial, office, and retail sales and leasing, as well as tenant and landlord representation.
On behalf of clients, Warren has been responsible for conducting investment, market, and financial analysis, as well as negotiating purchase and lease contracts. She coordinates transaction due diligence, site selection services, user decision analysis, and assists clients with planning and zoning matters. Additionally, she has served as the leasing agent for East Jefferson General Hospital and has represented Whitney/Hancock Bank in the disposition of distressed commercial assets and office leasing.
Prior to joining Stirling Properties, Warren was a senior real estate advisor for Grubb & Ellis/ Sawyer Commercial in Gulfport, Mississippi. In 2005 and 2006, she was awarded the Top Producer Ruby Award by the Gulf Coast Association of Realtors (GCAR) for completing the largest number of commercial transactions on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 2010, she was inducted into GCAR’s Top Producer Round Table for lifetime achievement.
Warren graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 2006, she was designated a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). She is affiliated with the National Association of Realtors (NAR), New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR) – Commercial Investment Division (CID), CCIM Institute, Louisiana Chapter of CCIM, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and Louisiana Commercial Database (LACDB).
Melissa Warren, CCIM, can be reached at (504) 620-8148 or mwarren@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties hires Amanda Goldman as Sales and Leasing Executive
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company is pleased to announce Amanda Goldman as Sales and Leasing Executive for its Commercial Brokerage Division in Alabama. Goldman will work from the company’s Mobile office located at One St. Louis Centre, 1 St. Louis Street, Suite 4100.
Goldman has been active in real estate in Alabama for five years. She is a candidate for the designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).
Following 11 years of service in the United States Air Force, Goldman has spent more than 30 years in sales, developing an expertise in working with both national and local businesses and providing quality service.
Current affiliations include membership in the CCIM, as well as the Alabama Chapter of CCIM, and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). A native of Manhattan, New York, Amanda currently resides in Daphne, Alabama, and has three grown daughters.
Amanda Goldman can be reached at (251) 375-2490 or agoldman@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties is located at One St. Louis Centre, 1 St. Louis Street, Suite 4100 in Mobile, Alabama. For more information regarding our services, please visit us at stirlingprop.com.
National Association of Realtors (NAR) Names Stirling Properties’ Beth Cristina as Commercial Committee Vice Chair
Stirling Properties’ Senior Broker Associate, Beth Cristina, ALC, has been selected as the 2017 Commercial Committee Vice Chair for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). She will assume the position on January 1st, 2017.
Each year, the incoming NAR president-elect appoints vice chairs to help lead and guide the 1.2 million-member association. Their role is to navigate issues that matter to realtors and home owners, such as economic forces, demographic shifts, and technological innovations that are reshaping the $3.3 trillion residential and commercial real estate industry.
“I am confident and qualified, and bring the right credentials to the job. Having served on NAR commercial committees since 2004, I’m comfortable in the trenches,” said Cristina. “I believe the work of the volunteer leadership team is crucial to the future of our industry. Commercial real estate is consistently changing, and I’m looking forward to leading a committee that will help our members and clients to be successful.”
Ms. Cristina has over thirty-six years of successful experience in commercial real estate sales, leasing, development and investments. Her qualifications include retail and office market analysis, tenant/landlord and purchaser/seller representation, marketing sales, leasing strategies, and consulting services. She has earned numerous awards and recognition throughout her career, including Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Real Estate (2011), Realtor of the Year (2010), and Woman of the Year (2005).
She is affiliated with several business and professional organizations, including Realtor Land Institute (RLI); Louisiana Realtors (LR), where she served as 2015 President; New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR), where she served as 2005 President; and Commercial Investment Division (CID) of NOMAR, where she served as President for 2000 and 2008.
The National Association of Realtors is America’s largest trade association, representing over 1.2 million members, including NAR’s institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Membership is composed of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors, and others engaged in the real estate industry.
Beth Cristina can be reached at (504) 620-8127 or bcristina@stirlingprop.com.
