The Deal Ranch

Michael Smith is the President & CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners.  Charlotte Center City Partners is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit corporation that manages the City’s municipal service districts (MSDs) 1, 2, 3, and 4. The organization boldly envisions actions that will assure Charlotte Center City is a welcoming, economically vibrant, culturally rich and beloved place for all. Charlotte Center City is positioned to be a leadi...

Mark Durliat is CEO and Co-Founder of Grace Bay Resorts. Durliat has been a driving force in the growth of luxury travel and residential development in the Turks and Caicos (TCI). He began developing in TCI when he led the acquisition of the 22 room boutique Grace Bay Club in 2001 and redeveloped this property into a five star condominium resort. Their team has gone on to develop some of the most iconic projects on the Island such ...

Tony Davidow, is a Senior Alternative Investment Strategist at Franklin Templeton, Host of Alternative Allocations podcast, and Author of the recently released book: Private Markets.

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In his role at Franklin, Tony provides independent research and analysis designed to help advisors make better informed decisions about allocat...

Wesley Carpenter is a Founder and Partner at Stormfield Capital, LLC. At Stormfield Wes leads investment strategy and portfolio management while serving on both the management and investment committees.

Stormfield Capital is an institutional private credit manager with deep expertise in lower middle-market commercial real estate bridge lending. With over $1.5 billion in capital invested, the firm specializes in originating and acqu...

Brian Leary is the COO of Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW), headquartered in Raleigh, NC, is a publicly traded, fully integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. Prior to joining Highwoods Brian held senior management and exec...

E.F. "Buddy" Hucks is the President of EF Hucks and Associates and Hucks Curry Advisors. Buddy has over 40 years of commercial and residential real estate appraisal. In 1991, Buddy founded EF Hucks and Associates, an independent appraisal company in Myrtle Beach, SC specializing in appraisals for lenders along the coast of South Carolina.

During the past 25 years, Buddy has consulted and advised developers and has been actively i...

Steve Mcclure is the CEO of Spectrum Companies, and leads all aspects of the business from implementing strategy, guiding team leaders, and overseeing operations of its service lines: Asset Management, Capital Management, and Development.

The Spectrum Companies holds a variety of commercial properties under development, leasing, or management in a portfolio valued at $2 Billion. With a focus on the Southeast, their projects are loc...

Ford Elliott is CEO of Contender Development and a veteran real estate developer and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in development, construction, business acquisitions and running multiple successful operating businesses. Contender is also a recent recipient of Marriott International's Developer of the Year Award. 

​Ford has led the team to over $2 Billion in active developments and founded Blackstream, which sells o...

Jeff Randolph is the President of TRG Communities, (The Randolph Group), is an award winning residential and mixed-use development company specializing in creating imaginative places for people to live, work, and play, while enjoying a certain lifestyle of community. 

After receiving his Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Clemson University in 1983, Jeff began a 14-year career with Liberty Properties Group, the rea...

Matt Sloan is President & CEO of DI Development Company. With over 30 years experience leading prominent real estate and community development projects in Charleston, Matt is a regional leader within the industry. He began his career working in real estate consulting and in 1991, as a project manager representing the Guggenheim family, he became part of the team that created the visionary master plan for Daniel Island in Charle...

Brannen Edge is the President & CEO of Flagship Healthcare Properties & Flagship Healthcare Trust. 

Flagship Healthcare Properties offers a full range of outpatient healthcare real estate services throughout the United States with a primary focus on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Their management portfolio consists of 6.5M SQFT over 330+ properties. 

Their team also manages the Flagship Healthcare Trust, a private REIT...

Ray Wrenn is the founder of The Wrenn Group, a real estate development company, based in Hanahan, SC. 

In 1999, Ray started acquiring and developing multi-family residential communities after a successful career in owning/operating waste management companies. 

Currently, The Wrenn Group is focused on the build-out and development of his vision for Bowen “A Waterfront Village” in Hanahan, South Carolina.  A mixed-use, master pla...

Vince Graham is the developer of the iconic I’ON community in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina and founder of Loci development group.

Graham first founded the traditional walking neighborhood of Newpoint in 1991. Since that time he has participated in building several other neighborhoods: the Village of Port Royal, Broad Street, I'On, Morris Square, Hammonds Ferry, and Mixson in South Carolina; and East Beach in Virginia.

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Neil Wilson is a Founder & Principal of RealtyLink, a full-service real estate development company based in Greenville SC and founded in 1998.

Their team has developed over 600 projects across the country including grocery-anchored shopping centers, power retail centers, single tenant build-to-suit, multifamily, industrial, self-storage, and mixed-use properties.

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Dan Collins is a Founding Partner of Collins & Fine Group. C&F works with premier real estate developers in the southeast to develop and implement integrated sales, marketing, and community development programs.  

For 37 years Dan has directed innovative marketing, lead generation and lead tracking programs for many of the most prominent and successful luxury resort real estate developers in the world. 

Prior to Collins &am...

Austin Schell is the CEO of Port 32 Marinas. Port 32 is a leading owner, operator, developer, and acquirer of dry and wet slip coastal marina assets. PORT 32's current portfolio includes nine large and high-profile marinas located in Florida with a tenth under contract.   

Based in Charleston, South Carolina Port 32 is a private equity backed rollup that is vertically integrated with a heavy focus on development from light value ad...

Russell Flicker is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of AWH Partners. 

AWH Partners is a national hotel real estate investment, management, and development platform that has built a portfolio in excess of $2B of hospitality investments since being founded in 2010. 

AWH is also the owner of Spire Hospitality, a top-tier, national hospitality management company.

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Raines is a multifaceted hospitality organization whose portfolio includes 59 hotels, 4500 keys, and 2000 associates. 

Established in 1988 as a family-owned business, Raines has grown into a vertically integrated company involved in all aspects of hotel lifecycle. Their diverse portfolio showcases the world's top hotel brands, along with boutique and independent hotels.

Grey Raines, Managing Partner of Raines Company, joined The De...

Childress Klein is one of the largest privately-owned real estate companies in the Southeast and has been the largest developer by square feet in Charlotte for the past 10 years.

Since 1988 they have developed nearly 60M square feet of commercial real estate and currently hold a portfolio of $3B+ in asset value. 

Landon Wyatt, Founding Partner of Childress Klein, joined The Deal Ranch podcast to tell their story from the beginning.