About Our Commercial Real Estate and Tenant Representative Company
We are partners in the International Tenant Representative Alliance (ITRA), the largest “exclusively Tenant-Rep” organization in the world, with offices all over the globe (www.itraglobal.com ). Our sole focus is assisting businesses with their facility needs: Site Selection, Lease and Purchase Negotiations, Incentive Negotiations, Lease Renewals, etc.
NO COST?! Since we share in the Leasing Fees or Brokerage Fees paid by the Landlord or Seller, most of the time our services are at no cost to our clients.
The Melby Group, Inc. is licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, and has 2 full time offices, one in North Carolina and one in Florida.
Following is information on principal Craig Melby
CRAIG A. MELBY, CCIM, SIOR
Holds the commercial real estate industry’s top 2 designations: The Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and Specialist, Industrial and Office Real Estate (SIOR)
Founder of the region’s only commercial real estate firm specializing exclusively in Tenant-Representation.
Author of Leasing Smart - has been required reading for the University of Florida’s masters in real estate program.
Author of Top 10 Lease Negotiation and Site Selection Mistakes and Tenant’s Guide to Commercial Leasing and other articles which have appeared in national publications.
Author of Professional Real Estate Investor’s Handbook – approved for use in Florida Real Estate Commission’s continuing education courses.
Creator of www.LeaseSmart.com, recommended by The Palm Beach Post, and by the Editor in Chief of Plants Sites & Parks magazine – “Visit LeaseSmart for a comprehensive list of terms and definitions, and for an excellent checklist of mistakes to avoid.”
Instructor for numerous real estate investment and brokerage courses and has been certified by the Florida Real Estate Commission, qualified to teach their continuing education classes.
Member: International Tenant Representative Alliance
Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
Western North Carolina Green Building Coalition
Pisgah Forest Rotary Club
Twenty four years of experience in commercial real estate and has owned, managed, leased and/or brokered millions of square feet of office, retail and industrial properties.
Degree in Marketing from the University of Florida.
Past and current commercial real estate clients include:
Pinch A Penny
Courier Express
Epic Theaters
Legg Mason, Waterhouse Securities, Liberty Medical Supply, HearX, Radisys, Flexsite Diagnostics, Theatre Management, City of Daytona Beach, SV Microwave and many local firms.
PH: (828) 884-4454
FX: (828) 885-5302
E-mail: cmelby@itraglobal.com