Senior Managing Director in the Charlotte office of Newmark Knight Frank operating in NKF's Extended Markets Coverage Group with 31 years of experience as an industrial real estate transaction broker, site selector and developer operating and licensed in NC, SC, VA and WV.

Previously, Mr. Turner served in Governor Jim Martin's administration from 1985-1988 as a business/industry recruiter in the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Mr. Turner was a Senior Vice President and Partner at Hart Corporation managing the company's business in the Virginias-Carolinas Region from 1988-2015 before the Hart Corporation brokerage team joined Newmark Knight Frank.

Background Summary

Specialties: Industrial Real Estate Brokerage and Development, Site Selection and Incentives Negotiations, Brownfield Properties and Contingent Liability Risk Transfer Properties, Economic Development Consulting, Speculative Shell Building Conception and Marketing.

Extensive experience in industrial real estate brokerage and development of industrial buildings and industrial parks. Thirty-one (31) years as an industrial real estate broker, developer and site selection consultant.

Experience

• Hart Corporation – Senior Vice President and Partner, 1988 to Present

Industrial real estate brokerage and development as well as Site Selection Consultant, working in SC, NC, VA and WV with active licenses. Active as both a listing broker and tenant representative of industrial properties.

2000 to Present in the capacity of Its Senior Vice President and Partner

• North Carolina Department of Commerce – 1985 – 1988

Development Representative – Business/Industry – Development Division, responsible for recruitment of new industry into the State of North Carolina

• Blue Ridge Industrial Supply Company, 1982 – 1985

Assistant Branch Manager and Purchasing Agent for a multiple branch industrial supply distributorship

Volunteer Experience

Past member Board of Directors – North Carolina Economic Developers Association

Past member Carlisle School Alumni Board

Past Fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House – Charlotte

Past Primary Caregiver- Novant Health Harris Hospice Unit

Past Vice Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Industrial and Pollution Control Authority

Past Volunteer Fundraiser for the Wake County United Way

Past Chair North Carolina Young Republicans for Caldwell County and Wake County

Past National Committeeman for the North Carolina Young Republicans

Organizations

SIOR – Society of Industrial and Office Realtors

CRCBR – Charlotte Commercial Board of Realtors

NCEDA – North Carolina Economic Developers Association

SCEDA – South Carolina Economic Developers Association

VEDA - Virginia Economic Developers Association

SEDC – Southern Economic Development Council

Guest Presenter and Expert

SCEDA – Advanced Symposium

North Carolina Department of Revenue Annual County Assessor’s Review

Expansion Management Magazine/Industry Week Roundtable Presenter

SIOR Carolinas Chapter Roundtable Presenter

Partial List of Clients

Dispositions – Springs Industries, Springs Global US, Inc., Ball Corporation, Technimark, LLC, Robert Bosch Corporation, Konica, Minolta, Matsushita Panasonic, JTEKT/American Koyo Corporation, Tenneco, Inc, Mikasa-American Commercial, Inc., Diebold, SKF Corporation, Outboard Marine Corporation, Corning Glassworks, Inc., Corning Cable, VF Corporation, The Shelton Companies, Actuant Corporation, Guilford Mills, Inc., International Jenson, Inc., Cintas Corporation, United Technologies, Hella Lighting, Berry Plastics Corporation, Volvo/Mack Truck

Acquisitions – Ardagh Group, Kawai, General Marble Corporation/RSI, DNP America (Dai Nippon Printing), Iljin USA Corporation, RollEase, Elkay Manufacturing, Pactiv, Packaging Corporation of America, The Timken Company, Warner Lambert, Milgard Manufacturing, Inc. BF Corporation, Consolidated Metco, Guardian Fiberglass, Exxon Chemical.

Food Processors – The Pork Company, Ruiz Food Products, Inc., Shamrock Foods Company, Carnation (Nestlē USA), General Foods Corporation.