| Mr. Richard Whitney is a second
generation Realtor with an educational background in pre-law
from Stetson University. After college, he joined the family
business, Whitney Realty, on the island of Clearwater Beach,
Florida, in 1974 and later formed the Whitney Homes & Real
Estate Companies in Woodland Park, Colorado.
In 1987 Mr. Whitney made
a full-time commitment to commercial real estate, and received
his initial training in target marketing and commercial property
management during his 61/2 year affiliation with Lee Arnold & Associates
(now Colliers-Arnold) in Clearwater, Florida, where he worked
among the largest assemblege of CCIM's in the State of Florida,
and with a Counselor of Real Estate (CRE). His niche' was commercial
properties on the barrier islands between Clearwater Beach
and St. Petersburg Beach. During this period he completed multiple
assembleges for retail and multi-family developments and was
a part of numerous significant sales involving Walgreens, USX
Corporation, The City of Clearwater, Pueblo Village, L & L
Wings, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and
others. During this period he was trained in property management
under the supervision of a 25- year Certified Property Manager
(CPM) and an on-staff CPA. He simultaneously managed ten properties
totaling over 1,000,000 SF of office, retail and industrial
space, and represented clients such as John Hancock Realty
Investors, New England Mutual Insurance, Ageon Realty Advisors,
Weyerhauser Pension Fund, the Resolution Trust Corporation
(RTC), Service Merchandise and others.
Mr. Whitney relocated to
Western North Carolina with his wife and three children in
1993, and worked for 71/2 years in the commercial division
of Western North Carolina's largest real estate firm, where
he broke the company record for the largest transaction in
the 25 year history of the firm, and later broke that same
record. His third company record was set when he broke the
all-time one-year sales record of $38.4 millon.
He now serves as President
of Whitney Commercial Real Estate, and lives in Asheville with
his wife of twenty years, and their three teenage children.
He is a Certified Investment Member of the National Association
of Realtors (CCIM), and holds the Office Specialist designation
with the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).
He is a Certified Property Manager (CPM), and a North Carolina
licensed General Contractor (GC).
Mr. Whitney enjoys his family of five, and has
a great passion for classic cars and boats as well as all forms
of water sports.
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