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Willis heads commercial unit for The Group Real Estate firm and other Chattanooga-are career moves

Willis heads commercial unit for The Group Real Estate firm and other Chattanooga-are career moves
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Willis heads commercial unit for The Group Real Estate firm

Alexis Willis has joined The Group Real Estate Brokerage LLC in Chattanooga as head of the company’s new commercial real estate division, according to a company announcement.

Willis is a licensed Realtor in Tennessee and soon to be in Georgia who will focus on growing the commercial unit for the Chattanooga brokerage firm.

Willis previously worked for a year and a half as a real estate broker for Second Story Real Estate Management after she founded Natural Beautiful Me in 2011. Willis was also formerly the director of small business and entrepreneurship for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce from 2018 to 2021 and previously served as director of business support and facilitator for Launch Chattanooga.

Willis is a graduate of Girls Preparatory School and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, according to her LinkedIn profile.

LBMC names Steve Thomason as audit director in Chattanooga

Steve Thomason has been promoted to managing director in the audit and advisory practice of LBMC, one of the Southeast’s largest advisory and business consulting firms.

  photo  Photo contributed by by Dan Henry / Steve Thomason
  

Thomason joined LBMC in 2003 and has more than 25 years of experience working with middle-market businesses in manufacturing, distribution, service and construction industries. Thomason specializes in providing audit and assurance services, as well as advisory services related to highly technical accounting and financial reporting areas such as equity-based compensation, complex revenue transactions, post-transaction purchase accounting and business combinations. Thomason received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is a CPA. His clients include private equity-backed, family-owned and foreign-owned companies, and he has extensive experience in auditing employee benefit plans, and religious organizations.

Thomason serves on the boards of the Chattanooga Autism Center and the Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga.

Dennis Blanton, the practice leader for LBMC in Chattanooga, said Thomason “exemplifies what it means to provide outstanding service and expertise to our clients, and we’re honored to welcome him to the Chattanooga leadership team.”

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Major Food Group Enters Luxury Residential Real Estate Space With The Villa In Miami

Major Food Group Enters Luxury Residential Real Estate Space With The Villa In Miami

Branded residences might seem like a natural extension of five-star luxury hotels, but companies from all types of categories are conceptualizing their own take of luxury living. Major fashion brands, like Diesel and Missoni, and luxury automakers, like Porsche and Bentley, are building residential towers based on their brand principles. Now, a beloved hospitality and restaurant group is jumping into the mix.

As more people seek out residential communities with everyone under one roof, many buyers with a love for the finer things in life are also seeking higher-end food experiences closer to home. Hospitality brand Major Food Group, which owns and operates celeb-favorite establishments like Carbone, Sadelle’s Parm, Dirty French, and Contessa, is entering the luxury real estate space with a residential tower in Miami: Villa.

MFG tapped developers Terra and One Thousand Group for the first-of-its-kind residential tower in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood, along with Vicky Charles of Charles and Co. for the interiors. The celebrity interiors expert and former Soho House design director has designed homes for Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher and David and Victoria Beckham, and worked on projects for Sony, Goop, and other major brands.

Villa will tower 58 stories about Biscayne Bay with 360-degree panoramic views of Miami’s skyline and waterfront. The 650-foot-tall crystalline tower will have a copper-hued exoskeletal design and only have 50 units, offering full-floor units. Details within each residence, which will feel like private villas in the sky, have been carefully curated and developed by Major Food Group’s visionaries. For example, the kitchens are designed by chef Mario Carbone, founder of Carbone restaurants, while the services and amenities are planned by MFG co-founder Jeff Zalaznick.

“To say that this is a natural evolution is an understatement,” Zalaznick tells Forbes. “At MFG, we don’t build restaurants. We create worlds where every element is executed with an unparalleled sense of luxury and skill, down to the most minute detail. Add to that our illustrious track record collaborating with the best of the best in hotels, architecture, design, and art—innovators who understand how to conceptualize complete experiences.”

There will be a brand-new, three-floor MFG restaurant, as well as resident-only lounges, bars, and restaurants and private chef services. It’s a one-of-a-kind project where luxury hospitality and great food collide. In total, there will be more than 20,000 square feet of amenities, and gastronomy lovers can expect many culinary activations and programming, like cooking classes and demonstrations with MFG’s talented roster of chefs, and so much more.

“The Villa is a transformational project,” says David Martin, CEO of Terra. “It unites the most brilliant minds in their respective industries to create a building that is marked by an unrivaled residential experience. MFG’s success in the hospitality space gives them a differentiated degree of expertise when it comes to understanding consumer needs- that level of attention to detail is integrated into every aspect of the Villa brand.”

Units will start around $4.5 million, but don’t hold your breath. The building hasn’t yet broken ground and is scheduled to open in 2026.

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YES-HOMES Real Estate Group Announces Expansion of

YES-HOMES Real Estate Group Announces Expansion of

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YES-Homes Luxury Real Estate Group is pleased to announce the expansion of its services to customers. Traditionally known for working in the luxury real estate market in St. Petersburg over the past 20 years, YES has said YES to helping their clients with real estate investments. 

The new investment division of YES-Homes is led by real estate investor and partner Rachel Sartain Tenpenny, who states, “I believe real estate investing is a wealth-building tool and I am excited to offer this service to our clients.”

In an effort to expand its services, YES-Homes has brought on a savvy new team member, Brooks Byrne, to assist real estate clients with their investment needs. Byrne comes to the group with over 10 years of consulting and customer service experience. Prior to joining the team, he was a business consultant, helping small businesses with payroll and HR services. As a consultant, one of his industry specialties was real estate, where he learned about the investment side of the real estate industry. As an avid reader of real estate investing literature, Byrne uses top-ranked analysis tools to uncover solid real estate investment opportunities. The team is confident that his wealth of experience and knowledge will be a great asset to this new sector of business. 

Tenpenny and Byrne both believe in the power of real estate investing to build wealth, diversify portfolios, and hedge against inflation. “Helping our customers by understanding their individual investment needs is what sets YES apart,” Tenpenny explains. YES-HOMES partner Rhonda Sanderford further elaborates, “We take the same consultive, hands-on approach with our clients’ investment goals that we have for 20 years selling luxury homes. After all, most residential transactions are a person’s largest investment.”

YES-HOMES takes pride in their responsive approach with customers, and their knowledge and experience within the real estate market is unparalleled across Tampa Bay. The combination of the team’s customer service standard and detailed knowledge of investment opportunities in the area yields a win-win scenario for every client. Many of YES-HOMES’ past clients have built a portion of their wealth through real estate investing and continue to look to the team for advice and guidance today. They are eager to assist with long-term rental analysis and execution, short-term rental strategies, buying and holding, income-producing properties, small-scale commercial real estate, land banking, and everything in between. 

The luxury group is confident that this new division of business is an excellent avenue to continue services to past clients, while also welcoming in new clients looking to expand their wealth. 

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About YES-HOMES

YES-HOMES Real Estate Group has been consistently ranked among the Top 10 Agents in St. Petersburg for more than two decades. Established in 2002, the group consists of three agents and operates under the Coastal Properties Group and Christie’s International Real Estate brokerage in the Tampa Bay area. This equal partnership operates at the highest level of real estate advising and offers a deep understanding of the luxury market. Focused on the wealth client, YES-HOMES maintains an outstanding reputation for upstanding concierge service. With Coastal Properties Group, the team’s geographic reach encompasses coastal residences from Tarpon Springs to Tierra Verde, downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Tampa, Clearwater Beach to Apollo Beach and beyond. The YES-HOMES team is located at 111 2nd Ave, Suite 105, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701. For more information, please visit https://www.yes-homes.com/. 

Contact Information:
Morgan Bobo
Press Contact
morgan@coastalpgi.com
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