CRCBR Past President | Bailey Patrick, 1999

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Bailey W. Patrick -- 1999

What city are you from?
Native to Charlotte

How did you get started in real estate?
Interviewed with Smoky Bissell and Johnny Harris. Smoky told a funny story about Bailey bringing his resume into his office and giving to the receptionist (even though he grew up knowing Smoky). He asked for a pencil and struck through the “Objective” on his resume (something about his financial background) and wrote in “interested in real estate."

Brief summary of career:
Joined the Bissell Company in 1984. Started out leasing Bissell Business Park on I-77. Moved to Greensboro to lease flex space, and find land opportunities for Bissell. Back in Charlotte, got involved in general brokerage for land deal, office leasing and joint ventures. In mid 2000’s, shifted to residential land. In 1997, became President of Bissell Patrick (ownership in the brokerage firm) then merged with Grubb & Ellis (Brokerage). Again became Bissell Patrick as a 3rd party brokerage firm (Subsidiary of the Bissell Companies). End of 2009 bought out Bissell (kept name for one year) and then merged with Jim Merrifield and became Merrifield Patrick.

What are you doing today?
Remaining flexible – better to take advantage of every opportunity.

What/whom has been the most influential factor to your success in our industry? Smoky Bissell as a mentor and my father (Bailey Patrick Jr.) for his reputation and contacts.

When President, what accomplishment were you most proud of?
Hiring Theresa!

What real estate transaction(s) are you most proud of?
Sun City, Ballantyne Corporate Park, BASF in Morrocroft.

What are the 1-2 most important events that happened to CRCBR during your presidency?
A week after becoming President, the Executive Director resigned. I helped interview and hire Theresa, who is still there.

What's your favorite piece of real estate in Charlotte?
South Park

What's your favorite piece of architecture in Charlotte?
Bank of America Tower

What's your favorite Charlotte restaurant, now or then?
Andersons then and Harper’s now.

What item would you leave behind to be remembered as Past President? (If they were adding to a time capsule.)
Old aerials of South Park, Ballantyne, the University/Lake area.

What deal had the most influence on the Charlotte marketplace?
Ballantyne

What is something the members of CRCBR may not know about you?
Relationships are most important to me. I am very good friends with my "competitors." What I like best about Real Estate is the incentive pay. The better you do the more you make.

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