ATLANTA, GA (Dec. 8, 2011) With the sale of its brokerage and property management groups complete, Carter is focusing on new investment and development opportunities as well as growing its program management and strategic consulting groups.
Moving forward, Carter will leverage its 54-year-old brand to create value through its strong relationships. Specifically, Carter is focusing its efforts on the:
- Development of mixed-use and for-rent multifamily projects in urban infill locations.
- Equity development of student housing.
- Acquisition of opportunistic and value-add investments in office.
- Growing its well-established project management and strategic consulting businesses.
The firm’s more than 100 high-caliber associates will serve clients using a high-performance team-based approach that results in delivering maximum value for our clients and investors. This approach allows Carter to leverage the firm’s strong expertise and deep knowledge base in a wide variety of markets and product types.
“The sale of our brokerage services and property management businesses marks a milestone for Carter,” Chairman and CEO Bob Peterson (top right photo) said. “This transaction was a major step for us in executing our strategy to narrow Carter’s focus on building high-quality projects, investing in real estate and providing strategic solutions to our clients.”
Carter’s development business expects new opportunities to emerge as corporate and educational development begins to rebound. Carter is the No. 3 commercial developer in the United States, as ranked by National Real Estate Investor, and currently is overseeing The Banks (lower right photo), one of the largest mixed-use projects in the Midwest.
Carter is master developer of The Banks, a $600 million development on the Ohio River in Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Late last month, Carter announced plans to double the size of the retail and multifamily components along with new marketing efforts for the proposed office component.
In the K-12 education realm, Carter is currently overseeing a $107 million public school building program in Enid, Okla.
The firm’s Interiors group continues to be a leading third-party provider to top law and financial firms and grown its business well beyond Atlanta. The Interiors group currently has more than 500,000 square feet under construction for clients such as AT&T, RockTenn and Starwood Vacation Ownership.
Carter’s Higher Education and Campus Innovation team is currently leading a $100 million program at the University of Louisiana Lafayette that comprises 2,000 beds and 900 structured parking spaces.
“Our 54-year history of development across the Southeast and beyond positions Carter to take full advantage of new development opportunities,” said Carter President Scott Taylor (top left photo). “Our Development group is well positioned when it comes to developing and building out corporate, institutional and educational buildings and facilities.”
Carter’s Investments group is actively seeking new opportunities across the country. Vice Chairman Jim Shelton (middle right photo), who leads Carter’s Investments group, said he expects to see more high-quality assets to come to the market at distressed prices.
Carter recently invested in City Federal condominiums in Birmingham, Ala., and Valencia condominiums (bottom right photo) in Ponte Vedra, Fla., and played a key role on Piedmont Office Realty Trust’s acquisition of The Medici office building (lower left photo) in Atlanta.
The firm also serves as a service provider to Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, which is focused on acquiring mission critical facilities such as data centers and healthcare facilities. John Carter (middle left photo), a Carter vice chairman, serves as CEO of Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT.
In other areas, Carter’s strategic consulting group has performed advisory assignments for seven major clients in 2011 alone. Carter will continue to deliver high-quality service and results from its asset management division, which oversees more than $2.5 billion of third-party and Carter-owned properties.
“Moving forward, you will see Carter aggressively leveraging our thought leadership and experience to pursue and participate in high-quality developments and investments on behalf of our firm and our clients,” Carter’s Peterson said. “We will do this while continuing to build on our core values of integrity, commitment and excellence.”
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