Lee & Associates, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the country, has named Kyle K. Kinton as the newest senior director of the Atlanta office.
Torrance, CA – June 7, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Kinton, being in the industry for more than 40 years, comes to Lee with a strong focus on industrial and land and economic and private developer representations and relationships. During his career he has sold over 16,000 acres of industrial, commercial and retail land and leased and sold in excess of 14,000,000 square feet of industrial space. Some of his major brokerage transactions include Kaiser Aetna Peachtree Corners Business Park (450 acres), Breckinridge Business Park (900 acres), Oakbrook Business Park (600 acres), New Manchester (2,400 acres) business and residential community, Sugarloaf (2,000 acres) business and residential community, Chateau Elan (1,750 acres) winery, golf and residential community, Mall of Georgia site (450 acres), Georgia Pacific Headquarters, Peachtree Medical Building, Regional U. S. Post Office site, Tenneco Regional Distribution Center (850,000 square feet) Kraft Regional Distribution Center (500,000 square feet) and Greystone Power (1 70 acres) future regional headquarters. Several of the projects mentioned were resold or leased.
“Kyle brings extensive experience with both land and industrial properties to Lee & Associates. He has demonstrated his competency and integrity and business acumen during an extremely successful real estate career in the Atlanta and Southeastern real estate market. We look forward to an enjoyable relationship with Kyle as he takes a leadership role with the Atlanta office of Lee & Associates” said T. Richard Bryant, president of Lee & Associates’ Atlanta office.
Prior to joining Lee, Kinton spent 5 years as president with Commercial & Industrial Real Estate and earned many accolades during his tenure at Adam Cates Company, Grubb & Ellis and CB Richard Ellis. Some of his notable awards and acknowledgements are as follows: “Largest Intercity Industrial Transaction” (Society of Industrial Realtors) 1971, “Best Land Deal of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 1990, “Best Industrial Deal of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 1991, “Best Land Deal of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 1998, “Best Land Deal of the Decade” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 1998, “Largest Industrial Deal of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 2001, “ Best Land Deal of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 2002, “Largest Industrial Deal (RU) of the Year” (Atlanta Business Chronicle) 2003.
Kyle’s real estate career began in 1966. He has been an Active Life Member of the “Million Dollar Club” – Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, for 38 years and is a “Phoenix Award” and “Silver Phoenix Award” recipient.
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Celebrating more than 33 years of leadership excellence in commercial real estate, Lee & Associates is the largest broker-owned firm in the nation, with 46 locations across the nation including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. With a roster of nearly 700 expert brokers, Lee & Associates provides a wide range of specialized commercial real estate services. Additional information is available at www.lee-associates.com.
