Stuart Smith & Co. merges with NAI Earle Furman
November 16, 2015
Merger expands the NAI Earle Furman Spartanburg office to five brokers, overall operation to 49 brokers—the largest CRE brokerage in the Upstate.
SPARTANBURG, SC – Stuart Smith & Co., a Spartanburg-based commercial real estate sales and leasing firm, today announced it has merged with NAI Earle Furman, a leading full-service commercial real estate firm specializing in the office, industrial, investment, land, multifamily and retail sectors.
The merger extends NAI Earle Furman’s lead as the largest commercial real estate brokerage in the Upstate and is expected to further strengthen the company’s business in the key growth market of Spartanburg while offering Stuart Smith & Co.’s clients a deeper level of resources.
All Stuart Smith & Co. sales, leasing and property management services will now be conducted under the NAI Earle Furman brand. Stuart Smith will join Dan Dunn, Andrew Babb, Kevin Pogue and Lianna Saad in the Spartanburg office located on S. Pine Street, increasing the company’s overall operation to a total of 49 licensed CRE brokers and 31 staff members across three Upstate, SC offices.
“We are pleased to announce our merger with NAI Earle Furman,” stated Stuart Smith, President and Broker-in-Charge of Stuart Smith & Co. “NAI Earle Furman’s business model and resources both complement our existing real estate property portfolio and advance our mission to offer exceptional service to our clients. We expect this partnership to make an immediate, significant impact on our sales efforts as NAI Earle Furman offers a host of in-house resources including a full marketing and support team.”
“Stuart Smith brings more than 20 years of outstanding commercial real estate experience and a long history of excellent customer relationships,” stated Jon Good, Chief Executive Officer and Broker-in-Charge of NAI Earle Furman. “His track record in the Greer and Spartanburg markets matches perfectly with our success in the Upstate market and his leadership will greatly strengthen our Spartanburg team.”
Stuart Smith is a 1984 graduate of Wofford College and a 1994 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary. He has brokered commercial real estate transactions in the Upstate for more than 20 years and launched Stuart Smith & Co. in 2006 where he served as president and broker-in-charge. Over the years he has handled a variety of transactions in industrial, office, retail space and land sectors throughout the Upstate of South Carolina.
Stuart currently serves on the Upstate Regional Education Center Advisory Board and as a trustee at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in San Francisco, California. He served the local real estate community as a past president of the Spartanburg Association of REALTORS and past chairman of its Governmental Affairs Committee. He served the South Carolina REALTORS as the Region 7 Vice-President, the chairman of its Issues Mobilization Committee and its Legislative Committee. He is honored to have received the REALTOR of the Year award in 2005 from the Spartanburg Association of REALTORS. Stuart is also a teacher, deacon and serves on various committees at First Baptist Church of Spartanburg.
About Stuart Smith & Co.
Stuart Smith & Co. is a Spartanburg, South Carolina based company providing professional commercial real estate services to clients, customers, and community. We offer brokerage services in the industrial, office, retail and commercial real estate markets throughout the State. Our goal is complete client satisfaction to every seller and buyer or landlord and tenant. We accomplish our goal by adding value to each transaction by being trustworthy, experienced, and knowledgeable of the market.
About NAI Earle Furman
Based in Upstate South Carolina, NAI Earle Furman is a leading full-service commercial real estate firm specializing in the office, industrial, investment, retail, multifamily, healthcare and land sectors. They offer a wide range of services including sales, leasing, development, site selection, consulting, and property management. A partnership with NAI Global allows NAI Earle Furman to access a network of worldwide real estate connections and offer international commercial real estate services to Upstate clients, while retaining local personality and knowledge. For more information, visit www.naiearlefurman.com
