In commercial real estate, not all partnerships are created equal. Some are transactional – brief alignments around timelines, budgets, and leasing targets.

With Triangle Family Dentistry and Carolina Orthodontics & Children’s Dentistry already signed on as anchor tenants, my focus at 50 Lifestyle Place was to lease the remaining four suites in a way that aligned with the building’s medtail vision and the evolving needs of the Mosaic community.

When we talk about real estate as a tool for economic development, we’re often referring to large-scale investments and long-term growth.

When I joined the leasing team for 50 Lifestyle Place in Pittsboro, NC, the vision was already in motion.

In real estate, everyone talks about location. Fewer people talk about how to actually identify the right one before it becomes obvious.

In Q1 of 2025, two Triangle-based commercial property firms, Lee & Associates and Lundy Management Group, announced their official merger, creating one of the region’s most robust full-service real estate management companies.

In most commercial real estate, the general contractor walks onto a project after the plans are drawn, the budget is set, and the design decisions have already been made.

Students ask me practical questions. How do you start a business? How do you scale it? How do you raise capital? How do you spot an opportunity before anyone else does?

When Aya Zaghloul envisioned Curate Studio, she wanted more than an event venue…she wanted a space that could bring people together.