William Harrison  •   A real estate Career

THE HARRISON COMPANY
Charleston, 2003 - Present.
President; THE HARRISON COMPANY and SOUTH COLONY CORPORATION (dba)

Delivery of development advisory, consulting, and selected brokerage services to clients in the Southeast, particularly in the Charleston region. Strategic relationships  with national-regional developer/ investor groups.

$150,000,000 in advisory pipeline (3rd Q 2008)

South Colony Corporation
Charleston, 1996 – 1999

Affiliated with The Brumley Company in 1996 with a focus on income property development and finance, land development entitlement, as well as on brokerage of commercial investment properties.

South Colony Corporation
Atlanta, 1985 – 1995

Founded and managed a real estate building / development firm in Atlanta engaged in speculative for-sale residential construction & development. Responsibility for land acquisition, banking relationships, sale negotiations, marketing strategy, personnel management, construction quality and cost control, corporate and job cost accounting, cash management, forecasting, creative project design, and decisions on tax, legal, regulatory, insurance, and trade-related issues.

	Sales volume of approximately $35 million
	Recipient of three OBIE Professional Awards

Trammell Crow Company
Charleston, 1999-2003
Senior Vice President; Development

Regional responsibility for real estate development services for Trammell Crow Company, one of the nation’s oldest and most venerable real estate organizations.

	$30,000,000+ development volume (incl. Daniel Island projects with DIC)
	Developed the 100,000 SF SunCom Center on Daniel Island, South Carolina

The University of South Carolina;  Darla Moore School of Business
Columbia, 2006 - Present
Faculty Lecturer

Providing graduate and undergraduate academic instruction to university business students in real estate principals and valuation as well as in more advanced studies of real estate investment and finance.

Century Properties Funds
San Francisco and Atlanta, 1981- 1985
Vice President of Acquisitions

Located, negotiated, and acquired or joint ventured approximately $100 million of  investment grade income properties, primarily large apartments and office buildings, in 14 eastern and southeastern states for the nation’s third largest sponsor of public placement real estate investment partnerships ($1 Billion annual volume).

Firm’s leading investment producer from 1984 to 1985

Century Properties Funds
San Francisco, 1980 -1981
Special Assistant to the President

Provided staff support to the President for purposes of strategic planning and fund modeling.  Also provided the President with market research, financial analysis, and account relationship support in the acquisition of approximately $100 million of income properties from one of the nation’s largest developers.

Bank of America, World Banking Division
San Francisco, 1978-1980
International Loan Officer

Negotiated and managed a credit portfolio totaling approximately $200 million of U.S. and foreign domiciled construction, working capital, and development loans as well as performance letters of credit.  Primary account officer with World Banking Division’s International Construction and Development Industry Group.

Managed $50 million Iranian government credit exposure during the 1980 Iranian Crisis

Town and Country Real Estate
Greenwood, South Carolina, 1973-1975
Project Manager
 

Assisted the assemblage and managed the construction of a 500-acre, multi-phase residential land development. On-site experience also included apartment and condominium construction and single family subdivision development.

Negotiated key components of a successful creditor/developer workout of a large planned unit development over the course of the 1974-1975 real estate recession.

Garnered first real estate development experience as an assistant to one of the original partners in the development of Palmetto Dunes Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

EDUCATION, CIVIC AND REAL ESTATE AFFILIATIONS 

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MBA Degree; International Finance and Real Estate: 1977 – 1978;

 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC
 FELLOWSHIP & STUDY;  International Business Studies graduate program 1976;

The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina;
 BS Degree in Physics, First Honor Graduate (Valedictorian) 
 Rhodes Scholar Regional Finalist: 1968 – 1972

Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Georgia; 1985 - Present

Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of South Carolina; 1996- Present

Formerly Licensed, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CCIM national designation awarded in Chicago, August 1998    

Charleston Trident Association of Realtors; Board of Directors 2006-2007;
Legislative Affairs Committee; Past-Chairman of RPAC; Past-Chairman Professional
Standards Committee;

Commercial Investment Division; 2007 President; Board of Directors

South Carolina Association of Realtors, Past-Director

Charleston Southern University, Board of Visitors 2005-2009

First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston

150 Wappoo Creek Drive #8
Charleston, South Carolina 29412
Office: 843 762-5715 • Cell: 843 276-6116
williamharrison@theharrisoncompany.us