| Late last year, Kevan Smith, a land broker at Southern Real Estate, and David Fry, who owns Southeastern Construction & Development, met with Tena Mann, the widow of Joe Mann, owner of venerable Charlotte construction company Mann Builders. (Joe, 56, died of cancer in July.) They made an offer and bought Mann Builders from Tena, and now the GC company runs under the Southeastern Construction & Development moniker. Kevan acknowledges that now may not be the best time to venture into construction, but he's undeterred. ?We are well-versed that these are not great economic times,? he tells us. ?But we will live up to the good will that Joe left with us, with his employees, and with his customers.? Current projects include a $16k interior upfit for Cellphone Repair Store (which leased 1,100 SF at the Arboretum) and a planned $130k, 2,200 SF upfit for Carolina Spine & Vision in Indian Land, SC. |
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