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W. Michael Lewis
President
THE LEWIS GROUP
SIOR, CCIMSIOR Member since 1995
2019 Fairview Rd Ste 200, Suite 200, Raleigh, North Carolina 27608-2359
About
Mr. Lewis formed The Lewis Group in 2000 after sixteen years as a commercial real estate broker with several local and national commercial real estate companies including Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Lewis was also a principal and one of the two founding brokers for what is now the Cassidy Turley office.
Mr. Lewis’ practice has focused on acquisitions and dispositions for corporate clients. In his twenty nine year career, Mr. Lewis has sold or leased in excess of 300 million square feet of industrial space, over 5000 acres of land and leased or sold over 8 million square feet of office for clients such as Thermo Fisher, Fed Ex, General Electric, Georgia-Pacific, Panattoni Development, Philips, U.S. Postal Service, SYSCO, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Verizon, and more. Mr. Lewis has been involved with the site location of five projects in North Carolina in the last twelve years whose dollar value exceeded $100 million each. Mr. Lewis has brokered, owned and developed multiple properties in the Columbia, South Carolina area over the last fifteen years.
During his career, Mr. Lewis has been recognized for his work with numerous awards including the Carolinas Chapter of SIOR Largest Industrial Transaction in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2005. He earned the REDY Awards/Deal of the Year for the Largest Office Transaction in 1998 and the same award for the Largest Industrial Transaction in 1999, 2007 amoung others. He is a CoStar Power Broker award winner in multiple categories.
Mr. Lewis holds both the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS (SIOR) designations. He is a past president of the Carolinas Chapter of SIOR, which encompasses North and South Carolina and is the third largest chapter in the world.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill and Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia.
Active Committees (0)
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Past Committees (6)
- SPB - Brokerage ManagementCommittee Member · 2006–2020
- Research & PublicationsCommittee Member · 2002
- Chapter Leadership CouncilPresident · 2000
- Chapter Leadership CouncilVice President · 1999
- Chapter Leadership CouncilSecretary · 1998
- Long-Range PlanningCommittee Member · 1994–1996
Events Attended This Year (0)
No events this year.
Lifetime Events Attended (18)
- Spring Conference 02/20/2020Feb 20, 2020
- 2013 Fall World ConferenceOct 24, 2013
- 2010 Spring World ConferenceApr 22, 2010
- 2009 Spring World ConferenceApr 24, 2009
- 2008 Spring ConventionApr 24, 2008
- 2006 Fall Professional ConferenceOct 27, 2006
- 2005 Fall Professional ConferenceNov 4, 2005
- 2005 Spring ConventionApr 14, 2005
- 2002 Fall Professional ConferenceNov 8, 2002
- 2002 Spring ConventionApr 11, 2002
- 2000 Fall Professional ConferenceOct 27, 2000
- 2000 Spring ConventionMay 4, 2000
- 1999 Fall Professional ConferenceNov 6, 1999
- SAREG - Reception & Banquet DinnerJul 1, 1999
- SAREG - Appalachian Pig Pickin' PartyJul 1, 1999
- SAREG - Education Session, ""Using Leading TechnoloJul 1, 1999
- SAREG - Spouse/Guest RegistrationJul 1, 1999
- SAREG - Normal Member RegistrationJul 1, 1999

