Steve Mcclure is the CEO of Spectrum Companies, and leads all aspects of the business from implementing strategy, guiding team leaders, and overseeing operations of its service lines: Asset Management, Capital Management, and Development.

The Spectrum Companies holds a variety of commercial properties under development, leasing, or management in a portfolio valued at $2 Billion. With a focus on the Southeast, their projects are located in primary markets: Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, Greenville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, FL.

Topics:

• Spectrum in the 80's & 90's
• Expansion into Residential Development
• Evolution of Steve's Career
• Spectrum Opportunity Funds
• Deals & Project Stories: Vantage South End, Barings Building, The Prospect, 230 S Tryon Condos

Connect with Steve & Spectrum

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mcclure-3a6810b/

https://spectrumcos.com/

Matt & The Deal Ranch Podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrlutz/

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deal-ranch/id1680084534

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1teAX6zRU76v4wFeGUHkoj?si=65e7be080e534f8b

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDealRanchPodcast

Email: matt@mrl-capital.com

Ford Elliott is CEO of Contender Development and a veteran real estate developer and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in development, construction, business acquisitions and running multiple successful operating businesses. Contender is also a recent recipient of Marriott International's Developer of the Year Award.

​Ford has led the team to over $2 Billion in active developments and founded Blackstream, which sells over $700 Million worth of real estate annually and has over 350 team members. He prides himself on the partnerships that the company has formed with some of the best companies in the world, including, but not limited to, Marriott, Hilton, DR Horton, Lennar, NVR, Meritage Homes, Culver’s, Christie’s International Real Estate and SVN. He is an Advisory Board Member of Synovus Bank.

Topics:

• Finding his development passion in college
• Early career working with his uncle Jim Boyett
• Evolution of Blackstream
• Contender’s: focus, target markets, asset classes, development philosophy
• Crystal Lagoons & Master Planned Communities
• Deals: Projects with Boyett Properties, First Hotel Project, Brookside Farms, and others

Connect with Ford Elliott & Contender Development

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ford-elliott-368bba133/

https://www.contenderamerica.com/

Connect with Matt Lutz & The Deal Ranch Podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrlutz/

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deal-ranch/id1680084534

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1teAX6zRU76v4wFeGUHkoj?si=65e7be080e534f8b

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDealRanchPodcast

Email: matt@mrl-capital.com

Jeff Randolph is the President of TRG Communities, (The Randolph Group), is an award winning residential and mixed-use development company specializing in creating imaginative places for people to live, work, and play, while enjoying a certain lifestyle of community.

After receiving his Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Clemson University in 1983, Jeff began a 14-year career with Liberty Properties Group, the real estate operating company of Liberty Life Insurance Company. As Vice President of Liberty’s Residential Land Division in the Southeast, Jeff managed a $70 million portfolio of communities. In 1997, The Randolph Group was formed and today owns, manages or provides consulting services for a portfolio of residential and mixed-use communities in Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, and Greensboro.

Topics

- Managing Liberty Life Insurance $70 Residential Development Portfolio

- Transitioning from Liberty and builidng TRG Communites

- Deal Structure, Equity Partners, Take Down Strategy

- Overview of a few Current/Past Developments: O'Neil Village, Foxbank Plantation, Carilion, Pendleton West, Pinestone

Connect with Jeff & TRG Communities

https://trgcommunities.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-randolph-14b2aa32a/

Connect with Matt Lutz & The Deal Ranch Podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrlutz/

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deal-ranch/id1680084534

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1teAX6zRU76v4wFeGUHkoj?si=65e7be080e534f8b

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDealRanchPodcast

Email: matt@mrl-capital.com