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Memphis, Tenn. - Over 2,100 sales associates of Crye-Leike, Realtors, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Mid-South, will gather at the company's April quarterly meetings in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga. The meetings will feature updates on company programs and initiatives as well as provide an opportunity to announce the new members and recognize the current members of Crye-Leike's Multi-Million Dollar Club. Those sales associates to be inducted into Crye-Leike's Multi-Million Dollar Club, a membership currently over 560 company wide, will be recognized for their outstanding sales performance over a five-year period while maintaining a strict code of ethics and professionalism. Crye-Leike's quarterly meeting for offices in Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi will be held in Memphis, Tenn. on Tuesday, April 3, 2001 at the Marriott Hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (CST). Crye-Leike, Inc. in Memphis has a sales force of over 1,100 associates who are located in 22 branch offices and nine counties throughout a three-state Mid-South region. Its branch offices are conveniently located in: TENNESSEE - Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Germantown, Memphis and Millington, including one Crye-Leike franchise in Pickwick Dam, Hardin County; ARKANSAS - West Memphis and Jonesboro, including one Crye-Leike franchise in Blytheville; and MISSISSIPPI - Hernando, Olive Branch and Southaven, including three Crye-Leike franchises in Tupelo, Oxford and New Albany. Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers a full range of real estate and related services. Those services include: mortgage banking facilities, an insurance division, a commercial property division, a property leasing and management company, a home improvement division, a home services division, a title company, an auction division, a relocation division, franchise division, premier properties division and builder resources division.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Over 2,100 sales associates of Crye-Leike, Realtors, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Mid-South, will gather at the company's April quarterly meetings in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga. The meetings will feature updates on company programs and initiatives as well as provide an opportunity to announce the new members and recognize the current members of Crye-Leike's Multi-Million Dollar Club. Those sales associates to be inducted into Crye-Leike's Multi-Million Dollar Club, a membership currently over 560 company wide, will be recognized for their outstanding sales performance over a five-year period while maintaining a strict code of ethics and professionalism. Crye-Leike's quarterly meeting for offices in the Greater Nashville area will be held in Nashville, Tenn. on Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at the General Jackson Showboat, docked at Opry Mills Shopping Center, 2812 Opryland Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (CST). Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. has a sales force of over 800 associates who are located in 20 branch offices and eight counties in and around the Greater Nashville area. Its branch offices are located in Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties, including one Crye-Leike franchise in Monteagle, Tenn., Grundy County. Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers a full range of real estate and related services. Those services include: mortgage banking facilities, an insurance division, a commercial property division, a property leasing and management company, a home improvement division, a home services division, a title company, an auction division, a relocation division, franchise division, premier properties division and builder resources division.  

Brentwood, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has purchased Five Oaks Realty in Lebanon, Tenn., announced Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. The marketing and sales support provided by Five Oaks Realty for Lebanon's newest 506-acre golf course and country club and residential community development, Five Oaks, will now be under the management of Crye-Leike, Realtors. "Our company is doing more of these types of marketing alliances due to the slowing of the real estate market," said Crye. "Many developers are beginning to outsource their marketing of projects and Crye-Leike has the marketing resources to meet their needs. Five Oaks Realty sees the value of affiliating with a strong real estate company with a large Middle Tennessee presence." Five Oaks is located at 3875 Lebanon Road (Highway 70) in Lebanon, Tenn. which is three miles east of Highway 109, near Lebanon's city limits, and six miles northeast of Interstate 40. It opened the first phase of its real estate development last year. With its 18-hole championship golf course scheduled to open in June, Five Oaks has contracted for or sold more than 50 residential lots with approximately a dozen homes under construction. The Five Oaks community also features a tennis center; clubhouse swimming pool and facilities; wooded lots with underground utilities as well as large estate sites and homesites bordering golf course fairways or with golf course views. Crye-Leike, Realtors will close Five Oaks Realty, as of Friday, February 2, 2001, and consolidate operations into its branch office located at 1285 North Mount Juliet Road which is under the brokerage and management of Martin Cummings. A sales office will remain on-site with Crye-Leike agents on duty seven days a week. Crye-Leike sales associate Margaret Dixon will oversee the marketing and sales of 300 homesites at Five Oaks with the first phase containing 136. The sale, which was secured at an undisclosed amount, was for the real estate company only and did not include the purchase of Five Oaks' construction company or golf course, noted Cummings. Crye-Leike will be involved in the real estate transaction of bringing in potential buyers, but notes Dixon, "All Realtors? and their respective companies are welcome." Monty Mires, managing partner of the Five Oaks investment group, said the sale of Five Oaks Realty to Crye-Leike will enable Five Oaks to broaden its marketing plan to one that encompasses more of a regional concept. "We're extremely pleased with the reception Five Oaks has received locally, including both real estate and country club membership sales. I believe Five Oaks has much to offer not only Wilson County but also the surrounding area and it is for this reason we have chosen to enlist Harold Crye's company," Mires said. "Crye-Leike has a sales force of over 800 sales associates in the Middle Tennessee area as well as a national relocation network. This powerful network will increase awareness of Lebanon's newest community," said Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) is the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth with a network of over 45 branch offices, 2,100 sales associates and over 480 employees. As a privately held company, Crye-Leike attained record sales of nearly $3 billion corporatewide in 2000, the second best year in the company's 24-year history. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers real estate and related services, including: an insurance division, a commercial property division, a property leasing and management company, a home improvement division, a title company, an auction division, a relocation division, franchise division, premier properties division and new homes division. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. entered Nashville's real estate market in 1992. It has 19 branch offices in the Greater Nashville area within Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties, along with two Tennessee franchises in Monteagle (Grundy County) and Pickwick Dam (Hardin County). Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. recorded 7,491 units sold in 2000, representing a sales volume of $1.08 billion.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, January 16, 2001, at its 3.83 acre-site located on Cool Springs Boulevard to commence construction of two single-story commercial buildings, each approximately 14,000 square feet. Crye-Leike's Franklin branch office will relocate to this new Cool Springs location, reports Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. Crye-Leike's Franklin office currently leases space at 124 First Avenue South in Franklin, Tenn. Pictured (from left to right) among sales associates of Crye-Leike's current Franklin branch office are: Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville; James Elkins Jr. of The Conseco Group which is serving as general contractor for the project; Edd Moody, ambassador for Williamson County Franklin Chamber of Commerce; Chief Executive Officer Harold Crye and President Dick Leike of Crye-Leike; Manager Gail Wallin and Assistant Manager Marty Calf of Crye-Leike's Franklin branch office; Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management; and Project Manager Terry Mulvaney of Ragan-Smith Associates. Crye-Leike will occupy approximately 70 percent of the first building with the remaining space leased to third parties, notes Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management. The site is located in Aspen Grove, a development area that runs west of Mallory Lane to Mack Hatcher Parkway. It rests on the south side of Cool Springs Boulevard between Firstar Bank and Graham's Lighting. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) is the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth with a network of over 45 branch offices and 2,100 sales associates. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine, with nearly $3 billion in sales volume in 2000. Crye-Leike of Nashville has 19 branch offices in eight counties in Middle Tennessee, with its commercial and property management divisions located in Brentwood.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Co-owners and founders Harold E. Crye and Dick Leike of Crye-Leike, Realtors, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth, will address their 2,100 sales associates at the company's 24th annual kickoff meetings in January 2001. The meetings, held in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga, provide an opportunity to reflect on the company's sales performance and achievements over the past year, to kick-off new programs and initiatives for the new year as well as present company awards of recognition. Memphis, Arkansas & Mississippi. Crye-Leike's annual meeting for offices in Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi will be held in Memphis, Tenn. on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at the Marriott Hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (CST). Crye-Leike, Inc. in Memphis has a sales force of over 1,100 associates who are located in 17 branch offices and nine counties throughout a three-state Midsouth region. Its offices are located in Tennessee (Memphis, Shelby County), Arkansas (Jonesboro, Craighead County; West Memphis, Crittendon County) and Mississippi (Hernando, Olive Branch, Southaven, all located in DeSoto County), along with five franchise offices in New Albany (Union County), Oxford (Lafayette County) and Tupelo (Lee County), Miss., Blytheville (Mississippi County), Ark., and Pickwick Dam (Hardin County), Tenn. Greater Nashville area. Crye-Leike's annual meeting for offices in the Greater Nashville area will be held in Franklin, Tenn. on Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at the Franklin Marriott at Cool Springs, 700 Cool Springs Blvd. E. from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (CST).   Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. has a sales force of over 800 associates who are located in 19 branch offices and eight counties within the Greater Nashville area. Its branch offices are located in Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties. Chattanooga, Georgia, Johnson City. Crye-Leike's annual meeting for offices in the Greater Chattanooga area as well as northeast Tennessee and Georgia is scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2001 in Chattanooga, Tenn. at the Holiday Inn Chattanooga Choo-Choo, 1400 Market Street from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EST). Crye-Leike of Chattanooga, Inc. has a sales force of over 230 associates who are located in six branch offices in the Greater Chattanooga area within Bradley and Hamilton counties. Three other branch offices are managed by Crye-Leike of Chattanooga in Athens, Tenn. (McMinn County), Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. (Catoosa County) and in northeast Tennessee, Johnson City, Tenn. (Washington County), along with one franchise office in Monteagle, Tenn. (Grundy County). Crye-Leike was established in 1977 in Memphis, Tenn. It is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. As a full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers a full range of real estate and related services. Those services include: mortgage banking facilities, an insurance division, a commercial property division, a property leasing and management company, a home improvement division, a title company, an auction division, a relocation division, franchise division, premier properties division and new homes division.  

Crye-Leike, Realtors has opened its third branch office in Mississippi, a decision prompted by the tremendous growth in sales volume generated from its Olive Branch and Southaven, Miss. offices, announced Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Mid-South. "Our new Hernando branch office will allow Crye-Leike's sales associates to serve more clients in the southern most part of DeSoto County as well as in Tunica County to the west and Tate and Panola counties to the south," said Crye. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, DeSoto County is one of the top 10 fastest growing counties in the United States. Demographics Journal ranks DeSoto County seventh in growth potential among the 841 metropolitan counties in the United States. The rankings were designed to reflect each county's future capacity for growth and prosperity. Crye-Leike's three Mississippi branch offices are complimented by its three Mississippi franchise offices in New Albany, Oxford and Tupelo. The real estate company also holds franchises in Blytheville, Ark., Pickwick Dam, Tenn. and Monteagle, Tenn. Crye-Leike's Hernando office is located in the county seat at 2170 Highway 51, Suite 1, just north of Hernando's historical town square and within the Oak Tree Shopping Center. "The 2,000 square foot office is unusually small for Crye-Leike," notes its newly-named managing broker Lynette Magee, "but it is well-suited for the needs of this area." Crye said that they intend to stay in this leased space over the next three to four years. "Then, we will build our own office building in a new Hernando location once we determine the market size." Three Hernando residents have joined Crye-Leike as affiliate brokers of its Hernando office: Martha Monteith Pace and Reggie Pace, a husband and wife real estate team who transferred from Crye-Leike's Olive Branch office, along with Renee Gibson. "We are continuing to build a sales force of up to 15 sales associates," said Magee. Magee will continue to serve as manager of Crye-Leike's Southaven branch office while also serving a dual role as manager of Crye-Leike's new Hernando office. She is vice president and serves on the board of directors for the Northwest Mississippi Board of Realtors. Magee is a member of the Hernando Chamber of Commerce and the Mississippi Association of Realtors (MAR) where she will serve as 2001 Governmental Affairs chairman. Also at MAR, Magee is a member of its Million Dollar Club and is trustee for MAR's Political Action Committee. On a national level, Magee is a member of the National Association of Realtors, currently serving on its Business Issues Mobilization Committee. She holds the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designation and is certified in cultural diversity. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Mid-South, has over 2,100 sales associates. Its network of over 45 branch offices are located in 17 counties throughout a four-state Mid-South region: Tennessee (Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville), Arkansas (Jonesboro, West Memphis), Mississippi (Hernando, Olive Branch, Southaven) and Georgia (Fort Oglethorpe). Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Chattanooga, Tenn. - While Crye-Leike, Realtors marks December 2000 as its third year in Chattanooga' s real estate market, it also is commemorating the move of its Cleveland branch office into a permanent location in Bradley County. Crye-Leike's Cleveland branch office recently left its temporary log cabin quarters at 5220 North Lee Highway and moved to 4627 North Lee Highway within Crye-Leike Plaza's newly constructed 14,400 square foot office building. The one story branch office occupies 4,200 square feet. "The remaining 10,200 square feet of the office plaza is available for lease as retail and office space," notes Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management in Brentwood, Tenn. "The space can be divided to accommodate tenants as small as 1,000 square feet or up to 10,400 square feet." " Since our office first opened for business in August 1999, we have grown from two to 23 sales associates," said Larry Allen, managing broker of Crye-Leike's Cleveland branch office. " Our new office has given us the expansion space we needed to adequately service clients in Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk and Rhea counties. The space includes 10 private offices and four semi-private offices for our top producers with room for up to 30 sales associates." "We consider our new Cleveland office to be in a prime location," said Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. "It is strategically located on a main thoroughfare in the north side of Cleveland, an area experiencing tremendous growth." "Bradley County overall has had strong growth over the past few years," adds Crye. " It is ranked as the fifth largest industrial job market in the state with over 100 different manufacturers doing business in the county." Amid the traffic congestion and construction on North Lee Highway, Crye-Leike Plaza has an alternative route to enter and exit the property. " Fairfield Farm Road, located directly behind the property, allows our clients and sales associates to safely enter and exit Crye-Leike Plaza, particularly during the busy traffic hours of the day," said Allen. Larry Allen, a certified residential specialist, has been a real estate sales associate for the past 12 years with several real estate companies in the Cleveland area before joining Crye-Leike as branch manager of its Cleveland office. He has been in commercial development and leasing for 25 years. He currently serves as a director of River Counties Association of Realtors. His wife, Judy, joins him as a real estate partner in Crye-Leike's Cleveland office. "As Crye-Leike reaches its three-year benchmark in the Greater Chattanooga area, we have experienced phenomenal growth in such a short period of time," said Jack Webb, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Chattanooga, Inc. "Our sales force has grown from 95 to over 230 sales associates. Our Cleveland branch office is our eighth location in the Greater Chattanooga and North Georgia areas." Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates. Its 45 branch offices are located in 17 counties throughout a four-state Mid-South region: Tennessee (Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville), Arkansas (Jonesboro, West Memphis), Mississippi (Hernando, Olive Branch, Southaven) and Georgia (Fort Oglethorpe). Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3 billion in 1999 ranked it No.10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. For leasing information about Crye-Leike Plaza in Cleveland, Tenn., contact Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management at (615) 309-7100 or toll-free at (888) 711-1204.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors is branching out into Northeast Tennessee with its first branch office established in Johnson City, marking its 45th location for the largest full service real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth. The branch office is located at 128 Princeton Road, Suite 2. "Our presence in Northeast Tennessee reinforces our company's commitment to offer real estate services in all regions of the state," said Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. "It further compliments our company's future growth into neighboring states." Grand opening ceremonies were held November 28 - 29, 2000 with the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce conducting the ribbon cutting ceremony. Members of Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR) as well as customers, clients and vendors of Crye-Leike, Realtors had the opportunity to tour the newly-remodeled 4,000 square foot office which will serve the counties of Washington, Sullivan, Carter, Greene and Unicoi. Nancy Rowe, a native of Johnson City, has been appointed as managing broker of Crye-Leike's Johnson City office. Rowe has 20 years of real estate experience and is a member of the NETAR Million Dollar Club. In 2001, she will serve as a director on the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors and as secretary for the Johnson City Broker's Council. Rowe holds designations as a certified premier properties specialist (CPPS), certified residential specialist (CRS), graduate of the Realtor's Institute (GRI) and an accredited buyer representative (ABR). There are currently16 sales associates who have joined Crye-Leike, Realtors as affiliate brokers of its Johnson City office. They are: Marlene Adams; Emily Clouse, GRI; Stephanie Conner, GRI; Nancy Frazier; Tony Gouge; Diane Haynes, CRS, GRI; Millie Henderson, CRS; Frances Itaro; Marilyn Robertson, CRS, GRI; Pat Rogers; Dorothy Shell; Roger Sluss; Betty Smith; Goldia Sommers and Linda Workman. "Collectively, our associates have over 111 years of real estate experience to offer the community," said Rowe. "We intend to recruit more sales associates to reach the office's maximum capacity of 33 sales associates." Crye-Leike's Johnson City branch office will be open seven days a week. Crye-Leike also offers the only fully automated appointment center in the Tri-State area, according to Rowe. "We make it easy for any real estate agent in the area who wants to show a Crye-Leike property to be able to make an appointment for a showing," said Rowe. "The appointment center is open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, coordinating showings from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m." "We also offer SmartLine, an automated 24-hour information line which allows potential buyers instant access to information about a home 24 hours a day, seven days a week while giving our sales associates instant notification of the callers on these listings," noted Rowe. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Mid-South, has over 2,100 sales associates. Its 45 branch offices are located in 17 counties throughout a four-state Mid-South region: Tennessee (Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville), Arkansas (Jonesboro, West Memphis), Mississippi (Hernando, Olive Branch, Southaven) and Georgia (Fort Oglethorpe). Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Chattanooga, Tenn. - With Catoosa County being the fastest growing real estate market in the Tri-State area and North Georgia, Crye-Leike, the largest real estate company in the Mid-South and Tennessee, is opening its first branch office in the state of Georgia on Monday, November 27, 2000 in Fort Oglethorpe. Crye-Leike's Fort Oglethorpe branch office is located in Crye-Leike Plaza at 69 Crye-Leike Drive, named after the company's founders, Harold Crye and Dick Leike. Crye-Leike Plaza, located directly across the street from the Wal-Mart Super Center on Battlefield Parkway, is a 23,000 square foot office plaza on 6.5 acres of land in Catoosa County that was just built and completed by Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. "Crye-Leike's Fort Oglethorpe branch office will occupy a significant portion of the plaza space, accommodating 40 sales associates with room for expansion into a larger facility, if necessary," said Crye. "The remaining space is available for lease as retail and office space." "Crye-Leike already has had a lot of its sales associates doing business in North Georgia even before we had an office there," notes Jack Webb, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike, Realtors in Chattanooga. "Out of the 230 sales associates with Crye-Leike in the Metro Chattanooga area, 100 of them are already licensed to do business in North Georgia." "Our Crye-Leike Fort Oglethorpe office will compliment and add to our existing seven branch offices that serve the real estate community in the Greater Chattanooga area," said Webb. Offices are currently located in Athens, downtown Chattanooga, Cleveland, East Brainerd, Hixson, Signal Mountain and Soddy Daisy. New sales manager and broker named. With a newly established office comes a new sales manager and broker. Crye-Leike has secured the top real estate sales associate in the North Georgia area, Randy Durham, to be its sales manager and broker for the Fort Oglethorpe office. Durham recorded over $9.4 million in sales volume in 1999 while associated with Realty Center Better Homes & Gardens in Fort Oglethorpe. While only being in the real estate business since 1993, Durham also has made his mark by serving in leadership positions within the real estate community. He currently serves as president-elect of the Chattanooga Association of Realtors, which includes the North Georgia area, and is a state director for the Tennessee Association of Realtors, a position he has held since 1998. He served as past president of the Northwest Georgia Council of Realtors in 1997, the first year after the Northwest Georgia Board merged with the Chattanooga Association of Realtors, and was state director of the Georgia Association of Realtors in 1996 and 1997. He was voted three times among his peers as "Most Professional Realtor". "Some sales associates from other Crye-Leike branch offices will be transferring to this new location to better serve their clients, as well as new sales associates who have expressed an interest," said Durham. Crye-Leike's Fort Oglethorpe branch office will be open seven days a week. Crye-Leike also offers the only fully automated appointment center in the Tri-State area, according to Durham. "We make it easy for any real estate agent in the area who wants to show a Crye-Leike property to be able to make an appointment for a showing," said Durham. "The appointment center is open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, coordinating showings from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. It's customer service value is reflected in the number of calls Crye-Leike receives daily, which totaled 1,213 for the month of October for listing appointments set in the Greater Chattanooga area." "We also offer SmartLine, an automated 24-hour information line which allows potential buyers instant access to information about a home 24 hours a day, seven days a week while giving our sales associates instant notification of the callers on these listings," noted Durham. Company shows record growth in Chattanooga. In Chattanooga, Crye-Leike continues to show a strong percentage of growth in quarterly sales since its offices were established in 1998, up 23.41 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. The company attributes its steady growth to its aggressive expanded presence and menu of services in the market. "In the past 2 1/2 years, Crye-Leike of Chattanooga has grown from four branch offices to soon eight branches in the Greater Chattanooga area and from 95 to 230 sales associates," said Webb. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) is independently owned and operated. Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3.3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Nashville, Tenn. - On October 11, 2000, the Gallatin Planning Commission has rezoned and approved the site and development plan for Crye-Leike, Realtors to build a real estate branch office in Gallatin, Tenn., Sumner County. The site, approximately one acre, is located at 1184 Nashville Pike (Highway 31), west of the city. The parcel includes a vacant house that was rezoned for office use. The property was purchased by Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, in April 1999 for $185,000. Crye plans to add a one-story 1,652 square foot expansion to the existing structure, making the project a total of 3,874 square feet of office space for Crye-Leike's new Gallatin branch office. Crye's investment in land and improvements will exceed $350,000. Dale Bennett of GEDS, Inc. in Gallatin is serving as the principal engineer for the Crye-Leike project with Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management of Brentwood, Tenn., serving as the developer. "We are very enthusiastic about the growth in Sumner County. Our Hendersonville office continues to have record sales and is at full agent capacity," said Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. "This new Crye-Leike Gallatin office will allow us to better serve our clients in the area." Adding Gallatin to Crye-Leike of Nashville's list of branch offices will bring the total to 21 in eight counties in Middle Tennessee: Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson and Williamson counties. Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management is a division of Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Mid-South. Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3.3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Jane Williams, ABR, CRS has been named managing broker of Crye-Leike, Realtors' newly-established Bellevue branch office, located at 224 Old Hickory Blvd. She will be responsible for over 30 sales associates. Williams was previously affiliated with ERA Adams, Inc., Realtors as its managing broker. In residential sales since 1988, Williams also will be actively listing and selling properties in the Nashville and Williamson County areas. She is a certified residential specialist (CRS) and is skilled in representing buyers in a sales transaction, holding the accredited buyer representative (ABR) designation. She is a member of the Greater Nashville Area Association of Realtors and the Williamson County Association of Realtors. Crye-Leike's new Bellevue branch office is located just north of intersection Highway 70 South and Old Hickory Blvd. It will serve the exploding neighborhood growth in the west Nashville area, including Bellevue, Fairview and Cheatham and Dickson counties. "Our new Bellevue branch office provides a great location for our company in west Nashville," notes Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. "Crye-Leike sales associates will now be able to better serve clients from Dickson County to Belle Meade. Previously, our most western office was Green Hills." "Some agents from other Crye-Leike branch offices will be transferring to this new location to better serve their clients as well as new agents will be added," said Williams. Crye-Leike's Bellevue branch office is open seven days a week and features its fully automated and staffed appointment center as in all Crye-Leike offices. " We make it easy for any real estate agent in the area who wants to show a Crye-Leike property to make an appointment for a showing," said Williams. "The appointment center is open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and receives up to 400 calls daily." Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Mid-South, entered Nashville's real estate market in 1992 as Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. It has 19 branch offices in the Greater Nashville area within Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties, along with two Tennessee franchises in Monteagle (Grundy County) and Pickwick Dam (Hardin County). The branch offices are conveniently located in: Brentwood, Clarksville, Columbia, Franklin, Goodlettsville, Green Hills, Hendersonville, Hermitage, Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Priest Lake, Smyrna and Springfield. Sales associates in the Nashville area currently total over 800. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. recorded 7,929 units sold in 1999, representing a sales volume of $1.12 billion. Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3.3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Nashville, Tenn. - Construction of a business park has begun on 11.68 acres of land at Highway 31 North in Columbia, Tenn., owned by Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, Realtors. The site will include the future home of Crye-Leike, Realtors' Columbia branch office, which is currently located in leased office space at 2010 Elmer Pogue Drive. The site was purchased by Crye, under his development corporation for residential and commercial development, SunSouth, LLC, for approximately $1.3 million. It is zoned for mixed use, "to give the ability to develop the property as a business park," noted Crye. Crye plans to build two one-story retail buildings, totaling 29,000 square feet, as phase I. Building I will have 10,000 sq. ft., housing Crye-Leike's Columbia office as the primary tenant. Building II will be 19,000 sq. ft. Completion is projected for April 2001. A restaurant user is currently being sought to purchase the outer .98 acre parcel, located in the front portion of the site, notes Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management in Brentwood. Crye-Leike is seeking retail sized users who would utilize 1,500 to 19,000 sq. ft. "We will deliver turn-key improvement to deliver the space for each tenant," said Rosenblum. Century Construction Company, Inc. in Franklin, Tenn. is serving as the general contractor. James D. Webb & Associates in Columbia, Tenn. is the civil engineer. Site work was by Smith Trucking & Excavating Co., Inc. Architect is Joe Gooch of Memphis, Tenn. with interior design by Jack Rainey of Rainey Contract Design in Memphis, Tenn. Lender for the project is National Bank of Commerce, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn. Crye-Leike Commercial & Property Management is a division of Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Mid-South. Independently owned and operated, Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3.3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. Crye-Leike of Nashville Inc. has 20 branch offices in eight counties in Middle Tennessee: Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson and Williamson counties, with its commercial and property management divisions located in Brentwood.  

Brentwood, Tenn. - The Jones Company, a leading residential new home builder in Nashville, has formed a strategic alliance with Crye-Leike, Realtors of Nashville. Crye-Leike will provide marketing services for The Jones Company's new home sales in Middle Tennessee. "The Jones Company recognizes the value of Realtors for their integral role in the home sales transaction," said Charles Zeni, corporate vice president of sales for The Jones Company of St. Louis, Mo. The Jones Company has sold over 15,000 homes in the greater St. Louis area as well as in Illinois and Nashville, Tenn. "We know that 75 percent of our sales transactions involve Realtors. Crye-Leike, Realtors has a large market share in the Nashville area and access to 900 Crye-Leike sales associates in the Middle Tennessee area as well as a national relocation network. This is a powerful combination to increase awareness of our new home communities in the Greater Nashville area," said Zeni. Zeni projects 225 home sales by year-end for The Jones Company in Nashville. The Jones Company sold 216 homes in Nashville in 1999 within the following communities: The Estates at Banbury Crossing and The Retreat at Banbury Crossing, both located in Brentwood; Towne Park at McKay's Mill, Alexandria at McKay's Mill and Ivy Glen, all located in Franklin; Cedar Grove in LaVergne; Hunters Crossing at Langford Farms in Mount Juliet and Burtonwood in Spring Hill. Crye-Leike sales associates will be involved in the real estate transaction of bringing in buyers, notes Jim Terrell, interim director of Crye-Leike's newly established New Homes Division that specializes in builder services. "Our intention is to welcome all Realtors and their respective companies in working with their potential buyers." These communities feature The Jones Company's Americana and Hallmark collections. The Americana Collection is value-engineered home plans designed to offer a vast amount of square footage for the price. Its Hallmark Collection offers an array of luxury options and architectural details that enhance its spacious floor plans. The Jones Company introduced these homes in the Middle Tennessee market in 1998. The Jones Company (www.thejonesco.com), a 73-year-old residential home builder with corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., was ranked No. 59 nationally among the top builders in the country by Builder magazine, based upon total sales volume. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com), a privately held company offering full real estate services, has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 45 branch offices in Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. It attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999, ranking Crye-Leike No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. has 21 branch offices in the Greater Nashville area with a sales force of 900. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. recorded 7,929 units sold in 1999, representing a sales volume of $1.12 billion.  

Memphis, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors is holding its annual Real Estate Expo on Tues., October 10, 2000 in Memphis and Tues., October 17, 2000 in Nashville to provide educational and marketing opportunities for its 2,200 sales associates and 450 employees. The trade show attracts over 90 exhibitors and features seminars as well as new and existing products and services relative to the real estate industry. New Crye-Leike services to be featured at the Memphis and Nashville trade shows include: ?X Crye-Leike Premier Properties is featuring marketing tools and new "for sale" signage to promote luxury properties over $300,000 in Arkansas, Chattanooga and Mississippi and over $400,000 in Memphis and Nashville; - Crye-Leike Franchises, with six franchises presently secured, is focusing its marketing efforts on establishing franchises in smaller populated areas in Tennessee as well as in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi; and, - Crye-Leike Home Improvement is promoting its remodeling, renovation, repair and design services in the Greater Memphis area. "We are continually watching and taking note of the ever-changing real estate market trends across the United States to determine which services are in the best interest for our clients and the company," said Harold Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike. "Crye-Leike is a full service real estate company, but to maintain our array of services we have to continually add new services and improve existing ones to remain competitive."   Realtors outside of Crye-Leike are invited and encouraged to attend Crye-Leike's Real Estate Expo free of charge by contacting any Crye-Leike branch manager, notes Crye. Crye-Leike's Memphis Real Estate Expo will be held at The Adam's Mark Hotel and Crye-Leike's Nashville Real Estate Expo at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, both 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Crye-Leike Realtors, (www.crye-leike.com), independently owned and operated, is the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Mid-South. Crye-Leike's sales volume of $3.3 billion in 1999 ranked it No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Memphis, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors announces the release of its traditional Crye-Leike cookbook, entitled "Food for Thought," marking its 20th edition. Crye-Leike sales associates, which total over 2,200 corporatewide, order and distribute 30,000 copies of the cookbook each year as gifts to their clients. This 135-page cookbook contains 330 recipes contributed from sales associates of Crye-Leike and their clients and friends. Recipes are divided into seven categories: Appetizers, Pickles & Relishes; Soups, Salads & Sauces; Meats & Main Dishes; Vegetables; Breads, Rolls & Pastries; Cakes, Cookies & Desserts; and Beverages & Miscellaneous. "Our company's growth and success is a direct result of the help we've received from the people in our communities," said Dick Leike, co-owner of Crye-Leike. "This cookbook is our way of saying, 'Thank you.' " Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 45 branch offices, located in 19 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. Crye-Leike, Inc. has 17 branch offices in 16 counties within the Greater Memphis area, including Mississippi and Arkansas, along with three franchise offices in Mississippi and Pickwick Dam, Tenn. Sales associates in the Memphis area currently total over 1,100. The branch offices are conveniently located in: MEMPHIS - Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Germantown, Memphis (Austin Peay, Midtown, East Memphis, Hickory Ridge and Whitehaven), and Millington; ARKANSAS - West Memphis and Jonesboro; and MISSISSIPPI - Olive Branch and Southaven. Franchise offices are located in Tupelo and Oxford, Miss. and Pickwick Dam, Tenn. Crye-Leike, Inc. (Memphis), along with Crye-Leike of Mississippi, Inc. and Crye-Leike of Arkansas, Inc., collectively sold 11,872 units in 1999 with a sales volume of $1.69 billion.  

Brentwood, Tenn. - Kay Crawford of Nashville has been named senior corporate broker for Crye-Leike of Nashville Inc., a newly-established management position to be based at its corporate headquarters in Brentwood. She brings to Crye-Leike over 20 years of real estate expertise and training ability from serving as vice president of Continuing Learning Institute (CLI). At Crye-Leike, she will serve as corporate support to 21 Crye-Leike branch offices in the Greater Nashville area and to Crye-Leike College to strengthen the company's training efforts. Previous to CLI, Crawford managed three real estate offices in Middle Tennessee. Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville Inc., says that Crawford will be a tremendous asset to all of Crye-Leike's Middle Tennessee offices and operations. "This is truly a rare opportunity for our company to gain such a highly regarded and experienced real estate professional as Kay Crawford. Over her 14 years as a real estate instructor, she has come to know many of the agents in Greater Nashville. If you were to poll our sales associates, I would guess almost half of them have attended at least one of Kay's real estate courses when she was an instructor at CLI." Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. entered Nashville's real estate market in 1992. It has 21 branch offices in the Greater Nashville area within Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties, along with one franchise office in Monteagle, Tenn. (Grundy County). The branch offices are conveniently located in: Brentwood, Clarksville, Columbia, Franklin, Goodlettsville, Green Hills, Hendersonville, Hermitage, Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Priest Lake, Smyrna and Springfield. Sales associates in the Nashville area currently total over 800. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. recorded 7,929 units sold in 1999, representing a sales volume of $1.12 billion. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 44 branch offices, located in 19 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has five franchise offices in New Albany, Oxford and Tupelo, Miss., Blytheville, Ark. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999, the best year reported in company history. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.

Brentwood, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors is expanding its branch offices into Bellevue to meet the exploding neighborhood growth in Cheatham and Dickson counties, reports Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, Inc. A 9,400 square foot commercial building at 224 Old Hickory Blvd. has been purchased by Crye to accommodate a new Bellevue branch location for Crye-Leike, Realtors. The property was owned by Belle Forest Associates I, LLC in Nashville and sold for $710,000, $75 a square foot, on June 30, 2000. Bellevue, a part of the greater metropolitan Nashville area, is a community located on the west side of Davidson County and Interstate 40. The Bellevue office will be the first of several expansion offices Crye-Leike plans to open to the west of Nashville, says Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. "Crye-Leike is committed to serving home buyers and sellers in all of Middle Tennessee. We intend to position ourselves to support the impact on land development that is anticipated to result from the completion of Interstate 840 in the western counties." "Our new Bellevue branch office provides a more central location for our company in west Nashville, says Crye. "Crye-Leike sales associates will now be able to better serve clients from Cheatham County to Belle Meade. Previously, our Green Hills and Brentwood branch offices were the farthest west our offices were located." said Crye. Renovations are expected to begin in late July with a projected opening date by the end of September, reports Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial Sales & Leasing in Brentwood, Tenn. who is the procuring agent and construction manager for the project. Space planning and office design for the project is Jack Rainey of Rainey Contract Design in Memphis, Tenn. The mortgage lender for the sale was First Union National Bank. Premier Title & Escrow, LLC in Green Hills handled the title and closing. Many years have gone by since the first real estate office appeared in Bellevue, ERA Adams, Realtors. Crye-Leike will be the area's second. But why so few? Real estate companies have been discouraged from establishing branch offices in the Bellevue area because of two key reasons, notes Rosenblum. "Commercial land is expensive in Bellevue: $10 to $12 per square foot or $500,000 to $600,000 an acre. Secondly, it is almost impossible to get zoning changes. So, real estate companies are forced to search for an existing building in that area that meets their needs and has already met zoning requirements." Upon completion of Crye-Leike's Bellevue location, Crye-Leike will have 23 branch offices in the Middle Tennessee area, notes Kimbrough, "potentially increasing the total number of Crye-Leike sales associates to well over 1,000." Offices are currently located in Brentwood, Clarksville, Columbia, Franklin, Goodlettsville, Green Hills, Hendersonville, Hermitage, Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Murfreesboro, Priest Lake, Smyrna, southeast Nashville and Springfield. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates who operate in 50 branch offices, located in 20 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has affiliate offices in Oxford and Tupelo, Miss. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 in among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Brentwood, Tenn. - The recent purchase of 3.83 acres of land in northern Williamson County, Tenn. by Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, Realtors, confirms Crye-Leike's intentions to open a branch office in Cool Springs, one of the fastest growing areas in the southeast. Cool Springs, a community located off of Interstate 65, south of Nashville, combines class A office space with retail development and some upscale homes and apartments. Crye is planning the construction of two separate single-story commercial buildings on the purchased property, each approximately 15,000 square feet with some leasing to third parties. The land was sold to Crye on June 30, 2000 for $1.13 million, $6.75 per square foot, by Smith Crowe Wilson, LLC, land and retail developers of Brentwood. Smith Crowe Wilson is still retaining 10 acres behind the purchased property. The mortgage lender was National Bank of Commerce of Nashville. The title and closing was done by the law firm of Boult Cummings Conners & Berry PLC in Nashville. The property, located in Franklin, Tenn., is a part of Aspen Grove, a development area that runs west of Mallory Lane to Mack Hatcher Parkway. It rests on the south side of Cool Springs Boulevard between Firstar Bank and Graham Lighting. "Site work will commence after the entire project is approved by the Franklin Planning Commission," said Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike Commercial Sales & Leasing in Brentwood, Tenn., who will serve as the developer and leasing agent for the project. "Our goal is to advance as rapidly as possible to get into the construction phase." Ragan-Smith is the civil engineer and Joe Gooch of Memphis is the architect. Plans include adding additional soil to the land to increase site elevation "so it looks level with Cool Springs Boulevard," says Rosenblum. "Adding a Crye-Leike branch office in Cool Springs will bring a total of six Crye-Leike offices in that area which demonstrates our confidence in Williamson County's growth," said Tom Kimbrough, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. Crye-Leike of Nashville, Inc. has a total of 819 sales associates in 22 branch offices, located in eight counties in Middle Tennessee. Crye-Leike, Inc. (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates who operate in 50 branch offices, located in 20 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has affiliates offices in Tupelo and Oxford, Miss. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Memphis, Tenn. - In an effort to keep up with the rapid growth in DeSoto County, Miss., Crye-Leike, Realtors will be further expanding into North Mississippi, with a third branch office. The new branch office will be located in the county seat of Hernando at 2170 Highway 51 within the Oak Tree shopping plaza. "We see continued dynamic growth in North Mississippi," said Harold E. Crye, chief executive officer and co-owner of Crye-Leike, Inc. "This year, one of our goals was to have a third office in DeSoto County. Our new Hernando location will bring us closer to the casinos which is part of the catalyst for the growth in this area." Crye noted that this is one of Crye-Leike's smaller offices, at approximately 2,000 sq. ft., but for a reason. "We intend to stay in this leased space over the next three to four years, and then build our own building in a new Hernando location once we determine the market size," he stated. The current office is planned to accommodate 14 sales associates, "some of whom may be relocating from other Crye-Leike Mississippi offices in Southaven and Olive Branch," said Crye. He added that no managing broker has been named at this time. When the lease agreement begins July 1, Crye said that extensive remodeling will be made to the existing office space over the next 30 to 60 days. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates who operate in 50 branch offices, located in 20 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has three franchise offices in Oxford and Tupelo, Miss. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine. Recently, Crye-Leike was ranked No. 36 among the Top 100 private companies in Memphis based on revenue as reported by the Memphis Business Journal.  

Nashville, Tenn. - David Knox, CSP, a nationally recognized speaker and real estate sales trainer on pricing, negotiating and selling, will be the keynote speaker at Crye-Leike, Inc.'s Nashville quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 18, 2000, 8:30 a.m. at the Cool Springs Marriott Hotel in Franklin, Tenn. He will address Crye-Leike sales associates from the greater Nashville and Chattanooga areas which have an agent sales force of over 1,100. Knox will make the same corporate presentation at the company's Memphis quarterly meeting in Memphis on July 11 to Crye-Leike sales associates from the greater Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi areas which total an additional 1,100 agents. Knox of David Knox Productions in Minneapolis, Minn. (www.davidknox.com) presents seminars to more than 20,000 sales people a year, providing practical business and sales strategies that increase productivity. He is the producer of the consumer video, "Pricing Your Home to Sell," a popular sales tool among real estate agents which has sold over 40,000 copies, and is host of his own television talk show, "Opportunity Knox," on Real Net Satellite Network. He authors articles for many popular real estate publications and is a certified speaking professional. As a speaker that combines humor with solid advice attendees can use right away, Knox's dominant theme is to treat the business like a game. "Take yourself less seriously and have more fun," says Knox. He believes that if you "Let go of the outcome, you'll create more income."   "In-house training for our sales force is continually offered and promoted within Crye-Leike," says Harold Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, Inc. "to ensure that our sales associates are bringing quality expertise to transactions." Crye-Leike's training director Jack Dugger also notes that in-house training encourages sales associates to meet and exceed buyers' and sellers' expectations. "Sellers look to their listing agent primarily to help them find a buyer, shorten the time their house is on the market, and set the right selling price," says Dugger, a real estate sales associate for 20 years who is president-elect of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors. " Buyers continue to look to their sales associate primarily to help them find the right home, negotiate price and complete the paperwork. These are the basics of real estate transactions, but it's the basics that are sometimes taken for granted and need to be continually reinforced." David Knox's real estate career began in 1972 from sales associate to branch manager and shifted in 1983 to training director for a national real estate company, a position responsible for training 15,000 sales associates within the company's 33 national operating units. This job experience led to the startup of his own training company in 1987. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates who operate in 50 branch offices, located in 20 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has three franchise offices in Oxford and Tupelo, Miss. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Memphis, Tenn. - David Knox, CSP, a nationally recognized speaker and real estate sales trainer on pricing, negotiating and selling, will be the keynote speaker at Crye-Leike, Inc.'s Memphis quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2000, 8 a.m. at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Memphis. He will address Crye-Leike sales associates from the greater Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi areas which has an agent sales force of 1,100. Knox will continue his corporate tour by making the same presentation at Crye-Leike's Nashville quarterly meeting on July 18 to sales associates from the greater Nashville and Chattanooga areas which total an additional 1,100 agents. Knox of David Knox Productions in Minneapolis, Minn. (www.davidknox.com) presents seminars to more than 20,000 sales people a year, providing practical business and sales strategies that increase productivity. He is the producer of the consumer video, "Pricing Your Home to Sell," a popular sales tool among real estate agents which has sold over 40,000 copies, and is host of his own television talk show, "Opportunity Knox," on Real Net Satellite Network. He authors articles for many popular real estate publications and is a certified speaking professional. As a speaker that combines humor with solid advice attendees can use right away, Knox's dominant theme is to treat the business like a game. "Take yourself less seriously and have more fun," says Knox. He believes that if you "Let go of the outcome, you'll create more income."   "In-house training for our sales force is continually offered and promoted within Crye-Leike," says Dick Leike, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, Inc. "to ensure that our sales associates are bringing quality expertise to transactions." Crye-Leike's training director Carol Williams notes that in-house training also encourages sales associates to meet and exceed buyers' and sellers' expectations. "Sellers look to their listing agent primarily to help them find a buyer, shorten the time their house is on the market, and set the right selling price," says Williams. " Buyers continue to look to their sales associate primarily to help them find the right home, negotiate price and complete the paperwork. These are the basics of real estate transactions, but it's the basics that are sometimes taken for granted and need to be continually reinforced." David Knox's real estate career began in 1972 from sales associate to branch manager and shifted in 1983 to training director for a national real estate company, a position responsible for training 15,000 sales associates within the company's 33 national operating units. This job experience led to the startup of his own training company in 1987. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,100 sales associates who operate in 50 branch offices, located in 20 counties and six regional areas, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis, Mississippi and Nashville. Crye-Leike also has three franchise offices in Oxford and Tupelo, Miss. and Monteagle, Tenn. As a privately held company with over 480 employees, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 among the nation's top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Memphis, Tenn. - Crye-Leike Inc. recently completed a two-story 7,200 square foot expansion of its existing 15,000 square foot office building at 894 Germantown Parkway in Cordova, Tennessee. This original Crye-Leike Office Building was built in 1988 to accommodate Crye-Leike's Cordova branch office. The second floor of the Crye-Leike Office Building houses Crye-Leike, REALTOR?'s Cordova branch office. The 3,600 square feet added to this floor will accommodate up to 116 sales associates. The existing office space was remodeled in September 1999. "The addition features 14 new private offices for Crye-Leike sales associates who attain $2.5 million in sales for the year as well as 14 semi-private office spaces," said Hank Hogue, vice president and managing broker of Crye-Leike's Cordova office. "The remaining 3,600 square feet on the first floor is available as leased office space at $18 per square foot annually with full service," said Collins Mikell, commercial leasing broker of Crye-Leike Property Management, Inc. The property is managed and leased by Crye-Leike Property Management, Inc. General contractor was Priester and Associates of Memphis who has built many Crye-Leike properties, including Crye-Leike's 100,000 square foot corporate office at 6525 Quail Hollow. "Expansion was necessary to accommodate the explosive residential sales growth in the Cordova area," said Dick Leike, vice president of Crye-Leike, Inc. Since Crye-Leike's Cordova branch office first opened in 1988, there have been 12,839 new houses built, according to Garner Chandler of Chandler Report LLC, a real estate research firm in Memphis, Tenn. "Cordova is the most active area of Shelby County for both construction and sales of homes. Nearly 25 percent of all new homes built in Shelby County since 1988 have been in the Cordova area, and I see that trend continuing," said Chandler. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, zip code area 38018 in Cordova has experienced a population growth of 264 percent between the 1980 census and 1990 census. The 1990 census reported the Cordova population at 22,122. Claritas, a national demographics service, estimated Cordova's population at 42,611 in 1999, with a five-year projection in 2004 at 50,801. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) , the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Midsouth, has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 46 branch offices, located in 16 counties and four regional areas, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Memphis and Nashville, along with select Crye-Leike offices in Arkansas, Mississippi and North Georgia. As a privately held company, it attained record sales of $3.3 billion corporatewide in 1999. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 10 in the nation among the top 500 residential real estate brokerage firms and No. 3 among the nation's largest 161 privately owned independent real estate companies, as reported in May 2000 by REAL Trends Magazine.  

Chattanooga, Tenn. - Crye-Leike, Realtors, the largest real estate company in Tennessee and the Midsouth, continues to expand in the Greater Chattanooga and North Georgia areas since it first entered Chattanooga's real estate market in December 1997. Two office plazas, both to be called Crye-Leike Plaza, are currently under construction in Cleveland, Tennessee and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Together, these two projects represent an estimated $4 million and 37,400 square feet in new construction. Crye-Leike Plaza of Cleveland, Tennessee will be a 14,400 square foot office plaza, located at 4631 North Lee Highway in Bradley County. Crye-Leike's Cleveland branch office will occupy 4,000 square feet within this office plaza and accommodate a total of 30 sales associates and administrative offices. The remaining 10,400 square feet will be available for lease as retail and office space. Crye-Leike Plaza of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. will be a 23,000 square foot office plaza on 6.5 acres of land in Catoosa County. Crye-Leike will occupy a "significant portion of that space for its North Georgia branch," said Harold Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, which will accommodate a total of 45 sales associates and administrative offices with the remaining space available for lease as retail and office space. Crye-Leike secured the approval from the city of Fort Oglethorpe to name the street on which Crye-Leike's Fort Oglethorpe branch office and office plaza are located as 69 Crye-Leike Drive. "We selected the Fort Oglethorpe site because Catoosa County is the fastest growing county in the Tri-State area and North Georgia, as well as the fact that Battlefield Parkway is a highly desirable location," said Crye. The office plaza is located directly across the street from the Wal-Mart Super Center which is also on Battlefield Parkway. The Strauss Company of Chattanooga is the general contractor and Solar Bear, Inc. (SBI) of Chattanooga is serving as the engineering firm. They estimate completion of these projects in the fall of 2000. "Excavation has been completed at Crye-Leike's Fort Oglethorpe site and construction of the building has begun," said Keith Rosenblum, president of Crye-Leike's Commercial Sales & Leasing of Brentwood, Tenn. who is the leasing sales associate for both Crye-Leike Plazas in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. and Cleveland, Tenn. "Our Cleveland branch is one step behind, with the initial site work in progress." There are two out parcels adjacent to the Fort Oglethorpe property available for sale that are .96 and 1.31 acres in size, "each with high visibility on Battlefield Parkway," notes Rosenblum. Upon completion of the Crye-Leike Plazas, Crye-Leike will have six branch offices in the Greater Chattanooga area and one in the North Georgia area, reports Jack Webb, vice president and general manager of Crye-Leike of Chattanooga, "potentially increasing the total number of Crye-Leike sales associates to 250." Offices are currently located in downtown Chattanooga, Cleveland, East Brainerd, Hixson, Signal Mountain, and Soddy-Daisy. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 46 branch offices, located in 16 counties, primarily in Tennessee, along with select Crye-Leike offices in Mississippi and Arkansas. As a privately held company, it attained record sales of $3.35 billion companywide in 1999. Crye-Leike of Chattanooga recorded sales of $50.19 million in its first quarter of 2000, up 43 percent from same-quarter results a year earlier. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 13 among the top real estate brokers in the United States as reported in 1999 by Real Trends Magazine.  

Brentwood, Tenn. - The residential landscape at the southeast corner of Granny White and Old Hickory Blvd. is fast changing its character. A 1.46 acre lot, zoned commercial OL (office limited), has been sold on April 26, 2000, to Harold E. Crye for $490,000. The property is located across the street from Bethel World Outreach Center and borders, but is not a part of, neighboring Maryland Farms Office Park. The listing and selling sales associates were Jim Terrell of Crye-Leike, REALTORS? in Brentwood and Keith Rosenblum of Crye-Leike Commercial Sales & Leasing in Brentwood. "The property has a high traffic count and easy access which makes a prime location for a commercial building, " says Crye, chief executive officer of Crye-Leike, the largest real estate firm in Tennessee and the Mid-South. He says plans for the building space include utilizing it to handle the rapidly growing divisions of Crye-Leike. Crye's property is next to two adjoining parcels that intersect at one of Brentwood's busiest and congested corridors. Two corner parcels were sold last year to Ritzen Development Group as a one corner development. The remaining parcel is still available for sale. "All these properties sit on both Williamson and Davidson county lines with a dominance in Davidson County," said Rosenblum. "They have a Brentwood address, but are under the development jurisdiction of Metro-Davidson County." The high traffic count at the corner of Granny White and Old Hickory Blvd. and its single lane intersection have caught the attention of the Tennessee Department of Transportation to consider a recent proposal to widen this intersection into four lanes. Motorists have felt some traffic relief with a recent addition of a left turning arrow street light for both north-south and east-west bound traffic. In his purchase, Crye allowed for the widening of the road in front of his property which would be .253 acres. "We don't see the widening of the street in front of the property as a problem, " said Terrell. "Instead, it will increase accessibility and visibility for the tenants and their clients." Williamson County has benefited from Crye-Leike's expansion of offices into the Middle Tennessee area since 1992. Their strong presence in Brentwood includes three office buildings that total in excess of 60,000 sq. ft. in office space for Crye-Leike: 5055 Maryland Way, better remembered as the old Brentwood library, which now serves as a Crye-Leike branch office for over 65 sales associates; 130 Wilson Pike Circle which houses its commercial, leasing and property management division; and 5111 Maryland Way, another branch office for over 95 sales associates as well as for its administrative offices. Crye-Leike was founded in 1977 in the Memphis area. It entered Chattanooga's real estate market in December 1997. Crye-Leike (www.crye-leike.com) has over 2,200 sales associates who operate in 46 branch offices, located in 16 counties, primarily in Tennessee, along with select Crye-Leike offices in Mississippi and Arkansas. As a privately held company, it attained record sales of $3 billion corporatewide in 1999, the best year reported in company history. Nationally, Crye-Leike is ranked No. 13 among the top real estate brokers in the United States as reported in 1999 by Real Trends Magazine.