Rich Harris
Managing Principal, Transcend Commercial
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone (919) 439-5151
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep, Tenant Rep (Office)
Property Types
Office, Flex, Multi-Family
Markets
Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, San Francisco
Bio
Richard Harris joined Advantis/GVA in 1996 and works
predominately as a tenant representation specialist. He is
now regarded as one of the premier tenant representation
brokers in the Raleigh-Durham commercial real estate
market. Rich utilizes his diverse background in computer
science, communications and audio/video technologies to
offer efficient and comprehensive service delivery to his
clients. Rich has a strong reputation for integrity and aggressive
advocacy with large, publicly traded companies,
as well as venture-backed start-up companies and has
demonstrated an uncanny ability to overcome significant
market obstacles on behalf of his clients. At Advantis/
GVA, he has also served as the chairman of the company’s
Technology and Development Committee. In his
first 12 months with Advantis as a consultant, Rich completed
an information technology analysis of, at that time,
eight regional company offices and the headquarters office.
His recommendations resulted in significant infrastructure
upgrades of benefit to both his colleagues and
clients of the firm.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Advantis/GVA
Commercial Brokerage, Durham, N.C.
• Successfully represented the specialty needs of high-tech tenants
including Agilent Technologies, Mercury MD, XTL Biopharmaceuticals,
Sinister Games, Hewlett Packard and TrialCard.
• Successfully represented such prominent tenants as Pepsi, Wells
Fargo, Midway airlines, American Diabetes Association and Fluor
Daniel Corporation.
• Served as a technology and real estate consultant in a real estate
investment portfolio sale of over $60 million
• Consulted and participated on the team that sold the ERC Building,
an investment sale valued at $11.5 million.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1996
ORGANIZATIONS & AWARDS
N.C. Real Estate Salesman License
Board Member of Triangle Area Office Building
Association (TRAOBA)
Established local Adopt-a-Highway program (“Balance
Your Life”)
Participant in the Habitat for Humanity Organization
Participant in the Adopt-a-Family Program
Annual lecturer at the Kenan Flagler School of Business
