Holmes heads Athens Crye-Leike office
Chris Holmes of Sweetwater, Tenn., has been promoted to managing broker of the CryeLeike Realtors’ office in Athens, Tenn., located at 580 S. Congress Parkway.
Holmes, who joined CryeLeike in 2012, is responsible for managing and recruiting a sales force of associates who list and sell residential and commercial real estate in Bradley, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea and Roane counties.
The Athens Crye-Leike office generated $26.43 million in sales in 2015, and Holmes said he expects the expansion of Denso Manufacturing and other businesses to add to the county’s economic growth and development, which is generating an uptick in real estate sales.
Holmes will continue to list and sell real estate, specializing in single family homes, land and farms. Holmes has attained the seller representative specialist (SRS) designation, as well as the e-pro designation, which signifies knowledge in digital initiatives.
When Holmes first joined Crye-Leike in 2012, his sales performance earned him the honor of being named Rookie of the Year. His previous job experiences were in management with Merck and Roche Carolina as a chemist and quality control laboratory supervisor and with Aeroflex USA as its process control supervisor and quality control manager. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“I feel privileged and honored to have the opportunity to be affiliated with the No. 1 real estate company in the MidSouth,” Holmes said.
Crye-Leike’s Athens branch office is one of nine company-owned offices within its Southeast Region of Tennessee with offices in Athens, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Fort Oglethorpe, Hixson, Ooltewah and Signal Mountain.