Experience
Rob Polischuck serves as Senior Real Estate Manager in Orlando, FL. Rob brings over six years of property and project management experience including facilities management, retail, and industrial property management.
Rob holds accreditation as a Certified Manager of Commercial Properties (CMCP) through BOMI International and is actively pursuing his BOMI RPA Designation.
Education & Accreditations
- Florida State University
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
- Certified Manager of Commercial Properties (CMCP)
- BOMI International
Experience:
Molly is a senior associate broker at foundry commercial. Her focus is on tenant and landlord representation throughout the state of Tennessee and the southeast. She strives to help clients achieve their real estate goals. Prior to joining foundry, molly served as an associate broker at Katztz & Associates, and leasing assistant at Boyle investment company where she worked on creating, and implementing merchandising plans, marketing mixed used projects, prospects, as well as the leasing of developments such as capitol view and McEwen northside. While at Boyle, molly helped create the agency’s tenant cares program, a successful initiative that facilitated communications with tenants, which helped generate new leases and renewals.
Education & accreditations:
Molly holds a bachelor of science in fashion merchandising from the University of Georgia. Ccim candidate.
Community Involvement:
Founding Board Member, Boys & Girls Club Tullahoma
Experience
Carrie is a placemaker for mixed-use developments where she curates a sense of place and drives value vertically for an asset through retail leasing and merchandising. During her 20+ year career in commercial real estate, Carrie has negotiated over $2 billion in transactions.
Prior to joining Foundry, Carrie was the founder of Carrie Bobb & Co. and co-founder of hellojenny. Carrie Bobb & Co specialized in mixed-use developments and evoking emotion through retail leasing. Hellojenny develops digital strategies for commercial real estate by aligning the social media strategy of an asset with the leasing strategy.
Prior to starting her own companies, Carrie had been with CBRE in San Diego for 15 years where she worked on projects out of the ground such as One Paseo, The Village at Pacific Highlands Ranch, Pacific Gate, Flower Hill Promenade (re-development), Encinitas Village (re-development) and several others.
Carrie has completed transactions with retailers such as Sephora, Blue Bottle Coffee, lululemon, Cinepolis, SoulCycle, Fox Restaurant Concepts, Salt & Straw, drybar and several others. She has represented landlords including Kilroy Realty, IQHQ, Bosa Development, Asana Partners, Protea Properties, Heitman, Regency Centers, as well as many others.
Education & Accreditations
- MBA, University of San Diego
- BA, Southern Nazarene University
- Women in Real Estate Leaders 2022, Connect
- Business Woman of the Year, 2021, San Diego Business Journal
- Top 25 Retail Influencers, 2021, Globe. Street
- Top 25 Most Influential Women in Real Estate, 2021, Otso
- Krista Haverly Award, 2018, CBRE
- Power Women in Real Estate, 2016, Bisnow
Community Involvement
- Forbes Real Estate Council Member
Experience
Nicole serves as Senior Associate on the Charlotte Retail Brokerage team. Nicole provides quality transaction services for both Landlords and Tenants. Her focus is project leasing, specialty Tenant representation and new development. Nicole works throughout the Carolinas on grocery-anchored, mixed-use, and specialty retail assets as well as outparcel and land transactions. Her clients include institutional owners such as ARA, Prudential, Pennybacker Capital as well as many family office and individual clients.
Originally from New Jersey, Nicole moved to Charlotte in 2016 having received her BA in Real Estate from the University of South Carolina. Nicole was previously with Legacy Real Estate Advisors and MPV in Charlotte. Nicole is a member of ICSC and CRCBR and a longtime volunteer at the Mecklenburg Animal Shelter.
Education and Accreditation
- B.A. in Real Estate at University of South Carolina
- Licensed North Carolina Broker
Community Involvement
- Member of ICSC
- Member of CRCBR
- Volunteer at Humane Society in Charlotte
Experience
Nolan Mills serves as a Senior Associate for Foundry Commercial’s Retail Services team. Nolan is focused on both landlord and tenant representation with Foundry Commercial’s “serve others” fundamentals in mind. His experience in leasing representation expands from grocery-anchored centers, big box power centers to out parcel developments. Representing landlord clients such as RAM Realty, Kimco and New Market Properties. Nolan also works locally and across the state for his tenants and their expansions. His work with clients such as Dairy Queen, Super Cuts, and Epic Wings make him well-rounded and knowledgeable in any situation for his clients.
Nolan is a graduate of North Carolina State University where he studied Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and was a four-year starter for the NC State golf team. Both of Nolan’s parents are in real estate in the Charlotte area where he grew up.
Clients Served
- Any Lab Test Now
- Bumble Tea
- Crème de la Crème
- Dairy Queen
- Epic Wings
- Express Oil
- Golden Krust
- Hounds Town
- Humana
- Kimco Realty
- Menchies
- New Market Properties
- Pizza Hut
- Ram Realty Services
- Soda Box
- Super Cuts
- The Carlyle Group
- Volofit
Professional Affiliations & Community Service
- Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh
- Delta Sigma Phi Alumni
- The First Tee of Raleigh
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- Urban Land Institute
Education
- North Carolina State University | Business Administration – Finance
Experience
Rhett Batanides serves as Vice President in Foundry’s Charlotte, North Carolina office. He specializes in national tenant representation, leasing large high-end developments, and land projects.
On the tenant side, Rhett has been successful in helping multiple concepts expand across the United States & Canada, serving as their Master Broker. Rhett was mentioned multiple times in Robert Powells’ (Undercover Boss) recently published book, for his work helping expand Mr. Powell’s company nationwide. He has overseen and completed a multitude of new locations across the continent in each company’s expansion.
On the landlord side, he has participated in the leasing of over 1.5 million square feet of high-end retail space up and down the East Coast.
Prior to working in Commercial Real Estate, Mr. Batanides was a pilot in the United States Air Force. As an aircraft commander, he flew missions across the world, accomplishing various advanced directives of the United States DoD. A Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Captain Batanides earned multiple medals while safely executing an array of dangerous combat missions.
Education & Accreditations
- Bachelor of Science in Business Management – Kansas State University
- Certificate in Financial Planning – Kansas State University
- Masters of Science in Financial Planning – Kansas State University
- Masters of Political Science in Political Management- The George Washington University
- Licensed Real Estate Broker – North & South Carolina
Community Involvement
- President of Veterans Homeless Shelter – Family Forum in Charlotte, NC
- Member of Governor Appointed Board – Governor’s Working Group for Veterans
- Director of Support our Vets – Fundraising group that allocates funds to various Veteran charities.
Experience
Ross Diachenko joined Foundry Commercial in 2018 and works on the Retail Services team where he specializes in landlord and tenant representation. His vast project leasing experience includes a wide array of grocery-anchored shopping centers, big-box power centers, mixed-use lifestyle centers, multi-tenant outparcel developments, and Downtown urban mixed-use properties for local investors and large institutional clients such as Invesco, Northwestern Mutual, RAM Realty, Stiles, New Market Properties, and The Carlyle Group. Ross’ leasing portfolio currently consists of over 1.8M SF with several other projects in the pre-construction phase.
Additionally, Ross is actively involved in site selection for restaurant and retail tenant rep clients not only in the Triangle, but throughout North Carolina as well. He works with several national, local, and regional operators such as City Barbecue, Driven Brands, WakeMed, Tin Roof, barre3, and Clean Eatz.
Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Ross worked at Trademark Properties for four years where he quickly became a top performer in the company and significantly grew their retail platform. Ross is a graduate of North Carolina State University. Prior to transferring to NC State, Ross played basketball at Methodist University. Ross is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and serves on the CCIM Programs Committee.
Clients Served
- Tin Roof Restaurant and Bar
- Invesco
- Jimmy John’s
- Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar
- barre3
- City Barbecue
- Gemcap Development
- The Carroll Companies
- RAM Realty
- New Market Properties
- Stiles Corp.
- Summit Hospitality Group
- City of Durham
- Peace University
- The Carlyle Group
- Sembler
- Centerline Properties
- Clean Eatz
- National Pawn
- Moran Capital
- Books-A-Million
- 7-Eleven
- House of Hops
- Zapolski Real Estate
- Crow Holdings
- Mount Oak Capital
- Tribek Properties
- Driven Brands
- Hutton
- Lock 7 Development
Professional Affiliations & Community Service
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- CCIM Programs Committee
- Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral
- Glenwood South Neighborhood Collaborative
Education
- North Carolina State University
- Bachelor of Arts, Communication (Minor in Business Administration)
Experience
Upon receiving a B.S. in History from the University of Virginia, Keely Hines began her real estate career as a commercial appraiser with Fitzhugh Stout & Associates in Charlotte, North Carolina. Keely joined Core Properties, Inc. in 2000 to pursue her interest in general retail brokerage, including third party shopping center leasing, tenant representation, outparcel sales, and disposition of surplus properties.
In November 2009, Keely joined The Carolina Group Partners, LLC, which later became MPV Properties. She then joined Foundry Commercial in 2018. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and holds real estate brokerage licenses in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
For the past decade, Keely has focused primarily on landlord leasing with a current and former client list that includes Ferncroft Capital, Crosland Southeast, Ascentris, Childress Klein Properties, Armada Hoffler, New York Life, Clarion Partners, LMC, Portman Holdings, 1st Carolina Properties, Rabina Properties, Pappas Properties, Hart Realty, Cousins Properties, Simpson Commercial Real Estate, Marsh Properties, Stonemar Properties, ARA, Trinity Capital Advisors, Vision Ventures, Colonial Properties Trust, Continental Real Estate Companies, Pearson Properties, Stonegate Developers, SFRE Inc., Collett & Associates, and Beacon Partners.
Transaction Experience
Keely focuses on project leasing of grocery anchored neighborhood centers, free-standing multi tenant retail, mixed and multi-use assets, vacant financial and restaurant buildings and re-adaptive projects. In addition, Keely has leased high-profile development projects in the Charlotte region including RedStone, Riverbend Village, Dimensional Place, Ballantyne Village, Strawberry Hill redevelopment and 300 South Brevard. Additional notable projects include Stonecrest at Piper Glen, Metropolitan at Midtown, Dilworth Gardens, Providence Plaza, Toringdon, Winslow Bay Commons, Carmel Village and Ally Center.
Education & Accreditations
- B.S. in History, University of Virginia
- 2019 CRCBR Deal Makers Award, Bronze
- 2019 Costar Top Retail Commercial Producer, Charlotte Region
- 2019 Costar Power Broker Award, Charlotte Region
- 2020 Costar Power Broker Award, Charlotte Region
Community Involvement
- Former Board Member – Roof Above
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Licensed Real Estate Broker NC, SC
Experience
As Senior Vice President Retail Leasing Florida with Foundry Commercial, Jill Gull is responsible for leading the retail leasing for the State of Florida. She has extensive historical experience with landlord/tenant representation, land sales/ ground leases, big box lease negotiations, and office landlord leasing. Throughout her tenure, she has executed over $100 million in lease and sales transactions. She is an experienced veteran in the industry, representing both institutional and local owners of regional power centers, lifestyle centers, and mixed-use office portfolios. Ms. Gull is a Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker Associate and a member of ICSC and NAIOP.
Ms. Gull’s diverse experience allows her to add value to her clients throughout the entire real estate process. She provides:
- Analysis of the potential markets, competitive sets, and historical transactions
- Hands-on through deal execution and provides landlord services through the move-in process
Jill provides a customer-centric approach to retail brokerage that results in building long-lasting commercial real estate relationships.
Clients Served
- Apollo
- Guggenheim
- EverWest
- Prudential
- Site Centers
- AIG
- ACF Properties
- Casto
- Stiles
- Owens
- Third & Urban
- Northshore
- Orion
- Collett Capital
- Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen
- Big Taco
- IGC Hospitality Restaurant Group
- Dermalogica
- Bravo Supermarkets
Education & Accreditations
- Power Broker Award Recipient
- Graduate from The George Washington University
Professional Affiliations & Community Involvement
- Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker Associate
- ICSC Member
- NAIOP Member
Experience
Julie Augustyn is a recognized innovator and leader in the retail sector of commercial real estate throughout the Southeastern United States. Bringing her deep understanding of key retail markets she focuses on retail tenant and landlord representation.
Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Julie was the Senior Director of Real Estate for Office Depot, where she was responsible for managing the retail portfolio for Office Depot and OfficeMax brands for the Eastern United States. This included managing her team with a portfolio of over 700 stores in 20 states. Julie also worked at Woolbright Development, Inc., a South Florida based real estate investment company where she was Development Manager and responsible for planning and obtaining approvals for 850,000 square feet of retail and lifestyle center development.
Upon completion of her degree, Julie worked as a Civil Engineer in Florida and Texas for Kimley-Horn and Associates. She transitioned to the role of site selection and store development while at RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.
Professional Affiliation & Community Involvement
- Active member and regional panelist for International Council of Shopping Centers (@ICSC)
- University of Florida Real Estate Advisory Board member and panelist (2007–2021)
- City of Raleigh – Retail Task Force member (2015)
- Prior advisor to CRE//Tech Intersect and co-host of CREvolve Show discussing industry trends (2016)
- Current member of CREW (2015 – present)
- Member of Foundry Commercial’s Scholarship Committee (2020 – present)
Awards & Recognitions
- Real Estate Forum Magazine
- Women of Influence (2017)
- Top Women in Retail (2016)
- Duke Long
- Top 10 Most Influential Online Commercial Real Estate People (2015)
- Top 100 Commercial Real Estate People You Must Follow on Twitter (2016)
Education
- University of Florida
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) with honors
Experience
James Mattox is a Partner with Foundry Commercial and leads the retail leasing and brokerage team for the Carolinas. He has been active in the leasing, brokerage, and development sourcing of retail properties for over 25 years. He specializes in out parcel and land sales, site selection for local, regional, and national retailers, restaurants, and developers and has been involved with numerous developments and redevelopments of single tenant assets, grocery-anchored assets, and power centers that have a mixed-use component. James is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.
James is married and has four children. He is an active member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and enjoys outdoor activities such as skiing, traveling, surfing, biking, hiking, golfing, and anything involving his family.
Clients Served
- Burger Fi
- Capital Growth
- Cameron Property Co.
- Carroll Companies
- CBL
- City Barbeque
- Corelife Eatery
- CoHatch
- Dave’s Hot Chicken
- Hand & Stone Massage & Facial Spa
- International Car Wash Group
- Kimco Realty
- Moe’s Southwest Grill
- Mount Oak Capital
- One Medical
- Primax
- Ram Realty
- Starbucks
- Stanchion Development
- Stiles
- Wells Fargo
- Woodhaven Development
Professional Affiliations & Community Service
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Foundation of Fighting Blindness, National Advisory Board and local chapter Vice President
- St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Education
- Woodberry Forest School, Orange, VA
- Wake Forest University
- Bachelor of Arts, History