MECA Properties

President Emeritus

Tony Pressley's professional credentials include the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation from the CCIM Institute and the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation conferred by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). In 2001, he was named Charlotte Regional Realtor Association's (CRRA) Realtor of the Year. He was named 1995 Realtor of the Year by the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR).

Additional professional recognition has included the 2000 Charlotte Chamber Entrepreneur Award (21-75 employees category) and the 2001 Public Relations Society of America/Charlotte Chapter Pegasus Award. In 2001, Tony was named one of the top 15 entrepreneurs of the past 15 years by The Business Journal of Charlotte.

President, Coldwell Banker Commercial MECA

A native of Charlotte, Rob graduated from East Carolina University. He is a licensed real estate broker in North and South Carolina and holds the distinguished CCIM designation. After a brief career in the environmental industry, he joined his family's real estate business, MECA Properties, and is the third generation of Pressley's to be affiliated with that firm.

Rob currently serves as President of Coldwell Banker Commercial MECA and is an active Partner in Firmitas Development. In addition to his corporate responsibilities at both firms, he is very active in the brokerage and development of real estate. During his career as a practicing broker Rob has completed hundreds transactions in the areas of land, investment, retail, office and industrial real estate. His clients include small and large corporate entities, investors, developers, non-profits and various governmental entities. Rob is also currently involved in the development of several large mixed use projects in the Charlotte area and has, over the last 14 years, been very involved in his family's developments in the Historic South End neighborhood.

As a volunteer, Rob serves President Elect of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors where he has been an active member since its inception. Currently he also serves on the Chamber's Charlotte East Board and is a past recipient of Charlotte Business Journal's 40 under 40 award. He is a member of ULI, CNU, ICSC and CCIM Institute.

In addition to his service to the real estate industry, Rob has been an active member of a number of non-profit community organizations including Boy Scouts, Community School of the Arts, the Charlotte Chamber, The Metrolina Business Council and Charlotte's City Committee.

Rob is married to wife Valerie and together they have three daughters, Morgan, Camden and Sheldon.

President, MECA Properties

Andy Pressley, who joined MECA in 1997, is a member of the third generation of the Pressley family to be affiliated with the company. He holds real estate licenses in both North and South Carolina. Andy is a Charlotte Regional Realtors Association member and a Charlotte Chamber Leadership School graduate. Andy has successfully completed two Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) courses offered by the Realtors National Marketing Institutes' Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute. He is a member of The Bridge Foundation and youth basketball and the Dowd YMCA.

Vice President & CFO

A 1983 graduate of Florida State University, Margaret Martin joined MECA in 1984. She holds a N.C. Real Estate License. Since 1984, Margaret has been a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and is a past local chapter board member. Additionally, she is a graduate of Leadership Charlotte Class XVI. She has been an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) since 1995 and served as President in 2003. Also in 2003, she received the Women In Business award presented by The Charlotte Business Journal. Margaret has successfully completed five Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) courses offered by the Realtors National Marketing Institute's Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.

MECA Properties is licensed in North and South Carolina.