Spilman Short was with CB Richard Ellis since 1997 as Senior Vice President as the result of selling his regional firm Property Resources, to the company. He was the Richmond office supervising broker of record and responsible for new business development, and was the top producer in 1999, participating in the sale and leasing of over 1,000,000 square feet of real estate. Spilman left CBRE in 2000 to form Dominion Diversified Real Estate Group.

Spilman began his career in 1981 in commercial leasing and management with Elam & Funsten, Richmond's oldest Real Estate Firm. While there, he was responsible for servicing the company's entire office and retail portfolio. To date ,the principals of DRV have acquired real estate valued in excess of $90,000,000.

In 1985 Spilman was hired to establish an autonomous Richmond office for Paragon Group, one of the nation's larger development firms. At Paragon, he directed the leasing of Paragon Place, a $100,000,000 planned mix-use office park at I-64, West Broad Street and Glenside Drive. He successfully pre-leased the first $24,000,000 phase of this project, which set a new standard of quality for suburban office development in Richmond.

During 1988, Spilman co-founded, and was President of, Short & Mattox, Inc. where he concentrated on tenant representation and personally produced over $20,000,000 in sales and leasing volume in one year.

In joining Property Resources in 1994 as a founding Principal for their Virginia operations, Spilman was responsible for enlarging the sales, leasing and consulting department, and continuing the company's philosophy of superior service in Virginia. During 1995 and 1996, Spilman and his Richmond partner produced over $98,000,000 and $58,000,000 in gross sales and leasing volume.

SIGNIFICANT ASSIGNMENTS
As a commercial developer and broker, Spilman has facilitated more than 3,000,000 square feet of improved property transactions for firms such as:

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (CURRENT OR PAST)

• Richmond Association of Realtors
• Greater Richmond Assoc. of Commercial Realtors

ACHIEVEMENTS
As a commercial developer and broker, Spilman has facilitated more than 3,500,000 square feet of improved property transactions. Additionally, he has been involved in selling over 500 acres of land to and for companies such as Coca-Cola Company and the Principal Financial Group. Recently Spilman participated in the disposition of a portfolio for J.P. Morgan consisting of 1,000,000 square feet, having a value in excess of $90,000,000.

EDUCATION
Spilman is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Management, with a concentration in Real Estate and Urban Land Development. While at VCU, he was Vice President of Rho Epsilon, Professional Real Estate Fraternity and Captain of the Cross Country Team.