NAI Earle Furman Welcomes Four New Hires
November 2023 – NAI Earle Furman, a leading full-service commercial real estate firm in the Carolinas, recently welcomed four new team members to their Greenville and Spartanburg offices.
Cleveland Bain: Senior Associate – Greenville Office
Cleveland Bain has represented both sellers and buyers focusing on the identification, acquisition, sale, and lease of land and development sites. Bain has worked with a range of clients from individual property owners to multinational development companies. Prior to joining NAI Earle Furman, Cleveland was involved with brokering over $90 million of land deals across various asset classes. Prior to joining brokerage, Cleveland Bain worked as an attorney where he represented property owners, developers, business owners, and contractors within real estate, construction, and land use and zoning for nearly a decade. Bain represented numerous clients through various entitlement processes including variances, change of use, and rezoning. Bain’s combination of brokerage and legal knowledge and experience involving land use and zoning provides his clients with unique insight and strategies to accomplish their goals. Bain also previously was a licensed general contractor and owner of a residential and commercial construction company for seven years in Nashville, Tennessee.
Josh Kenyon: Associate – Greenville Office
Originally from Fort Mill, SC, Josh has previous internship experience in logistics and supply chain management. In the summer of 2023, he interned with NAI Earle Furman as a Brokerage Intern prior to joining the industrial team led by Hunter Garrett and John Staunton.
Chrestman Rainey: Associate – Greenville Office
Chrestman is teamed with Scott Jones, SIOR, and John Stathakis, CCIM focusing on commercial real estate services including Seller, Buyer representation and site selection. A key area where the Jones/Stathakis team has been successful is representing landlords and tenants in leasing office space. In addition to leasing commercial space, the Jones/Stathakis team has experience in trading investment property, build-to-suits, and redevelopment of existing properties.
Alec Moncini: Associate – Spartanburg Office
Alec grew up on a cattle farm in Hodges, SC, and fell in love with being in the woods, hunting, and fishing at a very young age. While a student at Eastside High School, he took an interest in welding and attended classes at the Bonds Career Center in Greer, SC. After graduating, he furthered his welding education at Greenville Tech and started a welding apprenticeship program at Woodward Governor Company. Alec later worked with The Heirloom Companies where he specialized in creating custom ornamental ironwork for homes. For the past several years, Alec has worked as a professional hunting guide at Knox County Whitetails in Missouri and Powder River Outfitters in Montana. In his spare time, Alec enjoys teaching his three young cousins the way of the outdoors, including hunting and fishing, in hopes of recreating the childhood memories he shared with their fathers.