The InLight Real Estate Partners team continues to grow and we are honored to welcome Chloe Heiligenstein and Matt Pickard as our newest real estate professionals.
Chloe will serve as an Analyst in the Charleston, SC office. Chloe’s primary focus will be conducting financial analysis and underwriting potential acquisitions and development projects. In addition to those duties, Chloe is responsible for building InLight’s brand recognition via LinkedIn.
Prior to joining ILREP, Chloe spent a year and a half as an Industrial Brokerage Associate at Colliers in Charleston, SC. Chloe began her real estate career in January 2020 at Collier’s as an intern on the team and was exposed to the industry and asset type early on. Chloe and her Senior Brokers were responsible for sourcing sites for development partners, agency work on the Landlord side, and working with Tenants to strategically solve their real estate needs.
From this exposure and disruption in the supply chain, Chloe quickly found a passion regarding logistics and supply chain quickly networking with relevant folks in the Maritime industry.
Chloe studied Commercial Real Estate Finance at the College of Charleston and was awarded the Advil Real Estate Scholarship, the Grant Eney Mayo Scholarship, the SIOR Mildred C Hanson Scholarship, the CREW Network Scholarship, and other prestigious awards supporting females pursuing careers in Commercial Real Estate. In addition, Chloe has had early exposure to CCIM courses and other financial analysis tools.
Chloe looks forward to her endeavors at InLight Real Estate Partners and working alongside Matt Pickard to grow IREP presence in Charleston, Savannah, and Greenville/Spartanburg.
Matt Pickard serves as Vice President for Inlight Real Estate Partners with a focus on sourcing and managing new development and acquisition opportunities across the Charleston, Greenville/Spartanburg and Savannah markets.
Prior to joining the firm, Matt spent 7 years as an industrial real estate broker, first with Cushman and Wakefield and later serving as a Senior Associate with Colliers International in their Charleston SC office. During his time as an industrial broker, Matt played a key role in facilitating both sale and lease transactions representing both top global logistics firms as tenants as well as institutional landlords. In recent years his primary focus was directed on working with development clients through the full site development process from initial site selection through completed development.
During his last two years alone with Colliers, Matt was able to serve as the key originator for a number of his national industrial development clients in procuring land positions across the market with a combined 7,500,000 SF of planned new industrial development. Throughout his career Matt has always remained active in the community and engaged throughout numerous professional and industry associations.
Matt grew up in Atlanta, GA before graduating from Auburn University where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a Major in Finance.
Matt now lives in Charleston, SC with his wife, daughter, and son and tries to spend as much time on the water as work will permit.
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