Freeman Webb Company
 

Corporate Information

Freeman Webb Inc. is a diversified real estate investment firm that specializes in the acquisition and long-term management of multi-family residential and commercial property. The Freeman Webb investment and management portfolio includes 8 million square feet of office and multi-family property in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest.
 
Freeman Webb operates in four distinct segments of the real estate industry, providing a full range of commercial and residential real estate services through its wholly owned subsidiaries:
 
  • Freeman Webb Investments, Inc. acquires commercial and multi-family residential properties for the company's long-term portfolio as well as for its investor clients.
  • Freeman Webb Management Group , handles the property management of Freeman Webb's portfolio of commercial and multi-family properties and provides property management services to our third party fee management clients.
  • Freeman Webb Mortgage Corp. , one of the oldest mortgage brokers in Tennessee, finances both residential and commercial loans throughout the state.
  • Freeman Webb Co., Realtors, provides commercial and residential real estate sales, leasing and tenant representation services to Freeman Webb clients.
DISTINCTIONS:
 
The company owns and/or manages a long-term portfolio of income-producing properties, with annual rent collections of approximately $60 million from:
 
  • 57 multi-family residential properties totaling approximately 10,000 units
  • Office properties with a total of approximately 1,000,000 square feet
  • 2004 marks the 25th anniversary for Freeman Webb
  • Local and National Rankings - Freeman Webb:
     
  • Ranks as one of the country's top 50 owners of apartment properties (Commercial Property News, June 1, 2000)
  • Ranks as the company with the largest real estate deal ($33.2 million) of 1999 in Nashville (Nashville Business Journal, March 17-23, 2000)
  • Ranks as one of the top 150 privately owned firms in Nashville (Business Nashville, August 2001)
  • Ranks as one of the top 100 real estate investors in the country (Commercial Property News , March 1, 1996)
  • Ranks as one of the country's top 50 owners of apartment properties, based on number of units owned (Commercial Property News ,
    November 1, 1995)
  • Ranks as one of the top 100 privately owned firms in Nashville (Nashville Banner , Nov. 13, 1995 and Business Nashville , Sept./Oct. 1995)
  • Freeman Webb is an Accredited Management Organization (AMO) by the Institute of Real Estate Management.
     
    A Freeman Webb Company Property Manager has been selected for two out of the last five years as National Manager of the Year by The Institute of Real Estate Management. This award is given to only one Property Manager in United States each year. This is an unprecedented achievement for a company of this size.
     
    COMPANY HISTORY:
     
    Celebrating its 25 th anniversary in 2004, our company was founded by William H. Freeman and James A. Webb, III. Freeman Webb Inc. has grown from a three-person company managing a single complex in Nashville to a full-service real estate firm with 300 employees.
     
    Freeman Webb experienced fast-paced growth until the real estate industry suffered a depression following the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The company successfully weathered the industry-wide depression without losing a single employee and began to see exceptional growth again by 1989. Today, Freeman Webb is the largest owner/manager of apartments in the Nashville area. Freeman currently owns and/or manages properties in the following six states: Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Indiana, and Alabama.
     
    TOTAL EMPLOYEES:
     
    There are more than 300 employees including:
  • Five Certified Property Managers (CPMs)
  • 23 Accredited Residential Property Managers (ARMs)
  • Two Certified Apartment Managers (CAMs)
  • Seven National Apartment Leasing Professionals (NALP)
  • One Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
  • 15 licensed affiliate brokers
  • Internal legal department
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
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    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT:
     
  • William H. Freeman, Co-Founder, Freeman Webb, Inc.
  • James A. Webb, III, Co-Founder, Freeman Webb, Inc.
  • Kent A. Burns, President, Freeman Webb Investments, Inc.
  • Daniel P. Ford, Senior Vice President, Property Management Division
  • Judith E. Beasley, Executive Vice President, Freeman Webb, Inc. and Legal Counsel
  • Cathy D. Cowan, President, Freeman Webb Mortgage Corp.
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    CORPORATE OFFICE:
     

    555 Great Circle Rd Ste 100
    Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1310

    Telephone: (615) 271-2700
    Fax: (615) 726-1937

     
     
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