The Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock recently announced they will honor John Flake and Timothy Grooms with the Legend award for their legacy of commercial real estate accomplishments and inspiring achievements.
The awards will be presented at the 7th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards on Tuesday, Feb. 25. With the night starting at 5:30 p.m. and the event will be at the Little Rock Junior League Headquarters Building, 401 S Scott St.
Tickets are available at crecmlr.org/events and for more information contact info@crecmlr.org or call 501-291-2210.
John Flake
John Flake, above, is truly a legendary figure in Arkansas’ commercial real estate industry. Flake grew up with real estate as the family business. It included working with his brother, Dickson Flake at Barnes Quinn Flake and Anderson before he founded his firm, Flake & Kelley Commercial, in 1979. In 2020, he joined his daughter's company, Flake & Company as Chief Real Estate Advisor. Flake is highly dedicated to downtown Little Rock and his vision has always been to strengthen the downtown skyline. He developed the 40-story Simmons Bank building, originally developed as Capitol Tower in 1986. Flake has successfully completed dozens and dozens of projects for healthcare institutions, as well as office, retail and multiple energy solutions projects. His client portfolio includes Baptist Health, Walmart, Dillard’s, Verizon, Acxiom, Entergy and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. Flake has been a Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) for 50 years and is a member of the Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock (CREC MLR), Arkansas Real Estate Association, the Little Rock Real Estate Association and the National Association of Realtors. He is also affiliated with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Big Brothers of Pulaski County, the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Partnership, served the Little Rock National Airport Commission, and many other organizations.
Timothy Grooms
Tim Grooms, above, is a founding member of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC. He represents banks, health care managers, real estate developers, real estate brokers, and other clients in a variety of transactional matters. Grooms has substantial experience in real estate and general commercial lending transactions and has negotiated hundreds of retail, office and commercial space leases on behalf of major national retailers and numerous developers, landlords and tenants throughout Arkansas and the Mid-South. Among completed transactions, Grooms lists numerous retail shopping center developments, mixed-use horizontal property regimes, apartment complexes (including units providing low-income housing), office buildings, educational institutions, hotels, hospitals, related clinics and ancillary facilities, and charitable non-profit developments. As legal counsel to Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, he assisted with property assemblage and condemnation and later handled all other legal aspects for the Arena, including construction, management, and operational matters. He was real estate development counsel for Heifer Project International regarding land acquisition and development of its present World Headquarters and represented the owners of the present site of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park. He was also involved in the redevelopment of the Mann on Main and Arcade Building and served as legal counsel for numerous projects in the River Market. Grooms is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA), a member and former officer in the state chapter of the ICSC. He serves as counsel to numerous banking and real estate industry groups, including the Arkansas Community Bankers, Arkansas Rural Rental Housing Association, Arkansas REALTORS® Association (including numerous local REALTOR® boards), the state chapter of the Building and Office Management Association (BOMA), and Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock (CREC MLR).
Past recipients of this award include Dickson Flake, Jimmy Moses, James Hathaway, Gus Vratsinas, and Rick Ashley.
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Commercial Real Estate Council honors Flake, Grooms
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The Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock recently announced they will honor John Flake and Timothy Grooms with the Legend award for their legacy of commercial real estate accomplishments and inspiring achievements.
The awards will be presented at the 7th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards on Tuesday, Feb. 25. With the night starting at 5:30 p.m. and the event will be at the Little Rock Junior League Headquarters Building, 401 S Scott St.
Tickets are available at crecmlr.org/events and for more information contact info@crecmlr.org or call 501-291-2210.
John Flake
John Flake, above, is truly a legendary figure in Arkansas’ commercial real estate industry. Flake grew up with real estate as the family business. It included working with his brother, Dickson Flake at Barnes Quinn Flake and Anderson before he founded his firm, Flake & Kelley Commercial, in 1979. In 2020, he joined his daughter's company, Flake & Company as Chief Real Estate Advisor. Flake is highly dedicated to downtown Little Rock and his vision has always been to strengthen the downtown skyline. He developed the 40-story Simmons Bank building, originally developed as Capitol Tower in 1986. Flake has successfully completed dozens and dozens of projects for healthcare institutions, as well as office, retail and multiple energy solutions projects. His client portfolio includes Baptist Health, Walmart, Dillard’s, Verizon, Acxiom, Entergy and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. Flake has been a Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) for 50 years and is a member of the Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock (CREC MLR), Arkansas Real Estate Association, the Little Rock Real Estate Association and the National Association of Realtors. He is also affiliated with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Big Brothers of Pulaski County, the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Partnership, served the Little Rock National Airport Commission, and many other organizations.
Timothy Grooms
Tim Grooms, above, is a founding member of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC. He represents banks, health care managers, real estate developers, real estate brokers, and other clients in a variety of transactional matters. Grooms has substantial experience in real estate and general commercial lending transactions and has negotiated hundreds of retail, office and commercial space leases on behalf of major national retailers and numerous developers, landlords and tenants throughout Arkansas and the Mid-South. Among completed transactions, Grooms lists numerous retail shopping center developments, mixed-use horizontal property regimes, apartment complexes (including units providing low-income housing), office buildings, educational institutions, hotels, hospitals, related clinics and ancillary facilities, and charitable non-profit developments. As legal counsel to Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, he assisted with property assemblage and condemnation and later handled all other legal aspects for the Arena, including construction, management, and operational matters. He was real estate development counsel for Heifer Project International regarding land acquisition and development of its present World Headquarters and represented the owners of the present site of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Park. He was also involved in the redevelopment of the Mann on Main and Arcade Building and served as legal counsel for numerous projects in the River Market. Grooms is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA), a member and former officer in the state chapter of the ICSC. He serves as counsel to numerous banking and real estate industry groups, including the Arkansas Community Bankers, Arkansas Rural Rental Housing Association, Arkansas REALTORS® Association (including numerous local REALTOR® boards), the state chapter of the Building and Office Management Association (BOMA), and Commercial Real Estate Council of Metro Little Rock (CREC MLR).
Past recipients of this award include Dickson Flake, Jimmy Moses, James Hathaway, Gus Vratsinas, and Rick Ashley.