Professional Profile
Rob is a real estate broker/developer licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. He is a graduate of East Carolina University and holds the distinguished CCIM designation. After a brief career in the environmental industry, in 1992 he joined his family’s real estate business, MECA Properties, and was the third generation of Pressley’s to be affiliated with that firm.
Today, Rob is the President and Managing Partner of MECA Commercial Real Estate which grew out of that original family business. MECA Commercial has three offices and provides brokerage, property management and development services throughout the United States.
In addition to his company leadership responsibilities, he is very active in the brokerage and development of real estate. During his career as a practicing broker, Rob has completed thousands of transactions in the areas of land, investment, retail, office and industrial real estate. His clients include banks, national companies, small and large corporate entities, investors, developers, non-profits and various governmental entities.
As a developer, Rob has been involved in the development of a number of land, mixed use and adaptive reuse projects in the greater Charlotte region. He was, for over 20 years, very involved in MECA’s redevelopment of the Historic South End neighborhood. He is a current and/or past member of CRCBR, NCAR, ULI, CNU, ICSC and CCIM Institute.
As a volunteer, Rob is a Past President of the 1000+ member Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors where he has been an active member since its inception. In addition to his service to the real estate industry, Rob has been an active member of a number of non-profit community organizations including Boy Scouts, Community School of the Arts, Charlotte Chamber, Metrolina Business Council and Charlotte’s City Committee. He is a past recipient of Charlotte’s 40 under 40 Award and has been recognized annually as one of Coldwell Banker Commercial’s top National Producers. He is a former member of Belmont, NC Planning and Zoning Board and currently serves as President of Belmont Trolley, Inc.
Rob is married to wife Kathy and together with, their five children, live in Charlotte, NC.