About Us

Charlotte Real Estate Services is a real estate firm in Harrisburg, North Carolina working with commercial brokerage and development across the Carolinas.

The team at CRES brings over 75 years of combined real estate, development, capital investment and financial markets experience. We have acquired, developed, managed, marketed and sold hundreds of thousands of square feet of residential, commercial, office, retail and mixed-use space throughout the Carolinas.

Meet The Team

The team at Charlotte Real Estate Services is singularly focused on supporting the needs of our clients, always striving to create a personalized experience with each property owner and partner.

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Joe Murphy, III

President/Broker in Charge

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Darlene Deese

Controller

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Joe Murphy, III

Joe joined the team at Charlotte Real Estate services in Fall of 2019. Licensed as a real estate professional in the state of North Carolina, he currently leads the company’s leasing, property management and marketing divisions. Joe brings a strong background in equity markets to CRES having previously served as a Director, Sales & Trading for Barclays Capital in New York. At Barclay’s Joe led sales distribution into the firm’s midwest client base of hedge funds, mutual funds and investments advisors. Joe has over 20 years of operations, sales, service and marketing experience in the equity capital markets business. Prior to joining Barclays Joseph was with Lehman Brothers as Director, Middle Markets Sales. Prior to his career on Wall Street, Joseph was a New Jersey real estate professional and a licensed mortgage broker with the Cendant Corp. Joseph holds a B.A. in History from Lehigh University.

Darlene Deese

For over 9 years, Darlene has been a noteworthy leader serving CRES in the capacity as Controller. You may know her from her work as Property Manager at Harrisburg Town Center, but Darlene can also be credited with contributions to tenant relationships and contract negotiations, as well as creating a cohesive effective work environment with colleagues

Darlene has been honored with the Humanitarian Award for her many contributions to the community. She has enjoyed serving in leadership at BSF International for more than 11 years and she lives in Harrisburg.