Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005

 

Bivins named managing broker of local PruGeorgia office

Prudential Georgia Realty has named Drake Bivins as the new Managing Broker of its Peachtree City office in The Avenues Shopping Center. Bivins replaces Kathy Murphy, who was promoted to senior vice president of the Southern region for Prudential Georgia Realty.

Bivins previously served as managing broker of the company’s Intown office. He spent three and a half years in that role, expanding a 21-agent team to 56 sales associates by the time of his transfer to Peachtree City. He holds his MBA in Management from Georgia State University and has been a licensed Realtor since 1984. He has extensive real estate experience with building and managing new home communities as well as handling sales and marketing responsibilities and agent training.

“Drake did a tremendous job for us while he was assigned to head the Intown office, but with the opening at our Peachtree City branch, it just made more sense for him to work in the community in which he lives,” said Prudential Georgia Realty President and CEO Dan Forsman.

A native Georgian and Newnan resident, he is married to local veterinarian Dr. Mary Moore and has three children. They attend St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

“I am pleased to be taking over the leadership of a tremendously talented group of real estate agents in our Peachtree City office,” said Bivins. “This office has dominated the Fayette County residential real estate market share over the last year or so and, with our new Fayetteville branch opening this summer, we plan to continue that trend.”

To contact Drake Bivins or the Prudential Georgia Realty Peachtree City office, please call 770-487-8300 or visit www.PeachtreeCity.PrudentialGeorgia.com for complete information on the office, its team of agents and the nearly 80,000 homes currently for sale in metro Atlanta.

Prudential Georgia Realty is an independently owned and operated member of PREA, a full-service residential and commercial real estate network with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada. It is the 10th largest Prudential affiliate in North America. Ranked by National Relocation & Real Estate as one of the top 100 real estate companies in the U.S., the company placed 52nd for most 2004 transactions in the real estate trade magazine’s 2005 Power Broker Report.

In 2004, the company exceeded the $2 billion gross sales mark for the first time in its 41-year history, ending the year with $2.3 billion in sales. Prudential Georgia Realty has been honored with a Consumers’ Choice Award as Best in Class for Executive Home Sales in metro Atlanta for the last two consecutive years. The company has 21 locations and more than 1,300 Realtors serving metro Atlanta and North Georgia families with their real estate needs.