Company News

AIA Triangle’s CANstruction at Raleigh Union Station

AIA is hosting their CANstruction at Raleigh’s Union Station this year.

What is it?

CANstruction’s mission is to provide hunger relief assistance by collecting canned food for distribution to local food banks while promoting the design/build industry. CANstruction hosts competitions, exhibitions, and events showcasing colossal structures made entirely of full cans of food. After the structures are built, the creations are on display to the public as a giant art exhibition. Participants include teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers, and students attending schools of architecture, engineering, and design.

The theme for CANstruction this year was TRANSPORTATION promoting awareness of public/alternative transportation in our local community.

Want to host an event at Raleigh Union Station?  Contact [email protected] for more assistance and check out our Corporate Events Gallery for more photos!

Fun Stuff

Meet Our People

Efrain Ortiz joined Bloomsbury Landscapes, a division of York Properties, as its Operations Manager in January 2021. Since joining the Bloomsbury team, he has been instrumental in making our landscaping business more streamlined, increasing revenue, and bringing our crews together as one team.

Efrain was born in Mexico and grew up in Southern California. He has lived in North Carolina for 12 years and is married with 2 kids; a daughter, age 4, and son, age 11. He enjoys training his German Shepard, Togo, and spending time with his family. As a family, they love going the extra mile decorating the house during Christmas – they even do a light show in the neighborhood!

When asked about his job, Efrain says he loves the industry he’s in and especially enjoys leading his employees to success. He is thankful for the support from upper management, corporate staff and Bloomsbury General Manager, Joe Sweet, for making it the best company he’s worked for.  “It feels like home,” he says.

One of Efrain’s favorite quotes that he tells the crews is, “Treat it like it’s yours.” That bit of advice applies across the board – from the mowers, trimmers and trucks, to the properties themselves.

We are so happy to have Efrain here!

Employee Spotlight

Meet Our People

Haley Day started working at York in 2016 as an HR Intern. She was brought on as a full-time employee the following year, acting as Accounting and HR Assistant, and then transitioned to HR Coordinator in 2019.

“Weirdly enough,” Haley says, “the accounting background helps me do my HR job 100% better. Experience in both helped me to see how the company works as a whole instead of just from one division/viewpoint.”

Haley enjoys playing tennis with her husband and hanging out with her 4-month old chocolate lab puppy, Dudley. She volunteers at her church, Hayes Barton Baptist, by keeping the nursery during service. Haley and her husband are expecting a baby girl to arrive in early October!

When asked about working in the office, Haley says, “I love working at York because it feels less like a corporate office and more like a combination of family and friends that happen to work together. While HR can be challenging at times, I love that it provides me with the ability to get to know every employee across all of our divisions. We have such a diverse employee base and some truly wonderful employees.”

We are happy to have Haley on our team!

Employee Spotlight

Meet Our People

Payne Eller joined us in 2017 as an Association Manager. He handles a large portfolio of condominium, townhome, and single-family homeowners’ associations throughout the Triangle.

Payne is a Raleigh native and graduate of East Carolina University. He is a great communicator and enjoys project management.

Payne volunteers at Broughton High School doing small repairs to the baseball facility, as well as coaching at the annual Blayne Brown Baseball Camp at Broughton.

When asked about his job, Payne says, “I enjoy working at York Properties because I am surrounded by honest and hard-working people.  Everyone at York works as a team and I truly feel like I am surrounded by family.”

We are so happy to have Payne here!
Employee Spotlight

Meet Our People

Patty Friedman is the newest member of our Property Management team. She moved to the Triangle from Denver, Colorado (where she worked in commercial real estate) in January of 2020 and came to work for us in an administrative position. Fast-forward 18 months later, Patty now holds a North Carolina Real Estate License and works with a portfolio of properties, including Capital Apartments, Transfer Food Hall, and Greystone Shopping Center.

Patty enjoys volunteering with the North Carolina Museum of Art and the American Red Cross. She loves to cook, travel, and enjoy the arts. One of her favorite quotes is, “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.”

When asked about her job, Patty says, “I love and am proud of working at York. Everyone is truly a team and we enjoy each other. It is a wonderful work environment. What I enjoy about property management is the challenge of solving problems and working with people. Every day brings something new.”

We are so happy to have Patty here!

Employee Spotlight

Meet Our People

Gardenia joined York in 2016 as an assistant to the Marketing Department. She is now Senior Marketing Specialist and a licensed North Carolina Real Estate Broker. She works closely with our Retail team, representing Landlords and Tenants in the Triangle market.
Gardenia is a skilled communicator, fluent in both Spanish and English. She has a degree in marketing from North Carolina State University and is a notary public.
When asked what she enjoys about her job she says:

 

“My favorite aspect of working at York Properties is that I am surrounded by honest, supportive, highly driven, and successful people who genuinely care about those they work with and the community in which they live.”

Fun Stuff

Work hard, play hard

Celebrating a great Q1 with our landscaping division, Bloomsbury Landscapes by throwing a taco party for the crews! Operations Manager, Efrain Ortiz, made authentic tacos and they raffled off lots of great prizes.

Thanks to General Manager, Joe Sweet, and Operations Manager, Efrain Ortiz, for your leadership.

Company News

Sale of 3801 & 3803-B Computer Drive

Congrats to Seller’s agents Brian Wallace and Tad Thornhill on the successful sale of 3801 and 3803 B Computer Drive in North Hills Professional Park last week.
Having managed the asset for 21 years and provided leasing services since 2012 this was an emotional transaction for our team. We will miss working on the property; moreover, we’ll miss working with our great clients on this property!
Company News

Bloomsbury Landscapes is Under New Management

We are excited to welcome Joseph Sweet as the new General Manager of our landscaping division – Bloomsbury Landscapes. Joe has been in the landscaping business for 15 years and lives in Clayton with his family. He has an associates degree from NC State University.
Bloomsbury Landscapes was founded in the early 1980’s as the in-house landscape maintenance company for York Properties. At Bloomsbury Landscapes, we are passionate about not only enhancing nature’s beauty and increasing the value of your real estate, but providing best-in-class customer experience.

 

Company News

Our Latest Brokerage Assignment

York Properties is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide landlord representation services for North Carolina State University. York is the exclusive leasing agent for more than 460,000 SF of office space on Centennial Campus and retail space on Hillsborough Street.

Centennial Campus offers much more than just office space; it also provides unique opportunities to partner with some of the brightest minds from industry, government and the academy.  The broker team working with NC State’s Real Estate and Development office includes John Koonce, Skipper Day, Robert Hoyt, Malcom Lewis and Julie Paul.