Team Members

Eddie Coleman, CCIM

Founding Partner

Eddie is a graduate of East Carolina University’s School of Business. He began his Commercial Real Estate career in 1983. He holds both North and South Carolina Real Estate Licenses.

Eddie is Past President and Director of the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (Raleigh, Durham, & Chapel Hill, NC) and is past President of the Wake County Apartment Association. He is past Chairman of The Independent Rental Owners Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Apartment Association.

Eddie Coleman was awarded the prestigious CCIM designation by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute in 1988 and has served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina CCIM chapter. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Capital Area Preservation (CAP), the Presidential Board of Advisors at Campbell University and is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business at Campbell University.

Eddie’s extensive knowledge of NC Cities, Exurban and County Seat Towns and current demographic and psychographic trends makes him an expert in identifying emerging markets, trade areas, and under-utilized properties. He has created millions of dollars in added value to numerous North Carolina retail, multi-family and boutique office properties.

Eddie’s primary focus areas are property investment identification, evaluation, improvement and repositioning planning and implementation. He also coordinates Investor and Lender Relations.

Eddie’s experience and proven track record makes him well suited to lead the creative process for the development and implementation of strategic initiatives to add value to NC Capital Group properties.

Phil Neari, CPM

Founding Partner

Phil is a graduate of The University of Northern Colorado and a licensed Real Estate Broker in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas.

Phil is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

His many years of management experience have included his direct oversight of millions of square feet of retail property as well as the position of regional manager of over 10,000 apartment units.

Phil has been active in the commercial real estate and property management business for over 30 years in North Carolina. He holds the prestigious Certified Property Manager designation (CPM) awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Phil is actively involved in the identification, Due Diligence, Financial and Market Analysis, Strategic Redevelopment and Repositioning Planning, Leasing and Management for our investment properties.

Win Coleman, CCIM

Associate Partner

Win is a graduate of East Carolina University where he received his bachelor’s degree in finance. He holds both North Carolina and South Carolina Real Estate Licenses and was awarded the prestigious CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation in 2008.

Win served on the board of directors of The Triangle Apartment Association (TAA) where he co-chaired The Independent Rental Owner’s Council (IROC). He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (TCAR) and the Raleigh Kiwanis Club.

While a specialist in site identification, evaluation and acquisition for investors and businesses, he also has extensive experience in brokerage, leasing, property management and investment sales.

Win assists in managing The Coleman Group, LLC, which owns a portfolio of investment properties, and he is a member of our acquisitions committee. He has lifelong experience and love for historic properties including the one he restored and where he resides in Historic Oakwood in Downtown Raleigh.

Douglas Kline, PhD

Associate Partner

Doug Kline combines a deep academic background with decades of real-world experience in technology, teaching, and real estate investment. He earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Business from Kent State University, specializing in Operations Research and Information Systems.

Doug’s early career was in the software industry, where he served as a Software Engineer, System Architect, and Project Manager. He then transitioned to academia, building a 25-year career with 21 years at UNC Wilmington as a Professor of Information Systems. He rose to the rank of Full Professor and was named Distinguished Professor of Information Systems, mentoring nearly 30 master’s theses and winning the Discere Aude Award for mentorship. He published extensively in neural networks, data analytics, and information systems—work that continues to be cited today. Alongside his teaching, he remained active as a consultant in the software industry, specializing in relational databases and MS SQL Server performance tuning.

More than two decades ago, Doug began investing in North Carolina real estate, steadily building a personal portfolio of income-producing properties. He is a licensed North Carolina real estate broker and an active member of the National Association of Realtors and the Triangle Real Estate Investors Association. Doug also values community involvement and volunteers with the nonpartisan North Carolina AARP.