Regent Commercial Real Estate review
A Charlotte firm founded in 2016 by Brian Smith, SIOR, CCIM, who is its owner and broker-in-charge. It works office, industrial, flex, warehouse, industrial outdoor storage and retail space across the Charlotte region in both Carolinas, and offers leasing, sales, tenant representation, consulting and property management.
Last verified: 2026-10-20
Charlotte, North Carolina · Independent, owner-operated (founded 2016). Profiled and not ranked, like the other boutique and local firms. Not being scored says nothing about quality.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina; office at 6047 Tyvola Glen Circle, Suite 467, Charlotte, NC 28217. (source) |
| Founded | 2016, by Brian Smith, SIOR, CCIM (owner and broker-in-charge). (source) |
| Ownership | Independent and owner-operated. No public filings, so revenue and headcount are not published. (source) |
| People named on its site | Brian Smith (owner and broker-in-charge; broker profile) and Wyman Whitesides, a broker who, per the site, previously worked as an industrial broker at a large global property services firm. (source) |
| Services | Tenant representation, leasing, commercial subleases, selling, buying, real estate consulting, commercial property management and investment property. (source) |
| Property types | Office, industrial, flex, warehouse, industrial outdoor storage and retail. (source) |
| Coverage | Area pages for Charlotte neighborhoods and nearby North Carolina towns (for example Ballantyne, Concord, Gastonia, Hickory, Lake Norman, Monroe, Statesville) and for Fort Mill, Indian Land and Rock Hill in South Carolina. (source) |
| Fees | No fee schedule is published. An explainer on its site says commercial commissions are negotiated, are paid by the landlord or seller, often range from 2% to 8%, and gives worked examples (6% on a sample 5-year lease and on a $4 million sale, 3% on a $15 million sale), split between both sides’ brokers. (source) |
| Website | regentcre.com |
Every row comes from the firm’s own site, accessed 2026-10-20. Firm claims are the firm’s own words.
Independent records
Records published by someone other than the firm, all about its owner:
- SIOR directory lists Brian Smith, SIOR, CCIM, Industrial Specialist, at Regent Commercial Real Estate in Charlotte. Source.
- The CCIM Institute’s public directory lists Brian Smith, CCIM, at Regent Commercial Real Estate. Source.
- The North Carolina Real Estate Commission shows an active broker license for Brian Smith (license 270734). Source.
What the firm reports about itself
- Self-reported Nearly 1,000 completed lease and sale transactions over Brian Smith’s career. Source.
- Self-reported “Hundreds of 5-star reviews.” We have not compiled or read a review average ourselves. Source.
- Self-reported Annual “SIOR-certified sales” for Brian Smith of about $34.6 million to $38.7 million in 2021–2024 (individual figures on his broker profile). Source.
Score status
Not yet scored: insufficient public evidence. We use the same commercial-brokerage rubric as the six scored firms, and score a firm only when every scored criterion has a public source. Regent publishes no revenue or headcount, so the scale criterion has no source. That is the same reason the other boutique and regional firms are not scored.
| Criterion | Weight | Status | What we found |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope of services | 25 | Sourceable | Eight services listed on the firm’s Services page. Source. |
| Fee transparency | 20 | Sourceable | No fee schedule; a published commission explainer with worked examples. Source. |
| Client experience | 15 | Pending | Pending for every firm, as on the main ranking. |
| Market coverage | 15 | Sourceable | Charlotte-region area pages in North and South Carolina. Source. |
| Responsiveness | 10 | Pending | Pending for every firm, as on the main ranking. |
| Verified reviews | 10 | Pending | Pending for every firm. The firm’s own review claim is self-reported. |
| Scale | 5 | No public source | No revenue or headcount is published, and there is no audited filing. The scored firms’ scale comes from their annual filings. |
See how we score. If the firm publishes figures that fill the missing criterion, we will score it on the same basis as its peers.
Brokers we profile
Brian Smith, SIOR, CCIM, MBA (Owner and Broker-in-Charge). Not a ranking. See the broker section.
Where it is listed
- Charlotte hub: Charlotte-based and regional firms
- Boutique and regional hub: independent firms (Kidder Mathews, Lee & Associates, SVN, Avison Young, Trinity Partners, Childress Klein, MPV Properties)
- Firm profiles
Evidence notes
- Firm facts come from regentcre.com, read on 2026-10-20. Designation and license records come from SIOR, the CCIM Institute and the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.
- Not verified: revenue, headcount, deal volume, client satisfaction, response times and review averages.
- Firm claims such as transaction counts and review counts are labeled self-reported.
Corrections: the firm can ask for a correction through our contact page. Corrections are checked against the sources above.
Regent Commercial Real Estate is a client of Siana Marketing, which operates this site.
Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
View changelog
- Profile published from the firm’s own site and public designation and license records. Not yet scored: insufficient public evidence (no published scale figures).
Sources
- Regent Commercial Real Estate, About Us page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Regent Commercial Real Estate, Services page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Regent Commercial Real Estate, “How Do Commercial Real Estate Brokers Get Paid?” · accessed 2026-10-20
- Regent Commercial Real Estate, home page (area pages for North and South Carolina) · accessed 2026-10-20
- Regent Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Property Management page · accessed 2026-10-20
- SIOR directory listing: Brian Smith, Regent Commercial Real Estate · accessed 2026-10-20
- Find a CCIM profile: Brian Smith, CCIM · accessed 2026-10-20
- North Carolina Real Estate Commission, licensee database search · accessed 2026-10-20