Grayson Glaze
- Specialty Areas:
Real Estate Management and Brokerage
- Education:
Bachelor of Science, Real Estate, 1989 (University of Alabama)
Juris Doctor, 2002 (Birmingham School of Law)Professional Designations:
Certified Property Manager (CPM) 2008, Institute of Real Estate Management
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) 2008- Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:
In 2012, Grayson will serve as President of the Alabama Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). He also served the organization nationally as the Chair of Student & Academic Outreach Advisory Board in 2010.
In 2005, Grayson was recognized as a member of "Top 40 under 40" business leader class by the Birmingham Business Journal and the CPM Candidate of the Year by the Alabama IREM Chapter. He also began teaching and remains as an Adjunct Professor at UA, responsible for instructing the Principles in Real Estate Management course.
Before joining ACRE as Executive Director, Grayson was employed with Carter Real Estate as General Manager of SouthBridge in Birmingham, where he led an award-winning office building management and leasing team that was passionately focused on their client’s success - highlighted by customer service excellence. His team was recognized as Carter’s corporate wide "Class A Office Building of the Year" for four consecutive years (03-06). Grayson was recognized in 2006 as a Lifetime Member - Birmingham Commercial Million Dollar Sales Club.
Grayson holds a Bachelor’s degree (’89) in Finance with a concentration in Real Estate from the University of Alabama and a Juris Doctor (’02) from the Birmingham School of Law graduating with a class rank of 12/122. In 2008, he earned the CPM ("Certified Property Manager") professional designation from the Institute of Real Management Management (IREM) and the CCIM (’Certified Commercial Investment Member’) professional designation from the CCIM Institute
Grayson is married to the former Wendy Ruth Garner who also graduated from the University of Alabama (’86). They have three children, Carlton (17), Wilson (13) and Caroline Grayson (7). He is a member of First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa and enjoys his involvement with their youth program, 7th grade Sunday School and Men’s Fraternity.