David Melton serves as the Principal Broker of Pointe Commercial Real Estate (PCRE) and Vice President of Operations for Pointe Property Group, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With more than four decades of experience, David has established himself as a trusted commercial real estate advisor to private investors, family offices, and institutional clients throughout Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. Under his leadership, PCRE has built a strong presence in Chattanooga, Cleveland, TN, and Dalton, Georgia—offering comprehensive investment sales and landlord representation services across a wide spectrum of asset classes.

As a seasoned commercial real estate investment broker, David specializes in identifying, marketing, and negotiating high-performing real estate opportunities in office, retail, healthcare, and industrial sectors. His strategic insight into 1031 Exchanges, sale-leaseback structures, and value-add repositioning makes him a vital resource for investors seeking to grow or diversify their portfolios. David’s collaborative approach extends to working with CPAs, attorneys, and financial planners, allowing his clients to benefit from fully integrated advisory services. His guidance is rooted in market intelligence, financial modeling, and a relentless focus on long-term value creation.

David is licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, and manages a team of brokers who bring local expertise to every engagement. Whether guiding investors through the disposition of stabilized assets or structuring sale-leaseback transactions for owner-occupiers, David ensures that every detail is aligned with his client’s capital strategy. His deep understanding of submarket trends across the Southeast has earned him a reputation for delivering results, even in the most complex real estate scenarios. With off-market deal sourcing, tailored marketing strategies, and one-on-one client service, David remains a go-to resource for investors navigating the commercial real estate landscape.

Below are David’s core areas of specialization across asset types:

Office Properties

David has spent decades advising office property owners on investment sales, leasing, and repositioning strategies. Whether working with suburban office parks or urban mid-rises, he applies a disciplined approach to underwriting, tenant mix, and capital improvement planning. His work includes both stabilized office investments and value-add repositioning opportunities, with a focus on maximizing occupancy and cash flow. David also provides landlord representation services for both single-tenant and multi-tenant properties, ensuring lease structures and tenant retention strategies are aligned with ownership objectives.

From Chattanooga’s central business district to growth corridors in North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee, David has helped office investors navigate shifts in workplace demand and space utilization trends. His insights are especially valuable to owners looking to stabilize assets post-COVID or pursue build-to-suit development for medical and professional tenants.

Retail Properties

Retail investment is a cornerstone of David Melton’s expertise. He advises national franchisees, developers, and shopping center owners on acquisition, disposition, and redevelopment strategies. Whether managing a net-leased portfolio sale or representing a landlord in securing national credit tenants, David’s focus remains on tenant quality, lease terms, and long-term asset performance. His work has involved strategic planning and brokerage for nationally recognized brands such as Publix, Sheetz, Starbucks, Valvoline, Dollar General, Taco Bell, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Dunkin’, and AutoZone.

David also assists clients with site selection and multi-unit expansion strategies for QSRs, convenience stores, and service-based retailers across Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. His local market knowledge and national brand relationships allow him to identify high-traffic retail corridors and secure optimal locations for clients seeking visibility, accessibility, and long-term ROI. From single-tenant net lease deals to multi-tenant retail centers, David’s experience bridges institutional discipline with entrepreneurial execution.

Industrial Properties

David brings a strategic and data-driven approach to industrial real estate, advising clients across a wide spectrum of industrial asset classes—including warehousing, distribution centers, light manufacturing, heavy industrial, flex space, cold storage, and industrial outdoor storage (IOS). His extensive experience includes warehouse dispositions, build-to-suit lease negotiations, long-term NNN lease structuring, and industrial land development throughout key Southeastern logistics corridors.

With a deep understanding of supply chain dynamics, regional labor markets, and multimodal transportation access, David helps investors, developers, and occupiers identify high-performing industrial opportunities that meet evolving tenant demands. Whether working with owner-users, institutional investors, or regional developers, David delivers targeted insight on zoning, utility infrastructure, ceiling clear heights, dock access, and other critical value drivers to support both acquisition and leasing strategies. His ability to connect market intelligence with practical execution ensures clients achieve optimal returns across stabilized, value-add, and development-stage assets.

Hospitality Brokerage Services

At Pointe Commercial Real Estate, our Hospitality Brokerage platform is built for hotel owners, private equity groups, and portfolio operators seeking strategic advisory and capital-driven exit support across the Southeast. We specialize in the acquisition, disposition, and valuation of branded select-service and upper-midscale hospitality assets — with a focus on Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, and Florida. Our approach emphasizes capital markets discipline, RevPAR performance analysis, PIP impact evaluation, and buyer targeting to ensure every hotel we represent is positioned for maximum pricing power at exit. We work quietly, intelligently, and intentionally — giving hotel owners a true institutional-style advisor rather than a high-volume listing broker.

Our team focuses on major nationally recognized flags with strong investor demand, including Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Residence Inn, Hampton Inn, Home2 Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Candlewood Suites, Hyatt Place, and similar select-service brands. Pointe Commercial Real Estate engages directly with institutional investors, private equity hotel groups, family offices, and multi-market operators actively deploying capital across the Southeast hospitality corridor. For owners evaluating a sale, portfolio restructuring, or quiet off-market testing, our firm delivers data-driven underwriting, targeted buyer access, and structured execution designed to unlock the highest achievable value at closing.