David Melton serves as the Principal Broker of Pointe Commercial Real Estate (PCRE) and Vice President of Operations for Pointe Property Group, both based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and leads a team of brokers. As a Capital Markets Advisor, David works with private investors, family offices, and institutional groups to structure commercial real estate transactions that maximize returns, unlock equity, and optimize capital strategy across Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. With more than 4 decades of experience, he is widely recognized as a trusted advisor in investment sales, equity recapitalization strategies, portfolio repositioning, and capital-deployment modeling. Under his leadership, PCRE continues to expand its Southeast footprint with brokerage operations serving Chattanooga, Cleveland, TN, and Dalton, Georgia.

David specializes in identifying, underwriting, and executing high-performing investment opportunities across the office, retail, healthcare, industrial, automotive, and hospitality sectors. His expertise includes sale-leaseback structuring, tax-efficient 1031 Exchange guidance, income stabilization planning, and value-add repositioning strategies that appeal to both active operators and passive capital groups. His approach blends financial analysis, capital markets insight, and transaction structuring—working closely with attorneys, CPAs, lenders, financial advisors, and private capital firms to ensure each deal supports liquidity, risk mitigation, and long-term wealth creation for his clients.

Licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, David leads a team of brokers and advisors who specialize in submarket-driven sourcing, off-market investment origination, landlord representation, and capital advisory strategies. Whether representing investors in the disposition of stabilized NNN assets or helping structure sale-leaseback transactions to improve balance sheet leverage for owner-operators, David is highly regarded for his institutional-level advisory approach, execution precision, and discretion. With a deep understanding of capital flows in the Southeast, tenant demand, and underwriting fundamentals, David has earned a reputation for delivering verifiable results across all market cycles.

David’s advisory practice includes strategic specialization across multiple income-producing asset types, and he remains a sought-after capital markets resource for investors seeking to buy, sell, reposition, or reallocate capital across diversified real estate portfolios.

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 Donuts, 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.

Healthcare & Medical Real Estate

David Melton brings deep experience and strategic guidance to the complex world of healthcare and medical real estate. As Principal Broker of Pointe Commercial Real Estate, David advises owners, developers, and institutional investors on the acquisition, sale, and leasing of medical office buildings (MOBs), dental practices, outpatient facilities, and urgent care centers across Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and the broader Southeast.

With over 40 years of business leadership and real estate expertise, David understands the nuanced demands of healthcare tenants—ranging from ADA compliance and high-cost build-outs to strict regulatory requirements and long-term lease structures. His approach blends financial modeling, clinical space planning insight, and market data to help clients align real estate decisions with operational goals and investment performance.

David’s healthcare client base includes multi-location dental groups, regional urgent care providers, imaging and diagnostic operators, and physician-owned practices expanding into fast-growing suburban markets. He regularly assists with sale-leasebacks, stabilized asset dispositions, and site selection for both ground-up development and adaptive reuse in healthcare corridors. His guidance ensures that each transaction supports both clinical delivery and asset growth.

Whether advising on a portfolio exit or identifying a new strategic site for a medical expansion, David’s leadership at PCRE helps clients navigate today’s fast-changing healthcare landscape with confidence. His local market knowledge, collaborative approach, and capital markets expertise make him a go-to advisor for healthcare-focused real estate strategies across the Southeast.

Automotive Properties

With over 40 years of leadership in the automotive industry—including his tenure as a dealership COO—David Melton brings deep operational knowledge to every real estate transaction involving auto dealerships and aftermarket facilities. As Managing Director of Pointe Automotive and Principal Broker at Pointe Commercial Real Estate, David advises auto dealer groups, multi-unit franchisees, and private equity firms on strategic acquisition, disposition, and repositioning of automotive properties. Whether assisting with M&A advisory, sale-leaseback execution, or facility consolidation, David’s real-world experience gives him a rare ability to align real estate strategy with dealership performance, franchise compliance, and long-term business goals.

His client portfolio includes franchised dealership groups such as AutoNation, Sonic Automotive, Asbury Automotive Group, and Lithia Motors, as well as national aftermarket brands like Valvoline Instant Oil Change, Jiffy Lube, Take 5, Firestone, NTB, Midas, Meineke, Caliber Collision, and Gerber Collision & Glass. David also works closely with regional tire and service operators like Tire Discounters, Christian Brothers Automotive, and Goodyear Auto Service Centers. His knowledge of OEM facility image requirements, brand-specific site selection criteria, and franchise real estate protocols allows him to unlock underutilized equity, optimize location strategy, and facilitate growth through well-structured transactions. Whether supporting a 1031 exchange, evaluating a roll-up acquisition, or identifying off-market opportunities, David delivers insight, execution, and results for automotive operators at every level.

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.