Our Story

The Ascend Industrial Team at SVN | Real Estate Associates was formed by Carey Greene in 2022 to focus exclusively on industrial advisory work in the Greater Triangle and Triad regions of North Carolina. With two decades in commercial real estate, including fifteen as an advisor, Carey took his many years of experience working on industrial transactions and his passion for working with many small, family-owned and non-profit businesses to from the Ascend Industrial Team. In this role, he focuses heavily on advising property owners with leasing, sales and long-term decision-making strategies to maximize the value of their assets. He also works with buyers and tenants on industrial acquisitions and leasing. Steeped in a reputation for hard work and integrity, Carey’s many clients and relationship partners continue to put their trust in him by sending repeat business and referrals.

Carey is a Senior Vice President at SVN | Real Estate Associates with twenty years of commercial real estate experience. A native of Miami, Florida, he is a long-time Durham resident with degrees from two of the area’s universities with very different shades of blue. Carey completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University, graduating summa cum laude with a BA in environmental science and policy. He later earned his MBA with a concentration in real estate from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he made the dean’s list and was a Premier Fellow and recipient of the Leonard Wood scholarship award. In addition to industrial brokerage, he also has broad experience in urban infill, covered land and investment sales transactions and has been a leader in sales and leasing work in downtown Durham. From 2018 to 2023, her served as Managing Director, guiding and supporting the SVN | Real Estate Associates commercial brokerage team and was involved in overall strategy and business development efforts. In 2024, Carey moved back into solely focusing on client work.

Outside of brokerage, Carey has worked in property management and has also participated in a sponsor role in adaptive reuse and rehabilitation projects.  These include the renovation of the circa 1931 historic Snow Building, and most recently, the adaptive-reuse of the 1968 Home Savings & Loan office building into the boutique 53-room The Durham hotel. Both properties are in downtown Durham. He continues to participate with both his clients and professional CRE investors in investment deals, bringing his market knowledge, analytical and brokerage skills to the table.

Prior to obtaining his master’s degree, Carey was a development associate at Blue Devil Ventures where he was instrumental in the $100+ million second phase of the mixed-use West Village project, an adaptive reuse of historic tobacco manufacturing and warehouse buildings in downtown Durham.

Carey is married and has two children and two rescue dogs. You may find him “rucking” around Durham’s many walking trails or on the baseball field where he coaches his son’s South Durham Little League baseball team. He currently serves as a Board Member for Downtown Durham, Inc., an advocacy group for the continued enhancement of the environment, economy and vitality of downtown Durham.