|What drives our performance.
Our perspective and our principles are what drive our performance at Grubb Properties. Our essential housing strategy, team members, and portfolio have earned numerous awards and recognition. Below are some of our most recent accolades.
Real Leaders Impact Awards | 2025
Top Impact Company!
Grubb Properties was recognized as one of the top privately-owned businesses making exceptional contributions to society and the planet.
Excellence 1000 Index 2025
Grubb Properties has been named to the prestigious Excellence 1000 Index 2025, a collaboration between Newsweek and the Best Practice Institute. This award celebrates companies with demonstrated best practices in stakeholder ratings, financial responsibility, and social responsibility, according to the Best Practice Institute’s proprietary scoring system.
2024 SatisFacts Resident Satisfaction Award
Grubb Properties earned a 2024 SatisFacts Resident Satisfaction Award, which recognizes top property management companies dedicated to providing an outstanding resident experience.
2024 SatisFacts Award
2024 Heavy Hitters Commercial Real Estate Awards
Link Apartments℠ CYKEL, our newest community in Charlotte, has been honored with the Charlotte Business Journal's Heavy Hitters Award for Top Apartment or Condominium Development!
With innovative solutions for sustainable living and micromobility, this community addresses Charlotte's essential housing needs while enabling a car-free lifestyle.
Congratulations to our team and partners who brought this community to life!
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Clay Grubb named to CBJ's Power 100
Congratulations to Clay!
CEO Clay Grubb was named to the Charlotte Business Journal's Power 100, which this year honors 100 business people in the Charlotte area introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
Clay's writeup focuses on Link Apartments' presence in Charlotte and the efficiencies built into the brand, in addition to noting our transit-oriented community Link Apartments Cykel.
Read MoreReal Leaders Impact Awards | 2024
Top Impact Company
Grubb Properties was recognized as one of the Top Impact Companies that are leading the way in business as a force for good.
Satisfacts 2023 Award Winner
Grubb Properties has been recognized as a Top 100 Management Company and has received the Resident Satisfaction Award from SatisFacts and ApartmentRatings for 2023!
Top Rated AwardsGlobeSt. CRE Women of Influence | 2024
Class of 2024
Congratulations to Suzanne Bereis & Holly Yang, both named GlobeSt. CRE Women of Influence. The list features women who have driven the industry and influenced the market in categories across the commercial estate spectrum.
GlobeSt. CRE’s Women of Influence
GLOBEST. | 2023
Multifamily Influencer
Clay was recognized for finding ways to navigate the current challenging environment. The writeup notes Clay’s long history with Grubb Properties, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, and the company’s approach to urban multifamily housing through Link Apartments.
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The Community Impact Award
The Community Impact Award presented by Congruence Counseling is awarded to an outstanding organization that has significantly and measurably made social, economic, or environmental improvements within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community.
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA
2023 Power List
Clay Grubb, CEO, was once again named to the Power List of North Carolina’s most influential leaders. The list features the most successful developers, contractors, and residential brokerage company owners in North Carolina.
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2022 Most Admired CEOs
Grubb Properties' CEO, Clay Grubb, has been selected as one of Charlotte’s Most Admired CEOs by the Charlotte Business Journal. Clay joins a list of 38 other established leaders in their fields who are making significant contributions to the greater Charlotte area, per the Charlotte Business Journal.
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Top 25 Fund Manager
Clark Spencer, Managing Director, was named as a Top 25 Fund Manager by OpportunityZone.com. This award recognizes the industry’s leading and most influential Opportunity Zones Professionals.
Learn More about Fund ManagersNATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD (NGBS)
NGBS Green PRO Designation
Colin Walker, Sustainability Manager, is the first ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) professional in the nation to become an NGBS Green PRO. This professional designation validates expertise in green, sustainable building design, construction, and certification. The program is sponsored and administered by Home Innovation Research Labs, the entity behind the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) certification program.
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