Joe Petre

Senior Advisor

joe.petre@svn.com

Mr. Petre started his commercial real estate career in 1991 with Wood Properties, Inc. a regional commercial brokerage firm. In 2000, Mr. Petre joined Lawler-Wood, LLC, a development firm where he leased and managed large Class A office properties in the downtown Knoxville market, worked with the facility management and affordable housing divisions, and in higher education development. In 2006, Mr. Petre founded Conversion Properties, Inc. a full service real estate firm concentrating on commercial brokerage, development and consulting. In 2009, he merged Conversion Properties, Inc. with Sperry Van Ness/R.M. Moore, LLC.

Mr. Petre has a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee. He has served on many boards and committees in the Knoxville area such as: Knoxville Habitat for Humanity (President), 4 Market Square, LLC, Helen Ross McNabb Foundation, 211 “Just Ask”, Friends of Literacy, Knox Area Chamber Partnership (Executive Committee), Knoxville Central Business Improvement District (Chair), Knoxville Mayor’s Downtown Task Force, Knoxville Downtown Design Guidelines Committee, and Knoxville Downtown Design Review Board. He has served as a trustee for the Baptist Collegiate Ministries Foundation of Missions and Facilities Foundations.