C. Cooper Willis
Executive Vice President
200 South College Street | Suite 1520 | Charlotte, NC 28202
704.945.3401
Biography
Cooper has more than 31 years of commercial real estate experience as both a finance professional and investor. Prior to its combination with Bellwether Enterprise in June of 2015, Cooper was President and Co-Owner of Capital Advisors, Inc., a mortgage banking firm headquartered in Charlotte with eight offices throughout the southeast. Cooper had been with Capital Advisors since the firm’s inception in 1994. Prior to Capital Advisors, Cooper was with First Union Mortgage Corporation (formerly the Cameron Brown Company).
During his career, Cooper has originated more than 565 transactions totaling more than $4.0 billion and has been the recipient of numerous production awards, including being named the top mortgage banker in the country for multiple insurance companies. In addition to his responsibilities at Bellwether Enterprise, Cooper is President of Atlantic Beach, Incorporated, a 77-year-old real estate investment company.
Education
North Carolina State University, Poole College of Management,B.A. Business Management (Finance and Marketing) – 1991
Executive Education
Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program (190) – 2016
Affiliations
N.C. State, Poole College of Management Advisory Board, Current Member
Advisory Boards/Councils for One America, Prudential, & Southern Farm Bureau
Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Former Member
Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of North Carolina
Various civic and charitable board positions
Recent Transactions
Retail | Life Company | $3,615,000.00 | Dallas | GA |
Retail | Life Company | $1,300,000.00 | Ocilla | GA |
Multifamily | Other | $566,000.00 | Lubbock | TX |
Retail | Life Company | $1,850,000.00 | Pink Hill | NC |
Multifamily | Other | $5,500,000.00 | Charleston | SC |
Retail | Life Company | $6,650,000.00 | Columbia | SC |
Retail | Life Company | $7,675,000.00 | Lake City | FL |
Multifamily | CMBS | $8,650,000.00 | Spring Lake | NC |
Multifamily | Agency | $9,500,000.00 | Fairfiled | NJ |
Multifamily | Other | $22,500,000.00 | Fayetteville | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $1,690,000.00 | Fayetteville | NC |
Multifamily | Life Company | $4,000,000.00 | Charleston | SC |
Retail | Life Company | $3,950,000.00 | Cary | NC |
Industrial | Life Company | $6,000,000.00 | Pompano Beach | FL |
Retail | Life Company | $1,500,000.00 | Sanford | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $3,300,000.00 | Charlotte | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $7,425,000.00 | Reading | PA |
Retail | Life Company | $1,010,000.00 | Gastonia | NC |
Multifamily | Life Company | $15,500,000.00 | Carrboro | NC |
Multifamily | Other | $10,000,000.00 | Raleigh | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $800,000.00 | Americus | GA |
Multifamily | Freddie | $1,250,000.00 | Goose Creek | SC |
Retail | Life Company | $2,900,000.00 | Fuquay-Varina | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $815,500.00 | South Congaree | SC |
Office | Life Company | $10,000,000.00 | Sarasota | FL |
Multifamily | Life Company | $44,300,000.00 | Orlando | FL |
Multifamily | Fannie | $26,812,000.00 | Holly Springs | NC |
Retail | Life Company | $4,900,000.00 | Concord | NC |
Industrial | Life Company | $1,200,000.00 | Sarasota | FL |
Multifamily | Freddie | $32,962,000.00 | Durham | NC |
Multifamily | Fannie | $18,309,000.00 | Hanahan | SC |
Industrial | Life Company | $3,700,000.00 | Tempe | AZ |
Multifamily | Life Company | $23,000,000.00 | Ladson | SC |