As Managing Partner, Fred directs Childress Klein’s day-to-day operations and the policies and procedures that keep the firm focused on its goals. He brings more than 25 years of real estate and finance experience to the role, along with a deep knowledge of CK built over more than two decades with the firm.

Fred has also led CK’s Multifamily Division since 2011, overseeing how the firm’s apartment communities are positioned, designed, developed and run. Under his leadership, the division has delivered vibrant, amenity-rich residential communities across the Southeast, including Museum Tower, a 43-story tower above the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte; Element Music Row in Nashville’s Gulch; and Element Barclay. He also oversaw Galleria 800, CK’s first apartment community in Atlanta.

He stays close to both residential and commercial market trends to spot opportunities and add value, and brings careful attention to detail to every stage of a project. Fred is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council and has served on the Childress Klein YMCA Board of Managers and Executive Committee.

Fred joined CK in 2003 as a leasing agent in the office division and became a Marketing Principal in 2006, experience that gives him a clear view of the challenges clients face across property types. Before CK, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Bowles Hollowell Conner (now Wells Fargo Securities) and in real estate acquisitions at Ocwen Financial and Invesco Realty Advisors. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School, where he received the Goettee Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.