Walter D Fisher Jr

Career

A meticulous planner and strategic thinker, Walter focuses his practice on multistate and multitenant commercial real estate transactions of significant scale and complexity. His clients value his attention to detail, responsiveness, and drive to see projects through to completion.

Walter focuses his practice on the acquisition, sale, development, and leasing of commercial real estate. He has extensive experience negotiating and preparing office, industrial, and retail leases for space in urban and suburban markets and negotiating and representing developers of mixed-use projects. Additionally, Walter has represented developers and operators of resort and hospitality projects across the U.S. and frequently assists clients in the acquisition and disposition of portfolios of real estate assets.

Over the course of his career, through upturns and downturns in the real estate market, Walter has maintained a reputation as someone who gets deals done, finding win-win outcomes that overcome obstacles, and achieving his clients’ goals.

Walter is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP), a distinction he earned through the Green Building Certification Institute. Having served for six years on the board of the Catawba Lands Conservancy, Walter sees land conservation and environmental stewardship as connected to, rather than in opposition to, growth, in that the creation of high-value places where people want to live, work, and spend time ultimately builds long-term prosperity.

Within the firm, in the business community, and in civic and cultural institutions across the region, Walter leads by example, focusing on building a positive climate in which others can succeed.

Professional Memberships

North Carolina Bar Association

South Carolina Bar Association

Personal

Member (2008-present), President (2016), Board of Trustees; Chair (2012-2014), Advancement Committee; Co-chair (2018-2022), Capital Campaign Steering Committee, University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Association

Member (2012-present), Advisory Board, UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business Center for Real Estate

Member (2012-2017), Chair (2014-2015), Board of Directors; Chair (2012-2014), Land Acquisition Committee, Catawba Lands Conservancy

Member (2005-2012), Chair (2008-2010), Board of Directors; Member (2003-2009), Co-chair (2004), Corporate Partners Campaign Committee, Blumenthal Performing Arts

Member (2013-2016), Executive Speakers Dinner Series Committee; Member (2013), Advisory Board, ULI Charlotte