Sam Ballas
Founder/President/CEO, Mid-Carolina Realty Group, Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Founder/ CEO. Over 26 years in commercial real estate. Specializing in retail and investment property. Franchise system experience.
Phone (336) 760-7112 x101
Founder/ CEO. Over 26 years in commercial real estate. Specializing in retail and investment property. Franchise system experience.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Land, Office, Retail, Specialty
Markets
Greensboro/Winston-Salem
Bio
Sam G. Ballas is the Founder/ Chief Executive Officer of East Coast Wings + Grill. He is committed to the East Coast Wings + Grill’s purpose to- Elevate Life Through Franchising. Sam along with the ECW team, staff and the systems franchisees have strategically evolved the brand as one of the leaders in the casual dining space. In 2015, 2017 and 2018 he authored several articles on the brand’s core philosophy of “driving unit level of economics” in national restaurant and franchising trade publications. He led the brand in numerous accolades such as, Top 50 Best - Franchise Business Review, Top 500- Entrepreneur Magazine, Ranked INC 5000 and Top 200 Food Franchises -Entrepreneur. Magazine With over 27 years working in financial advisory firms (AIG, Equico Securities and Interstate Johnson & Lane), 25 years in retail real estate commerce (Founder of Mid-Carolina Realty Group, Inc.), 22 years in retail development industries (Ethos Ventures, LLC Developer of retail centers) and 41 years of restaurant experience, Sam has used his vast knowledge base in implementing traditional franchise strategies and has pioneered proprietary strategies for evolving the brand’s “Best Practices” in brand growth and driving the unit level economics philosophy.
Founder of Par Merchandise International, LLC (Exclusive for ECW + Grill commissary,Dealer and distribution center), over-seeing national operations of brands manufacturing and distribution of proprietary products & FF&E. Working daily on cost cutting, engineering of proprietary products, taste profile consistency and assurance of supply chain for brand product spec's- for all franchised units nation wide.
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