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Coleman-Etter, Fontaine Realtors is merging into Crye-Leike Realtors - The Commercial Appeal -Memphis
By Tom Bailey Jr.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Posted February 2, 2011 at 5:36 p.m., updated February 2, 2011 at 10:51 p.m.
The venerable Coleman-Etter, Fontaine Realtors is merging into the city's largest agency, Crye-Leike Realtors.
"I know it's harder and harder for the small companies to be able to compete with the big ones," said broker Fontaine Taylor, who reached the deal Friday with Dick Leike and announced it to her staff and agents Tuesday morning.
"I wanted to give my agents the best tools they could have," Taylor said. "I have every confidence in Crye-Leike and Dick Leike and (Crye-Leike general manager Steve Brown). ... I felt like it was a good fit."
Majorie Coleman and Fran Etter, among the first women admitted to the local Realtors association, founded the firm in 1951.
Taylor joined them in 1981 and boug...
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Coleman-Etter, Fontaine, Crye-Leike merge - Memphis Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal - by Christopher Sheffield
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 3:03pm CST - Last Modified: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 3:11pm CST
Coleman-Etter, Fontaine Realtors is merging with Crye-Leike Inc.
Staff and brokers at Coleman-Etter, Fontaine were told of the merger Tuesday and are preparing for the final move by the end of February, said Fontaine Taylor, president and broker.
"In today's economy, more and more companies of all sorts are merging to give the best benefits to all agents," Taylor said.
Coleman-Etter was among the oldest residential real estate brokers in the Memphis area, founded in 1951, according to Memphis Business Journal's Book of Lists.
The broker had 34 agents in 2010.
The office at 651 Oakleaf Office Lane will close and Taylor and most of her...
Crye-Leike is a full-service real estate company founded in Memphis in 1977. Today it is ranked #4 in the nation and the largest real estate company serving markets in Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi. Crye-Leike has a network of more than 2,800+ licensed sales associates, 600+ staff members and over 130+ branch and franchise offices located throughout a seven state region of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Crye-Leike also has a franchise location in Puerto Rico.
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