Tom Coyle is a Partner in the Charlotte Office Division of Childress Klein, a privately held, full-service commercial real estate development company. Tom’s division concentrates on the development, leasing and management of high quality, corporate office buildings, both urban and suburban, throughout the Carolinas. Tom served as head of the division for twenty-four years before stepping down in 2016. He also helped found CK’s multi-family division in 2011. After thirty-six years at CK, he will retire in 2022.
Active in education, Tom serves on the board for Childcare Resources, Inc., whose mission is to work with families and communities to ensure that all children have access to high quality, affordable early learning opportunities, and is a member of the Visiting Committee at the West Virginia University College of Law. He also remains active at Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County where he served on the board for eight years. Brookstone is a non-profit, K-8 school located in uptown Charlotte that currently serves over 200 under-resourced children. The school’s mission is to help break the cycle of poverty by providing students with a strong educational and spiritual foundation.
Tom was born in Charleston, West Virginia and earned a B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College in 1979 and a J.D. from West Virginia University in 1982. He has been with Childress Klein since founded in 1988.