Thomas Parsons
About Thomas
Tommy Parsons is a Senior Advisor with Stirling. He graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Since 2004, he has focused on the Ascension Parish industrial market with a primary concentration in development, brokerage, and construction of Industrial Office/Warehouse space.
Tommy has a working knowledge of the specific challenges associated with land in Ascension Parish including wetlands mitigation, DOTD permits, available utilities, identification of flood zones, and other site related issues. In addition, he has built strong community relationships with developers, real estate professionals, and civic leaders to better inform his clients during the site selection process. Tommy has represented several national tenants including Kellogg, Brown & Root, National Trench Safety, as well as numerous regional and local companies.
One of Tommy’s greatest assets is his ability to fairly and aggressively negotiate on behalf of his clients. He has a thorough knowledge of the market and a unique ability to solve client problems with honesty and creativity.
Prior to joining Stirling, Tommy served as Senior Advisor with SVN | Graham, Langlois & Legendre commercial real estate firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Before his work in real estate brokerage, Tommy was involved in a family business of truck stops and convenience stores with 15 locations in the Baton Rouge MSA. This experience provided him with a strong foundation in retail business and customer service.
Carly Plotkin
About Carly
Carly Plotkin joined Stirling in 2016 and serves as an Advisor with the company’s commercial real estate team. She has extensive knowledge in the commercial real estate industry with a primary focus on tenant and landlord representation and a strong concentration in the retail and hospitality markets. She has worked with national, regional and local clients in both marketing and leasing capacities.
Previously, Carly worked with The Howard Hughes Corporation, where she led local marketing and development efforts for the overhaul of the former Riverwalk Marketplace into the nation’s first downtown outlet center, The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk in New Orleans.
Since joining Stirling, Carly has been an active member of ICSC and held a position on the Next Generation Leadership Board, in addition to serving as ICSC’s NextGen State Chair for Louisiana.
Ms. Plotkin is also an active member of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR) Commercial Investment Division (CID), where she served as a volunteer on the Programs Committee, and the Retail Brokers Network (RBN), where she served as RBN’s NextGen Southeast Committee Chair. Carly was also the recipient of the 2017 “Rising Star Award” at the NOMAR-CID Annual Achievement Awards ceremony.
Currently, Carly is affiliated with several nonprofit and volunteer organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, as well as proudly serves as a Board Member for the New Orleans Jewish Community Center. Ms. Plotkin is also a graduate of the New Orleans Business Alliance’s inaugural Economic Development Ambassadorship Program and received her B/S in both Marketing & Communications from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business.
Alec Purser
About Alec
- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Alec Purser began his professional career in customer service at Publix Supermarkets in 2009 where he focused on positive customer experiences for nine years. After completing his education at the University of West Florida in 2018, Alec pursued a career with Sinclair Broadcasting Group where he worked as a Marketing Consultant at the NBC television affiliate (NBC15) in Mobile, Alabama. There, Alec specialized in broadcast television sales and digital marketing analysis. Alec made it his mission to completely understand every client’s business model with careful listening and analysis. Specifically, he assisted many businesses with their rebranding efforts to ensure that their target audiences understood the elements that make them special. Alec is overjoyed to be back in his hometown of Pensacola to pursue Commercial Real Estate at Stirling. Trust and truth are pillars that Alec uses to build effective business relationships.
- FAMILY & HOBBIES
Alec’s two passions are golf and watching Tampa Bay Buccaneers football. Since 2019, Alec has been a member of the Hacker’s Amateur Golf Tour. In fact, he is the tour’s 2019 Player of the Year and continues to optimize and market their official website. Alec’s favorite time of year is the week of the Masters Tournament. A particularly memorable moment for Alec was standing on the 18th green at Augusta National watching Tiger Woods win the Masters in 2019.
- EDUCATION
- Alec graduated from the University of West Florida with a degree in Marketing and Sales Management.
Chad Rigby
About Chad
As the Managing Director of Multifamily Sales in Stirling’s Investment Advisors Division, Chad Rigby leads a team that oversees all facets of multifamily investment sales and marketing, including transaction management, market analysis, valuation, underwriting, and client development in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf South. With over a decade of experience in the real estate industry, Mr. Rigby began his career as a transaction manager at ARA Newmark, where he gained expertise in deal underwriting, market analysis, and business development. He then joined Stream Realty to launch a multifamily investment sales platform for major market brokerage firms before founding Rigby Advisors, a multifamily consulting firm. Over the course of his career, Mr. Rigby has had the privilege of transacting more than $1 billion in real estate sales and selling over 14,000 units, working tirelessly to help his clients achieve their investment goals.
In addition to his industry experience, Mr. Rigby holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University, a real estate associate broker license in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and the highly-regarded Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation.
Saban Sellers
About Saban
Saban Sellers is a member of Stirling’s Investments Division, serving as an Investment Advisor for Multifamily sales. While serving as an Investment Advisor, Saban is extensively involved in all facets of the multifamily investment advisory process, including underwriting, market analysis, and transaction management. His diverse skill set and specialization of both acquisition and disposition of multifamily assets are key to successful brokerage transactions for their clients. To date, Saban has been involved in over $540 million in transaction volume totaling over 5,700 units.
Prior to Multifamily Investment Advising, Mr. Sellers focused on retail sales and leasing in both tenant and landlord representation throughout Louisiana.
Mr. Sellers is a graduate of Louisiana State University’s E.J. Ourso College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).
Manish Sthanki
Managing Director - Hospitality Sales
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About Manish
With over 25 years of experience in real estate, Manish Sthanki stands out as one of the select agents simultaneously possessing the highest hotel and real estate certifications in the industry, a CHA and CCIM. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Manish received his MBA from Louisiana State University and has been actively involved in numerous hotel developments since the early 2000s. Over the years, his tenacity and strong negotiation skills fostered robust working relationships with operators, vendors, and franchisers across the Gulf region.
Currently serving as the director of over 40 family-owned commercial properties throughout Southern Louisiana, Manish can utilize his owner/operator experience to maximize value to his clients. In addition to his solid educational foundation and years of industry knowledge, he achieved recognition as the 2017 Regional Newcomer of the Year with his previous National Brokerage firm. More recently, in 2023, Manish was Top 10 in regional sales volume and continues to surpass regional hotel price-per-room sales records consistently.
In summary, Manish serves as a valuable asset for investors in the hotel industry and is looking forward to hearing from you.
