As the Founder and Managing Member of Comvest Properties, LLC, ™ and its affiliate development company, Net Lease Developers, LLC. Mr. Holstein is primarily responsible for the development of single tenant retail stores as well as the development of retail shopping centers. Brooks began his commercial real estate career in 1979 as Southwestern Real Estate Representative for Wendy’s International. He later had the good fortune to join Morrison’s Restaurants as a Real Estate Manager and completed his tenure at MRI as Divisional Director of Real Estate for Ruby Tuesday Restaurants, Mobile, Alabama. Brooks left corporate real estate in 1996 to become Vice President of Brokerage Services at Grubb & Ellis / Sawyer Real Estate. Prior to the formation of Comvest Properties, LLC, ™ Brooks was Vice President of Retail Development in Mississippi for and a member of the Executive Committee of a Louisiana based development company.

Brooks graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He recently completed the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Advanced Management Program in Real Estate. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and has served as State Chairman for Mississippi/Alabama, as well as Mississippi State Director of Governmental Affairs. Brooks is a Life Member of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association and is also an active member of the Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard University, the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Association, and the Mississippi Chapters of Certified Commercial Investment Member and the Commercial Association of Realtors. In addition to Mississippi, Brooks holds Real Estate Broker’s licenses in Louisiana and Texas.