Holly Law Eve will join the University of Virginia as the Director of Real Estate and Leasing Services on November 6, 2023. She joins us from the Better Housing Coalition (BHC) where she joined where she served as Vice President of BHC’s Real Estate Division and oversaw all of BHC’s new multi-family and single-family development efforts.
Holly was previously Virginia Department of General Services (DGS) Director of the Division of Real Estate Services & Facilities Management manages the Commonwealth’s executive branch statewide real estate portfolio and the DGS owned facilities in the metro Richmond area. Holly was responsible for managing the division’s day-to-day operations and assisting all state agencies with their real estate needs, whether it be leasing, acquiring, disposing or addressing ownership issues, throughout the Commonwealth.
Prior to coming to DGS, Holly was the Real Property Manager for the Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, served as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and worked for more than 20 years in the finance, corporate and commercial finance real estate industry. Holly’s experience includes corporate property management; commercial/construction loan origination, administration and servicing; lease and site acquisition negotiation; recovery management and liquidation of non-performing loans and real estate owned assets.
Eve received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Finance with a minor in Community Health from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Valuation from Virginia Commonwealth University and has earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation in the real estate industry. She was a National Director of the National Association of State Facilities Administrators and was Executive Committee Co-chair of the Reference & Resource and Portfolio Management & Leasing Committees, President of the Virginia Commonwealth University Real Estate Circle of Excellence and prior chair of the VCU annual Real Estate Trends Conference, and is currently treasurer of the Richmond Real Estate Group.