Coleman elected to Presidential Board of Advisors

     Robert Edwin “Eddie” Coleman, Jr., of Raleigh, N.C., has been elected to the Campbell University Presidential Board of Advisors. Coleman is president of The Coleman Group, Inc., a diverse real estate holding company with interests in multifaceted real estate activities including brokerage, development and investment.
     The Coleman Group has been involved in the acquisition, redevelopment and management of unique historic apartments in Raleigh for over 10 years through its subsidiary, Coleman Properties, Inc. The company also received a Sir Walter Raleigh Award from the Raleigh Appearance Commission for one of its many redevelopment and restoration projects. In 2004, the Capital Area Preservation organization honored The Coleman Group with its Anthemion Award for restoration of the Pullen Starkes House in Raleigh’s historic Oakwood neighborhood. Other projects developed by the company are Berkeley Plaza Shopping Center in Goldsboro, Westgate Plaza Shopping Center in Kinston and the Arbors of Beaucatcher, 12 luxury condominiums in Asheville.
     Coleman is past president and director of the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) and the Wake County Apartment Association. In addition he served as chairman of the Independent Rental Owners Council. He currently serves on the board of directors of Capital Area Preservation.
     A native of Lillington, N.C., Coleman graduated from East Carolina University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business. He and his wife Kay are members of White Memorial Presbyterian Church. Their children, Robert Edwin Coleman II and Sara McKay Coleman, attend East Carolina University.