Albemarle Plantation Hertford, NC

Community Overview

Affordable North Carolina active living

Albemarle Plantation is a playground. The golf and marina facilities are the obvious examples, but the community’s planners created a variety of dining, wellness and recreation amenities for residents. This 1,500 acre property has 2,200 homes.

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About Albemarle Plantation

Recently named one of America’s 100 best master planned communities by “Where to retire” magazine, Albemarle Plantation is a desirable location that is just a short drive from shopping, fine arts, historic sites and towns, beaches, airports and hospitals, without the traffic. Combine the community’s natural beauty and amenities with its close proximity to Raleigh (155 miles), Greenville (87 miles), and Southern Virginia (60 miles), along with North Carolina’s favorable tax rates, and residents can enjoy luxurious waterfront living at an extraordinary value.

Residents enjoy a variety of marina activities at Albemarle Plantation, from power and sail boating to fishing and crabbing. Albemarle Plantation’s marina facilities are amongst the largest on the eastern seaboard.

The community’s pool and fitness center overlooks Albemarle Sound, and features a junior Olympic-sized pool, fitness facilities, and places to rejuvenate or relax. Other sporting activities on property include tennis courts, plus three competition bocce courts – which have served as a qualifying site for the N.C. State Senior Games.

And there are plenty of opportunities for biking and hiking. Easy rolling terrain and a great view at every corner makes Albemarle Plantation a great place to explore.

Albemarle Plantation residents enjoy a variety of community meetings, social activities and special events that take place in the Community Center facility. A modern multi-purpose center, the structure features an expansive 1200-square foot main room for POA meetings, parties, dances, celebrations and large aerobic/exercise classes. The room is equipped with a state-of-the-art surround sound audio-visual system. The center also houses a 900-square foot fitness center, equipped with the latest cardio and strength equipment.

About the Developer, Preserve Communities

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Mark Nay

President, TPC Capital

Mark Nay has been actively working in the financial sector for nearly 40 years, with significant experience in the real estate sector. For the past six years, he has focused exclusively on Residential Real Estate and Development as well as Industrial and Commercial Real Estate. He has held multiple senior leadership roles at various banks over his career, including CEO and President at two regional banks. At Preserve Communities, Mark plays a crucial role as a commercial lender for the company’s various national landholdings.

Mark obtained his Economics degree from Wake Forest University, attended the Graduate School of Banking at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA and obtained his Master of Business Administration in Finance from Kennesaw State University.

Dan Collins

Founding Partner, Collins & Fine Group

For 37 years, Dan has directed innovative marketing, lead generation and lead tracking programs for many of the most prominent and successful luxury resort real estate developers in the world.

Prior to Collins & Fine, Dan co-founded IMI Worldwide Properties in 1991, building a firm that has generated over $9 billion in closed luxury resort real estate sales at some of the most recognized real estate communities in North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Today, as a Principal Partner in Collins & Fine, Dan continues to re-make the landscape of luxury real estate marketing and sales throughout the industry.

Dan is a University of Georgia graduate, a licensed real estate broker-in-charge and was recognized as a Greenville, SC “Entrepreneur of the Year”. He is a frequent speaker and panelist with groups that focus on trends relating to the luxury real estate sector. Dan resides in Greenville, South Carolina with his wife Reba. Both their children, Russell and Rebecca work for Collins & Fine.

Bruce Fine

Founding Partner, Collins & Fine Group

Bruce is a sales, marketing, and country club management professional with thirty years’ experience on regional, national, and international levels.

Prior to co-founding Collins & Fine in 2020, Bruce was Executive Vice-President of Consulting Services for IMI Worldwide Properties, managing a team of seasoned industry professionals providing sales and marketing consulting services to developers throughout the Southeast.

Bruce has ‘boots on the ground’ experience in literally every aspect of the master-planned community space, including hands-on participation in country club management, community development and operations, Builder Guild programs, HOA Board management, and Architectural Review committees.

Bruce’s community sales and sales management experience include a recent role as Director of Sales and Marketing for The Residences at Four Seasons Anguilla, a condo-hotel project owned by Starwood Capital Group. Other notable sales, marketing and management positions include Director of Sales and Marketing at The Cliffs Communities in Asheville, North Carolina, Director of Sales and Marketing at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, and General Manager at Balsam Mountain Preserve in Jackson County, North Carolina.

A native of South Carolina, Bruce is a die-hard Georgia Bulldog and holds both a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and a Master’s Degree in International Business from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Nikki, reside in Greenville, South Carolina and have two children, David and Emily.

Jennifer Buntin

Vice President of Marketing

Jennifer Fisher-Buntin is the Vice President of Marketing for Preserve Communities. She oversees marketing and communications efforts for the company’s various holdings while also serving as the General Manager for French Broad Crossing and the Preserve at Little Pine, our two active communities near Asheville, NC.

Prior to joining the team in 2018, Jennifer had spent the past 12 years living and working in Lexington, Kentucky. A graduate of Centre College, Jennifer spent 6 years working for Darley America, HRH Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai’s American thoroughbred breeding operation. During her tenure, Jennifer spearheaded the operation’s CRM system (sales database), oversaw local advertising, and managed VIP client hospitality, special events and the farm’s tour program. In 2014, Jennifer joined the marketing team as a manager at Keeneland Race Course, the world’s largest thoroughbred auction house. There she oversaw the advertising needs of the company’s seven business units while also managing the in-house design team. She has extensive experience in advertising agency management and has a passion for digital marketing and analytics.

Jennifer and her family moved to Georgia to be closer to the team in the fall of 2018. She and her husband Michael welcomed their second child in May 2020. She loves hiking, gardening, UGA football, and has previously served as an International Officer for her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi.

Bobby Masters

President

Bobby Masters has been developing and marketing highly amenitized master-planned communities since the mid-1980s. Beginning with Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, SC and most recently at St. James Plantation in Southport, NC, Bobby has led the development and sales activities at over 15 large communities comprising over 25,000 acres of land, over 30,000 residential homes, and multiple golf courses, clubhouses, aquatic centers, food and beverage outlets, marinas, hospitality operations and homeowner association management.

Having served in an executive role, Bobby has been involved in projects from start to finish, from acquisition to planning and permitting, to construction of infrastructure, to building of homes and condominiums, to overseeing the marketing and sales processes for all products, creating and operating clubs and organizing and managing homeowner associations. He is also the General Manager of the Bay Creek development.

Bobby obtained both an accounting and a law degree from the University of South Carolina and is currently an active member of the South Carolina Bar.

Jeff Coggin

Manager of Preserve South Holdings

With an experienced background in accounting, finance, and tax, Jeff is a highly experienced executive having served in the capacities of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer throughout career which includes foreign and domestic entities. He served as President/CEO of The SIM Group for over 30 years, which was engaged in several industries, including agriculture, real estate development, home building, golf operations, consulting and management services. SIM represented a derivation of the McDonald Estate (UK) and its related holdings within the US, UK, Switzerland, Spain, Lichtenstein, Panama, Bermuda and the Isle of Man. During his time at SIM, Jeff was responsible for the development of some of the most successful communities in the southeast, including Brickyard Plantation in Charleston, SC, The Golf Club of South Carolina in Florence, SC, and many more. Jeff not only headed up the acquisition and development of these projects but also established and ran a successful homebuilding company that built and sold over 5,000 homes.

Early in his career, Jeff had the opportunity to work with iconic developers, Canal Wood Corporation, Leonard, Call & Taylor, and Snowshoe Resort.

Jeff is the Manager and an Executive Committee member of Preserve South Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Preserve Communities, which owns and manages the East Argent, New Hampstead and West Argent developments. He is also the President of Preserve Homes & Neighborhoods.

Jeff holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. During his career, he has provided oversight and management of McDonald Estate international holdings, operating entities and related trusts. He has also been responsible for facilitating philanthropic grants to worldwide charities for children and educational institutions.

David Brannon

Executive Vice President Land Planning

David has been working with founder Jack Fisher for over 18 years, envisioning, planning and designing Preserve Communities projects from the mountains to the coast. He has a keen sense of awareness of the finely tuned balances of interests necessary to create special places that honor the integrity of the land—yet also give rise to innovative planning and development practices that ultimately offer all of the features to community stakeholders that make Preserve Communities developments stand out from the ordinary.

David founded his own design company, Site Rhythms, which functions as Preserve Communities’ in-house design firm. Prior to that, beginning in 1995, David worked with Wood & Partners and Land Design, Inc, two of the country’s most respected land planning and landscape architecture firms. That experience enabled David to be involved in planning major communities throughout the southeast and garnered him valued “hand’s on” time working with major developers in building many iconic communities.

David holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Clemson University.

Andrew Marriner

Senior Vice President Finance

Andrew Marriner is a Senior Management Executive and former “Big-4 CPA” with broad-based financial management, technology, and operations management experience. For the last seven years, Andrew served as the VP, Finance & Chief Operating Officer for the Sterling Planet Holdings Group of companies. The Sterling brand included Sterling Planet, Inc., a four-time award winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Supplier of the Year, and Sterling Energy Assets, Inc., a developer of more than $300 million in renewable energy power projects. Prior to joining Sterling, Andrew served as the Chief Financial Officer for a Retail Energy Provider in the Deregulated Energy Markets after leaving Hillwood Development Group, a Perot Company, where he co-led the organization through several financial initiatives including preparation for a public offering. Andrew started his financial career as an auditor and consultant with the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group of Ernst & Young LLP.