ARC Realty and H2 Real Estate Announce New Partnership

ARC Realty and H2 Real Estate are joining forces to better serve the greater Birmingham market. These two successful companies will be able to broaden their impact on the local real estate industry and use their inherent Birmingham-ness to continue to serve their customers.

People. Places. Stories. Home. These ingredients make Birmingham tick and no one knows that better than Realtors. These things inspired Carter & Scott Hughes to found H2 Real Estate and it is something they have in common with Beau Bevis, President of ARC Realty. So much so that the relationship commonalities between the Hughes brothers and Bevis stretch far beyond the professional. They grew up together. They are a Birmingham Story.

With H2’s reputation as a leading sales brokerage of downtown and the downtown neighborhoods, this merger provides ARC a stronger foothold in these markets. The ARC Realty infrastructure gives the Realtors of H2 tremendous reach, as well as a robust marketing and back office support team.

“We’ve been talking about partnering on projects for a long time now. It wasn’t until recently that our conversations got serious and we really looked at ‘What can we do that benefits both ARC and H2?’ How can we help each other?” Bevis explained recently.

That relationship, and others like it, is what originally inspired the founders of ARC Realty – A Relationship Company. The founders continue to bring a personal touch and develop relationships between the community, the company, and their agents. These values run deep within ARC, H2, and Birmingham.

“Working together is something we’ve talked about for years,” agreed Carter Hughes. “We know that H2 and ARC can complement one another and broaden the exposure for our agents and enhance our relationships with developers. This is a win-win.”

ARC will take over the day to day interactions with developers and agents while H2 will retain control of the leasing side of H2 Real Estate. After the merger, H2 will continue its operations with multifamily acquisition, ownership, and management, including their current portfolio of over 1,800 units in the Southside, Highland Park, Forest Park, and Avondale.

H2 is also working on a 28-unit townhome development on the Rotary Trail called Avenue A, in partnership with The Dobbins Group. The Lynlee Hughes Team is the listing agent.

“I’m excited to see what this merger will do to better support our agents,” Lynlee Hughes said as she explained how she’s looking forward to the changes coming in this new year. In addition to being a part of the Hughes family, Lynlee is also a Birmingham native and a real estate agent.

The Lynlee Hughes Team currently has listings on five new construction developments downtown totaling over $50 million in listing volume in addition to being the #1 ranked Realtor in the downtown market from 2014-2019 with a sales volume exceeding $20 million.