About Mel Graham

Mel Graham Bio

In 1978, Charlotte native Melvin F. Graham founded Graham Enterprises, one of the Carolinas' leading real estate development and investment companies. Currently, Graham serves as chairman and chief executive officer. Graham Enterprises specializes in golf courses, residential communities, commercial development, and property acquisitions.

Over the years Graham has been involved in all aspects of the design, planning, construction, marketing, and operations of numerous projects, primarily in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia.

Additionally, Graham Enterprises owns and operates golf courses, retail centers, office distribution centers, mini-storage facilities, and various other types of income-producing real estate.

Signature Projects Include:

Legend Oaks Plantation is a 700-acre former rice plantation in Charleston, SC, where Graham developed a championship 18-hole golf course incorporating an 850-home master planned community. Within 36 months, Legend Oaks became one of the top three selling golf communities in the Charleston market.

World Tour Golf Links is a championship golf facility in Myrtle Beach, SC, where the many of the greatest and most famous holes in golf are all incorporated into this signature facility. World Tour is widely acclaimed as one of the top public golf courses in the country. World Tour won the National Golf Course of the Year award for 2004.

The Grande Villas at World Tour is a new 1,000 unit destination resort community adjacent to the World Tour Golf Course. The total build out of this project will exceed $300 million dollars.

The Club at Longview, a 1000-acre private gated community featuring a Jack Nicklaus signature course in Charlotte, NC, where the company is headquartered, features over 700 custom home-sites, all the club amenities, and over 1.0 million square feet of exclusive office and retail. The total build-out value of this project will exceed $500 million dollars.

Montrose is a 6,000-acre master planned community fronting 3-1/2 miles on Interstate 77 approximately 35 miles south of Charlotte, North Carolina. The master plan and zoning allow over 10,000 residences and over 10 million s.f. of commercial, office, and retail space around the proposed new interchange located in the center of the project. The build out of this project will exceed $2 billion dollars.

Graham's hands-on experience and wide range of real estate expertise, combined with old-fashioned integrity and work ethics, all help position Graham Enterprises, for unprecedented success in the 21st century.

Those close to Graham often comment on his passion and tireless efforts to enhance the communities and cities he works in, and the numerous evangelistic Christian and charitable organizations he both serves and supports.

Graham serves on the board of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Graham is the nephew of Billy Graham. Graham also serves on the board of Samaritan's Purse, World Medical Missions, and Southern Evangelistic Seminary. Graham also serves as advisor to bank boards and other Christian ministries.