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Curriculum vitae

Matthew T. Hargett, MAI

matt@toblervaluation.com

Primary Real Estate Business Experience

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Tobler, Mobile, AL (Remote)

  • Director of Valuation & Advisory Services (July 2025 - present)
Colliers International Valuation & Advisory Services, New Orleans, LA & Fairhope, AL logo

Colliers International Valuation & Advisory Services, New Orleans, LA & Fairhope, AL

  • Valuation Services Director, Gulf Coast (May 2024 – June 2025)
  • Senior Valuation Specialist (May 2022 – April 2024)
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The McEnery Company, Inc., New Orleans, LA

  • Internal Operations Manager (January 2019 – April 2022)
  • Staff Appraiser (January 2015 – December 2018)
  • Research Analyst (November 2012 – December 2014)

Practical Real Estate Appraisal Experience

  • Land – Commercial Lots, Bulk Acreage, Waterfront and Subdivision Analyses
  • Retail – Single & Multi-Tenant, Banks, Restaurants, Car Dealerships, Big Box Retail, Grocery Anchored Centers, Regional Malls, Flea Markets, Lifestyle Centers, etc.
  • Industrial – Single & Multi-Tenant, Office Warehouse, Light – Heavy Manufacturing, Distribution, Cold Storage / Food Processing, and other Specialized Industrial properties.
  • Waterfront – Residential, Recreational, Industrial Land, MS River Batture Land, Heavy Industrial, Barge Fleeting, Shipping and Major Port Facilities.
  • Medical / Healthcare – Single Tenant Net Leased, Medical/Dental Clinics, Medical Office Buildings, Acute Care Hospitals, and a variety of Specialized Medical Facilities.
  • Office – Single Tenant Net Leased, Low/Mid/High Rise Multi-Tenant, Class A Towers, Trophy Corporate Offices, Government Offices and Coworking Office Facilities.
  • Multi-Family – Affordable Housing, Garden / Low Rise, Mid-Rise, Duplexes/Quadplexes, LIHTC / Rent Restricted and a variety of Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac deals.
  • Historic Mixed-Use Buildings, PUDs, Lifestyle Center Mixed-Use Developments.
  • Special Use – RV Parks, Self-Storage Facilities, Dirt Pits and Funeral Homes.
  • Hospitality - Bed and Breakfast Properties, Hotels, Short Term Rental Properties
  • Institutional – Religious Facilities, Educational Buildings, Governmental Buildings, Assembly Halls, Theaters, and other Public/Community oriented facilities.
  • Valuation of Tax Credits – Historic Redevelopment and LIHTC Projects

Notable Assignments

  • Shreveport GM Production Plant: 3.5 million SF repurposed for Multi-Tenant Industrial
  • Merchant’s Plaza: Former Region’s HQ in Mobile, AL converted to Mixed Office/Retail/Res
  • Edison Chouest Port Fourchon Portfolio: Scattered Maritime/Ind/Shipping leasehold assets
  • Mobile Port Portfolio: Container Terminal, Proposed Logistics Park and Middle Bay Port
  • New Orleans LIHT Renovations including Tax Credit Valuation
  • Pierre Bossier Mall – Bossier City, LA
  • River Ranch Portfolio: MT Office, MT Retail, Healthcare, Hotel, City Club & Vacant Land
  • UMC New Orleans: Market Rent Study including all building areas possibly leased
  • Energy Centre, New Orleans: 750K SF Class A Office Building
  • Advanced Bioproducts: Proposed Green Fertilizer Processing Facility
  • Arena Industrial Mines: Frack Sand Mine in Kinder, LA & Aggregate Mine in Amite, LA
  • PFG Foods: Owner Occupied Cold Storage / Distribution Portfolio

Memberships, Licenses, Etc.

  • MAI Designation – Appraisal Institute
  • State of Louisiana Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #G3969
  • State of Mississippi Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #GA-1310
  • State of Alabama Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #G01468
  • State of Florida Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #RZ4295

Education

Real Estate Appraisal Coursework

Appraisal Institute Courses

  • 15 Hour National USPAP Course (Plano, TX – November 2013)
  • Basic Appraisal Principles (Plano, TX – November 2013)
  • Basis Appraisal Procedures (Plano, TX – November 2013)
  • 7 Hour National USPAP Update Course (Various)
  • General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies (Atlanta, GA – October 2015)
  • General Appraiser Income Approach / Part 1 (Atlanta, GA – July 2017)
  • General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach (Online – July 2017)
  • General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach (Online – September 2017)
  • General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (Online – October 2017)
  • General Appraiser Income Approach / Part 2 (Nashville, TN – March 2018)
  • General Appraiser Real Estate Finance & Valuation Modeling (Online - March 2018)
  • General Appraiser Advanced Income Capitalization (Charlotte, NC – August 2018)
  • General Appraiser Advanced Concepts and Case Studies (Houston, TX – November 2020)
  • Business Ethics (Online – July 2021)
  • MAI Quantitative Analysis Challenge Exam (March 2022)
  • Advanced Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (Louisville, KY – July 2022)
  • General Demonstration Report-Capstone Program (Nashville, TN – November 2023)
  • Critical Thinking & Junk Science (Orange Beach, AL – June 2025)

Additional Real Estate Courses

  • Introduction to Expert Witness Testimony (December 2023)
  • Introduction to Commercial Appraiser Review (December 2023)
  • The Basics of Expert Witness for Commercial Appraisers (December 2023)
  • Florida Appraisal Laws and Regulations (November 2024)
  • Complex Properties: The Odd Side of Appraisal (June 2025)

The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL

  • College of Arts & Sciences – Mathematics Department
    • Bachelor of Science, Classical Applied Mathematics. (December 2011)

Mountain Brook High School – Mountain Brook, AL (High School Diploma – 2007)

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