Fran West
Director of Development, Special Projects, Crescent Communities LLC
Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone (980) 321-6000
Property Types
Office
Markets
Austin, Charlotte, Dallas/Ft Worth, Denver, Tampa/St Petersburg
Languages
English
Bio
Fran West joined Crescent Communities in 2022 and currently serves as Director of Development for Special Projects on the Commercial team. Fran is responsible for leading development projects in the southeast, advancing the River District’s employment district, and assisting with strategy development and execution across the portfolio with economic development entities, municipalities, and commercial real estate partners. Her focus is on ensuring that the Crescent Communities Commercial team is the partner of choice and trusted solution provider in the communities in which we work.
Prior to Crescent Communities, Fran was Assistant Economic Development Director at the City of Charlotte where she led the business recruitment and retention team. Her team set record accomplishments with the creation of over 16,000 jobs and over $1.4B in new investment in Charlotte over a 3 year period. In addition, she focused on multi-faceted public private partnership development projects. Prior to the City, Fran worked for the University of Tennessee Knoxville to develop and execute its strategic capital investment plan as well as with Kimley Horn and Associates leading complex infrastructure projects.
Fran is a member of both CREW Charlotte and ULI. She is actively involved with volunteering in her children’s school and sports communities.
Fran earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and holds her professional engineering license in the state of North Carolina.
