Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people.

In today's episode, David Mildenberg speaks with veteran commercial real estate executive Kim Kendall, the new president of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors. Kendall discusses current market conditions and her career that includes stints working for Charlotte developer Smoky Bissell and her current role as a senior director at the Colliers real estate firm. She's negotiated more than $1.5 billion of leases in her career.