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Douglas J. Short Attorney Direct (919) 510-9254 Main (919) 787-8880 Fax (919) 325-4600 Email short@manningfulton.com Services Commercial Real Estate Real Estate Acquisition & Development Commercial Real Estate Finance 1031 Exchange Counsel Commercial Leasing Condominiums & Planned Communities Multi-Family \| Apartments Purchase, Sale & Development Title Examination & Certifications Loan Workouts, Restructuring & Foreclosures About Doug Short is a partner of the firm and practices exclusively as a transactional commercial real estate attorney in the firm’s Raleigh office. His practice includes primarily real property acquisitions, dispositions, development, title, leasing, and financing transactions. Doug enjoys representing a diverse group of clients, including commercial developers, investors, buyers, sellers, and lenders, on a variety of projects, including without limitation, apartments, hotels, single-family residential, retail, restaurants, office, industrial, flex, and mixed-use projects throughout North Carolina. Doug also routinely counsels clients on commercial leasing matters. This work includes representation of owners of income-producing properties with their leasing needs, as well as tenant representation for office, retail, restaurant and industrial leases. Further, in cooperation with the firm’s tax practice group, Doug assists his clients in structuring and completing a variety of tax-deferred exchange transactions, including deferred, forward, reverse and build-to-suit or improvement exchanges. Doug joined the firm’s commercial real estate practice group in 2008. Entering the practice during a recession opened up a variety of opportunities for Doug to assist the firm’s clients as they weathered the economic storm. In that regard, Doug’s services included representing borrowers, lenders, and guarantors in connection with loan workouts, foreclosures, restructuring, bankruptcy, and dispositions. He credits his initial work during an economic downturn as providing him with a valuable understanding of commercial financing transactions from both the lender and borrower perspective. Doug was raised in Raleigh and currently resides there with his wife, Jessie, and their children, William, Bonnie and Birdie. Credentials Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts, 2004 Campbell University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2008, cum laude Admitted to Practice North Carolina (2008) United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (2008). Professional Memberships & Activities Wake County Real Property Lawyers Association President – 2017 Vice President – 2018 Member – 2008 to Present Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors Board of Directors – 2016 to Present Member – 2016 to Present North Carolina Bar Association Member – 2008 to Present North Carolina State Bar Member – 2008 to Present Wake County Bar Association Member – 2008 to Present Lunch with a Lawyer Program – 2008 – 2010 Recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law (2018-2027) Recognized by Chambers and Partners for Real Estate Law – Band 4 (2025-2026) Recognized in Legal Elite, for Real Estate Law (2024-2026) Firm Recruiting Committee Member – 2008 to Present Chairman – 2017 to Present Representative Transactions 56,000 sf suburban office campus – Durham, NC (acquisition counsel) Full-service restaurant chain – multiple locations nationwide (lead leasing counsel) 300-unit multi-family development – Fuquay-Varina, NC (acquisition and development counsel) Commercial retail development – Holly Springs, NC (acquisition and development counsel) Midtown square mixed-use project – downtown Cary, NC (acquisition, development and leasing counsel) Memorial Commons shopping center – Greenville, NC (acquisition, development and leasing counsel) 46,000 sf suburban medical office building – Raleigh, NC (acquisition, financing and leasing counsel) Erwin Terrace mixed use project – Durham, NC (financing, leasing and development counsel) 125,000 sf mixed-use portfolio – Durham, NC (acquisition, leasing and disposition counsel) Grocery-anchored shopping centers – multiple locations (acquisition and leasing counsel) Community Engagement Read and Feed Board of Directors – 2018 to Present Viii Oaks Philanthropic Group Secretary – 2015 Vice President – 2016 to Present Golf Committee Chair – 2016

Douglas J. Short

Attorney

Direct (919) 510-9254

Main (919) 787-8880

Fax (919) 325-4600

Email short@manningfulton.com

Services

About

Doug Short is a partner of the firm and practices exclusively as a transactional commercial real estate attorney in the firm’s Raleigh office. His practice includes primarily real property acquisitions, dispositions, development, title, leasing, and financing transactions.

Doug enjoys representing a diverse group of clients, including commercial developers, investors, buyers, sellers, and lenders, on a variety of projects, including without limitation, apartments, hotels, single-family residential, retail, restaurants, office, industrial, flex, and mixed-use projects throughout North Carolina. Doug also routinely counsels clients on commercial leasing matters. This work includes representation of owners of income-producing properties with their leasing needs, as well as tenant representation for office, retail, restaurant and industrial leases. Further, in cooperation with the firm’s tax practice group, Doug assists his clients in structuring and completing a variety of tax-deferred exchange transactions, including deferred, forward, reverse and build-to-suit or improvement exchanges.

Doug joined the firm’s commercial real estate practice group in 2008. Entering the practice during a recession opened up a variety of opportunities for Doug to assist the firm’s clients as they weathered the economic storm. In that regard, Doug’s services included representing borrowers, lenders, and guarantors in connection with loan workouts, foreclosures, restructuring, bankruptcy, and dispositions. He credits his initial work during an economic downturn as providing him with a valuable understanding of commercial financing transactions from both the lender and borrower perspective.

Doug was raised in Raleigh and currently resides there with his wife, Jessie, and their children, William, Bonnie and Birdie.

Credentials

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts, 2004
Campbell University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2008, cum laude

Admitted to Practice

North Carolina (2008)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (2008).

Professional Memberships & Activities

Wake County Real Property Lawyers Association
- President – 2017
- Vice President – 2018
- Member – 2008 to Present
Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors
- Board of Directors – 2016 to Present
- Member – 2016 to Present
North Carolina Bar Association
- Member – 2008 to Present
North Carolina State Bar
- Member – 2008 to Present
Wake County Bar Association
- Member – 2008 to Present
- Lunch with a Lawyer Program – 2008 – 2010
Recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law (2018-2027)
Recognized by Chambers and Partners for Real Estate Law – Band 4 (2025-2026)
Recognized in Legal Elite, for Real Estate Law (2024-2026)
Firm Recruiting Committee
- Member – 2008 to Present
- Chairman – 2017 to Present

Representative Transactions

56,000 sf suburban office campus – Durham, NC (acquisition counsel)
Full-service restaurant chain – multiple locations nationwide (lead leasing counsel)
300-unit multi-family development – Fuquay-Varina, NC (acquisition and development counsel)
Commercial retail development – Holly Springs, NC (acquisition and development counsel)
Midtown square mixed-use project – downtown Cary, NC (acquisition, development and leasing counsel)
Memorial Commons shopping center – Greenville, NC (acquisition, development and leasing counsel)
46,000 sf suburban medical office building – Raleigh, NC (acquisition, financing and leasing counsel)
Erwin Terrace mixed use project – Durham, NC (financing, leasing and development counsel)
125,000 sf mixed-use portfolio – Durham, NC (acquisition, leasing and disposition counsel)
Grocery-anchored shopping centers – multiple locations (acquisition and leasing counsel)

Community Engagement

Read and Feed

Board of Directors – 2018 to Present

Viii Oaks Philanthropic Group

Secretary – 2015
Vice President – 2016 to Present
Golf Committee Chair – 2016