Hampton Roads real estate firm promotes facilities director

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty has promoted Jimmy Gillerlain to director of facilities, the Chesapeake-based real estate firm announced Tuesday.

Gillerlain will lead the operations team and oversee facilities management for all company-owned and managed assets.

He was with Rose & Womble Realty for 17 years as a Realtor, then broker of the Suffolk and Franklin office. He is also on the RW Towne Foundation board.

In March, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Rose & Womble Realty announced their merger. The combined agency has more than 750 agents and represents over 16% of the region’s market share, according to its chairman, J. Van Rose Jr.

“With the merger of two companies, we doubled our offices and needed a dedicated team to supervise the growing portfolio. Jimmy’s experience in real estate, construction and previous facilities management knowledge is invaluable and a perfect fit for the expanded team,” Dianne S. Gordonn, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty’s chief operations officer, said in a statement. “His first order of business is navigating the complexities of maintaining space while remodeling the Suffolk office and building out our new office location in Virginia Beach.”