Since 1983, the sales team at Harrell and Associates – headed by owner Bobby Harrell – has been helping a number of clients fulfill their commercial and residential real estate ambitions on both the Outer Banks and in the surrounding regions of Northeastern North Carolina.

The team of sales agents have more than 100 years of combined real estate experience in the area, and offer a full range of services that go well outside the typical need of buying or selling a home. The sales agents at Harrell and Associates specialize in commercial real estate sales, which includes leasing retail spaces and buildings, securing long-term rentals, and finding property management services that fit a client’s needs. In addition, the sales team can help with the sale and property management of residential properties, assist with investment properties including 1031 exchanges, and can even help with land development, farm and timber tracks, and / or rural or recreational investments on the Outer Banks and beyond.

Because of these specialized services, buyers and sellers who have unique needs when it pertains to the residential or commercial real estate will find that they are in good hands. With years of expertise dealing with both the largest and smallest projects, Harrell and Associates is an expert in all the varying forms of real estate on the OBX.


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Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin

Stop by Nags Head's Ben Franklin at Mile Post 10 on the Bypass where you will find everything you need for the beach! From Clothing, T-shirts and Swimwear to Boards, Chairs, Umbrellas and Tackle. You'll find it all…and of course, we have the best selection of Souvenirs anywhere on the Outer Banks. Enjoy your vacation! Independently owned by a member of one of the Outer Banks’ oldest families, the Ben Franklin store is stocked with just about everything a visitor would need to go to the beach.

 

Ben Franklin stores were once part of a five-and-dime retail empire, with about 2,500 locations across the country in its heyday. As decades passed and the times and customers began to change, many closed their doors, leading to fewer than 150 of these nostalgic shops. Nags Head Ben Franklin, however, has withstood the test of time and adapted to the needs of its customers to provide a memorable shopping experience on the Outer Banks.

 

Debbie Terry Tolson, manager of the Ben Franklin location in Nags Head, recalls working with former owner Tommie Daniels. Daniels’ father, Moncie Daniels, started the business in downtown Manteo in the early 1900s. The Daniels family has been a longstanding fixture in the Outer Banks business community—Moncie even sold gas to the Wright brothers in 1903.

 

Tommie, with an excellent business mind, saw the opportunity the new Bypass presented and, in 1977, he opened the Nags Head location of Ben Franklin. He was one of the first businesses on the Bypass,” Tolson says.In addition to a new location, the Ben Franklin store saw a new group of customers.

 

“People would come from all around because Tommie had a little bit of everything—it was more like a five and 10 then,” Tolson explains. “As he went to the beach, he began to get more tourists, so he started catering more and more to visitors.”

 

Today, the 21,000-square-foot souvenir shop quickly catches the attention of anyone driving by thanks to the ocean-themed mural that decorates the façade of the building, painted by local artist Rob Snyder. This Ben Franklin location has become the must-stop shop for both first-time visitors to the area and generations of families who escape to the Outer Banks annually.

 

Tolson credits the great prices and friendly customer service to the success of the location, which keeps families returning.“People come in all the time and tell me, ‘my grandmother or my grandfather used to bring me here and now I’m bringing my children,’” she shares. “One of my favorite parts about working here is seeing the people come back year after year.”