David L. Gothard, CCIM, serves as a Senior Advisor and is the Principal Broker for the Sevierville, Tennessee office. David is a market area specialist and has amassed extensive transaction experience in the sale and leasing of commercial and investment properties throughout Tennessee's Smoky Mountains region, specifically in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. The area's economic base of tourism and its 15 million annual visitors have afforded him wonderful opportunities to sub-specialize in the hospitality, retail, restaurant and commercial land sectors. David has been designated as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) since 2004. Only a small percentage of commercial practitioners nationwide hold this highly coveted and respected designation. David graduated in 1975 from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.