You’ve been seeing our work around town for a while, maybe it’s time we introduce ourselves.
Started in 2002, Pinnacle Design/Build has been a staple in the community now for 23 years. If you’ve been in the Sandhills for even a short amount of time, you’ve probably seen our work. We’ve built custom and speculative homes all over downtown Southern Pines, Pinehurst #9, Forest Creek, Pinewild, and elsewhere. We are responsible for the urban lofts on Pennsylvania and Broad Street, as well as townhome communities like Elk Ridge, Hunter’s Ridge, and May Street Meadows. We’ve renovated several 100 year old historic homes in downtown Southern Pines, as well as the Bell Tree Tavern, 305 Trackside, and Soiree on South. Our commercial projects include Rec Room, the Hatchet Brewing Company renovation, the Southern Pines Growler Company building, Southern Pines Brewery on Penn, Ace Hardware, Allergy Partners of Pinehurst, The Boys and Girls Club, and the LKC building on W Penn.
As one of Moore County, North Carolina’s premier design-build firms, Pinnacle works closely with our clients from the initial building design stage all the way through to the punch list process. Maintaining a close relationship with our clients and identifying and adjusting to their building needs throughout the process helps us produce a high-quality, well-designed space that often exceeds our client’s expectations.
Dean King, the owner, holds a NC & SC Architecture license, as well as a NC contractor’s license, making your experience with Pinnacle a truly custom design-build experience. This also allows him to design your home with a budget in mind, a truly unique quality.
Dean graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte college of Architecture in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, and 2002 with Bachelor of Architecture. He worked as project manager for 3 ½ years at Habitat Architectural Group in Charlotte, North Carolina specializing in Hospitality design. In January 2006, he completed his 3-year intern development program, and in 2009 passed the Architectural Registration Exam, making him a licensed Architect in the state of North Carolina. Over the last 19 years with Pinnacle, Dean has designed dozen’s of custom homes, several of the townhome communities around town, and all of the commercial buildings represented in our portfolio. Dean’s ability to creatively think “outside the box” is a key asset to the design component of our company. In his spare time, he enjoys working on his ’71 Bronco, fishing with his son, working in the yard, and spending time with his family in the low country.
Tori King graduated from Winthrop University in 2003 with a degree in Business Marketing, minor in Accounting. She’s spent the last decade or more helping Pinnacle with design choices, color schemes, finishing touches, photography and, most recently, daily business operations such as invoicing, marketing, and managing the office.
While Dean grew up down the street in Hamlet, Dean and Tori have lived together in the Sandhills for 19 years now. They’ve poured their hearts, time and talents into helping develop the Sandhills into the vibrant town that it is, and feel honored and blessed to have been a part of it’s journey along the way.
