Chris White To Lead Franklin Street's Office Brokerage Division: The Atlanta Deal Sheet
CRE veteran Chris White has landed at a new shop to launch a newly created division.
Franklin Street hired White as market leader for office occupier services, the firm said in a press release. In the newly established role, White is tasked with assembling a team of brokers for tenant representation in the Atlanta area.
White spent nearly a decade with the Atlanta office of Savills, serving as vice chairman before departing in October 2024. Prior to Savills, White worked at Cassidy Turley, which was acquired by DTZ and then merged with Cushman & Wakefield in 2015.
“Atlanta is one of the country’s most sophisticated office markets. Tenants need a strategic advisor that has extensive market intel and a proven track record of finding creative solutions tailored to each need,” Franklin Street Executive Vice President Carrie Smith said in the release. “Chris’ leadership strengthens our ability to deliver winning results in Atlanta and across the region.”
The firm has expanded its services in Atlanta this year. In April, Franklin Street tapped Ralph Smalley to lead an office investment sales team. The firm also plans additional hires in Atlanta in the coming months.
Atlanta is one of Franklin Street’s largest operating markets. The Atlanta office has 34 employees and has divisions in housing sales, leasing, and project and property management.
PERSONNEL
Atlanta industrial real estate vets Scott Plomgren, Price Weaver, Matt Wirth and Hooper Wilkinson have co-founded the new boutique industrial firm BroadPoint Partners. Plomgren, Weaver and Wilkinson were previously with Colliers. Combined, they have transacted on more than 150M SF of deals and helped sell 2,500 acres, according to a press release.
Wirth, a 23-year CRE veteran, most recently was senior managing director at JLL in Atlanta. All four were named principals at BroadPoint. The firm also named Bill Ward III as senior vice president.
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Transwestern Real Estate Services has tapped Nathan Knowles as its executive managing director and Southeast leader and director. Knowles is succeeding Bruce Ford, who became the firm’s chief operating officer last year.
Transwestern has tasked Knowles with increasing market share and expanding investor and client relationships. He most recently served as executive managing director and principal at Colliers in Atlanta.
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Law firm Arnall Golden Gregory LLP named Eric J. Bonsall as a partner in its real estate practice and member of its healthcare real estate industrial team. Before joining the firm, Bonsall worked with AmLaw 100.
Bonsall has more than two decades of experience and earned his law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
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Peachtree Group tapped Billy Gilchrist as senior vice president, tasked with originating commercial real estate and hotel investments for the firm. Gilchrist comes to the firm after serving as chief financial and investment officer at ARK.
DEVELOPMENT
Trilogy Investment Co. and Pinnacle Partners broke ground this month on Rev3 at Avondale East, a 46-unit townhouse community in Decatur. The firms plan to start construction in early 2026, with leasing starting in June.
Last November, the partnership launched an opportunity zone fund, seeking at least $60M from accredited investors for a 10-year hold on shovel-ready townhome projects in Augusta, Decatur and Huntsville, Alabama, CoStar reported at the time. The firm has a pipeline of more than 400 units, according to CoStar.
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Golub & Co. delivered Bryks Upper Westside, a two-building, 576-unit apartment complex with 12K SF of retail. The project was a joint venture with Golub, Atlanta-based AB Capital and local entrepreneur Thierry François, Urbanize Atlanta previously reported.
Located on 5.8 acres at 2200 Marietta Blvd., the project includes a resort-style pool with private cabanas, a fitness center and coworking suites.
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Kolter Urban is planning to break ground in 2026 on another condominium project in Atlanta. The condominiums will be situated on its 5-acre parcel at 102 W. Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead, near The St. Regis Atlanta hotel, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported.
Kolter plans a 20-story, 194-unit tower with units priced just under $1M, with the most expensive units priced up to $6.5M, according to the report.
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Pope & Land Enterprises is planning a mixed-use development on more than 40 acres at the intersection of Poplar Road and the Newnan Crossing Bypass in Coweta County, just off Interstate 85, Bisnow reported.
The project will include 340K SF of retail and restaurant space, two 175-room hotels and a 13-acre, 70K SF outdoor amusement area to deliver by 2036.
SALES
Chicago-based Northpond Partners bought The Village at Park Bridge, a 29K SF shopping center off Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, for $12.8M from Fairway Investments, the ABC reported.
TSCG’s Anthony Bianco brokered the transaction. Tenants at the property include Starbucks, Crumbl Cookies, Kin No Tori Ramen Bar, Koi Kaiten Sushi and an Emory Rehabilitation outpatient center. The property last sold in 2006 for $9.7M.
FINANCE
Atlanta-based Asherian Properties refinanced a portfolio of metro area retail centers with Bank of Hope for $8.7M, according to records in the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority database.
Asherian executed a cash-out refinancing deal with a 5.9% interest rate and a 25-year amortization, Marcus & Millichap’s Robert Bhat said. Bhat brokered the deal for the owner, adding that the loans have no bank minimum deposit requirements and no liquidity covenants.
The properties include Parkway Village, a 20K SF shopping center, and North Park Village, a 31K SF shopping center, all located along Forest Parkway in Forest Park; Lost Mountain, a 36K SF strip center off Dallas Highway in Powder Springs; and Bentwater Village, a 16K SF strip center at 3732 Cedarcrest Road in Acworth.
