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Midtown Real Estate Update

Office Capacity, Residential Demand and Maintaining the Submarket's 'IT' Factor

Steve Baile

Steve Baile

Chief Development Officer

Selig Enterprises

John Robbins

John Robbins

Senior Managing Director

Granite Properties

Travis Garland

Travis Garland

Chief Development Officer

Portman Holdings

Carlos Torres
Moderator

Carlos Torres

Director

Gilbane Building Company

Steve Baile

Chief Development Officer

Selig Enterprises

As Chief Development Officer for Selig Development Company, Baile oversees Selig’s commercial, residential, and mixed-use development platform. Co-founding Selig Development alongside Scott Selig in 2014, Baile is recognized as one of Atlanta’s leading developers whose dossier accounts for over 5,500,000 square feet of commercial, hospitality, residential and mixed-use developments and acquisitions.

Current projects include three new towers started in 2018, The Epicurean Atlanta Hotel, 40 West 12th Street (Condominiums) and 1105 West Peachtree (Office) plus street-level retail. The Works, a mixed-use 80+/- acre development on Atlanta's Upper Westside represent 1.5 million square feet of office, residential, retail and entertainment, 550 North Highland (residential) and two additional towers in Midtown round out Selig Development's current initiatives. Baile's ventures represent in excess of $2.5 Billion in the Atlanta Region since 2004.

A graduate of Auburn University, professional and civic associations include: National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Atlanta Apartment Association and Board of Directors for the Midtown Alliance.

John Robbins

Senior Managing Director

Granite Properties

John joined Granite in 2010. He is the market leader for Atlanta with responsibility for the growth, performance and value creation of the Atlanta and Nashville platforms. John currently serves as a member of the NAIOP National Forum as well as on the advisory board for NAIOP Georgia, having previously served on the executive board for six years including president in 2012. He is a board member for the Council for Quality Growth and was a founding board member for the North Fulton Community Improvement District. John serves on the sponsorship committee for Sporting Clays Classic

supporting the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and also on the Board of Mentors for the Kenan Scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

John previously served on the executive committee and board of

trustees for The Ron Clark Academy and now currently sits on the advisory board. He has also formerly been a member of the Center for Real Estate Studies Advisory Council at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He enjoys spending time adventuring the outdoors with his wife, sons, and dogs. John received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Travis Garland

Chief Development Officer

Portman Holdings

As Chief Development Officer, Travis Garland oversees the day-to-day business across all asset classes at Portman, playing a key role in shaping strategy, executing transactions, and driving the development of new and existing product types.

Previously, Travis served as Managing Director of Office at Portman, where he led transactions totaling over $4 billion in gross value, including leasing, operations, and dispositions. He is an active member of NAIOP and ULI. His achievements have earned him recognition as a NAIOP “Top Producer” in 2014 and 2018, as well as the #2 Producer in 2016, 2020, and 2021. He was also named one of Real Estate Forum’s 40 Under 40 in 2014 and has been recognized as a CoStar Power Broker from 2013 to 2021.

Travis holds a B.B.A. in real estate from the University of Georgia and is a licensed Broker in Georgia and North Carolina. He has been active in commercial real estate since 2005.

Creating Vibrancy Downtown for World Cup 2026

The Developments and Ventures Underway to Present a Positive Image to a Global Audience

Brian McGowan

Brian McGowan

President at Centennial Yards Company

A CIM Group Company

Shaneel Lalani

Shaneel Lalani

CEO

Lalani Ventures

Brooke Dewey

Brooke Dewey

Senior Managing Director

JLL

Tim Wright
Moderator

Tim Wright

Director

Cushman & Wakefield

Brian McGowan

President at Centennial Yards Company

A CIM Group Company

Brian McGowan is the President of Centennial Yards Company building the most exciting sports, entertainment and business district in the UNIVERSE - in the coolest city in the United States.

McGowan has over 20 years of economic development experience working at all levels of government. He was appointed to senior economic positions in both the Schwarzenegger and Obama Administrations and was the CEO of Atlanta’s economic development agencies where he served under two Mayors. He was also the Executive Vice President/COO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber and Principal with the global law firm Dentons. He was also the founding CEO of Greater Seattle Partners which promoted and grew one of the most economically influential regions in the world.

McGowan is currently a Non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institute.

Shaneel Lalani

CEO

Lalani Ventures

Shaneel Lalani is Chief Executive Officer at Lalani Ventures. Since he founded the company in 2012, Lalani has grown Lalani Venture’s real estate portfolio to more than two million square feet of commercial space, with a vast majority of properties located in Georgia.

Under Lalani’s leadership, Lalani Venture’s core business strategy focuses on purchasing underperforming assets and adding value through renovations and strategic leasing strategies. He has completed more than 100 real estate transactions that are valued at approximately $250 million.

In November 2020, Lalani acquired Underground Atlanta with plans to maximize the potential of the historic entertainment destination and complement the surrounding investment in Downtown Atlanta. On the heels of the Underground Atlanta acquisition, Lalani purchased 34 Peachtree, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Downtown Atlanta, with plans to revive the office tower that currently sits at 33% occupied.

Lalani and his family migrated to Atlanta 20 years ago from India, and he currently resides in Decatur with his wife and daughter.

Brooke Dewey

Senior Managing Director

JLL

Brooke Dewey has over sixteen years of commercial real estate experience in the Atlanta market. As an Executive Vice President with Jones Lang LaSalle, Ms. Dewey has been actively involved in the leasing and marketing efforts for over fifteen million square feet in Atlanta.

Ms. Dewey has extensive experience in office project repositioning and market reintroduction. With a strong background in marketing, Brooke has been successful in developing effective messaging and strategic brand solutions for her clients. These efforts have resulted in over 5 Million SF of lease transactions for clients that have included Sumitomo Life Realty (N.Y.) Inc., J.P. Morgan, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Macquarie and Archon Group. Ms. Dewey’s current Landlord clients include, MetLife Real Estate, Zeller Realty, Crocker Partners, Preferred Office Properties, The Simpson Organization and OA Development.

Why This Matters

Midtown and Downtown Atlanta present a unified front representing the Urban Center of the metro area. While they are tied and share certain similarities, there are key differentiators between these two neighborhoods. Midtown continues to lead the market at large in development activity with 2.6 Million square feet of office space 6,200+ residential units, 350+ hotel rooms, and 200,000 square feet of retail either planned or under construction. We will discuss future capacity in this bustling part of the city, and how much additional capacity exists for future growth. 

Within Downtown, there is more momentum for major, market-altering developments than there has been in decades. With the backdrop of the World Cup coming to the area in 2026, billions of dollars are being invested in residential, hotel and mixed-use development. This event will cover the projects producing major waves in the market, what happens with some of the aging office stock present within the district, a push for more residential housing and what the area is doing to prepare for the largest stage it has been on since the 1996 Olympic Games.

What You'll Learn

  • What capacity for activity remains in Midtown, the beacon for successful office absorption in the market post-pandemic?

  • How sustainable is Midtown's growth to remain the most sought after area for real estate investment?

  • What strategies are Midtown developers employing to sustain interest from tenants and individual consumers?

  • Will the slate of highly publicized projects galvanizing Downtown be completed in time for World Cup 2026?

  • What is going in to presenting a vibrant image to a global audience in several years time?

  • How is Downtown supporting residential development, and navigating a challenging environment to attract end users to vacant office space?

How You'll Do More Business Attending This Event: 

Enhance your business by gaining a stronger understanding of how the Urban Center of Atlanta is positioned as a global hub to continue attracting real estate investment and development, and what dynamics indicate continued activity from those who are leading the charge today.

Who You'll Network With: 

The area's top owners, developers, investors, tenants, brokers, builders, architects, city officials and more collaborating towards continued activity.

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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Pre-Event Networking, Registration & Breakfast
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
Midtown Real Estate Update

-Office capacity, residential demand and maintaining the neighborhood's 'it' factor

1:45 PM
2:00 PM
Quick Networking Break
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
Creating Vibrancy Downtown for World Cup 2026

-The developments and ventures underway to present a positive image to a global audience

2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Closing Networking

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