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Rod Mullice

Rod Mullice

Managing Partner

Windsor Stevens

Bob Voyles

Bob Voyles

CEO

Seven Oaks Company

Jason Bonnet

Jason Bonnet

Chief Development Officer

Esen Development

Debbie Frank

Debbie Frank

Director of Transit Oriented Development

MARTA

Rod Mullice

Managing Partner

Windsor Stevens

Windsor Stevens Managing Partner Rod Mullice is an experienced developer who believes deeply in the crucial role the built environment plays in creating healthy communities. His vision is not just about creating spaces where people live, work and play. His approach to development focuses on crafting a built environment that encourages social interaction, technological innovation, environmental sustainability, and transportation options, facilitating the Connected Lifestyle.

Rod has closed on over $150 million in transactions of urban development, financing and acquisitions since 2009. He led the team that renewed the leases of a 217,000 square foot office building in Historic Downtown College Park for the Federal Aviation Administration Southern Regional headquarters. Rod successfully conceived, planned, financed and managed the construction of the $20.9 million apartment community, The Pad on Harvard, next to the College Park, GA, MARTA Station as the Managing Partner of Air Realty, LLC. The Pad opened for residents in December 2017 and is now at 96% occupancy. He has recently completed construction on Phase I of Temple Square, a $5 million townhouse community in College Park

Rod has engaged actively with the College Park community by initiating the Rose Stevens Mullice Academic Achievement Awards at College Park Elementary School, named for his mother. He serves on the City of Atlanta’s Office of Buildings Technical Advisory Committee; the Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance Board of Directors; the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors Board of Directors, who’s Mentoring Committee he chairs, and a member of its Million Dollar Club, the Urban Land Institute Committee. He Born in Liberty County, GA, where his multigenerational family ties continue, Rod is a graduate of Savannah State University with a BA in Political Science and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Advanced Management Development Program.

Since the success of The Pad on Harvard and the launch of College Park’s special TOD District, which he actively supported, Rod has been invited to speak to a number of professional organizations. His presentation offers insight about the benefits of TOD and how to leverage transit for thriving communities.

Bob Voyles

CEO

Seven Oaks Company

Bob Voyles

Principal, Chief Executive Officer

Bob Voyles founded Seven Oaks Company in 2004 and is responsible for the strategic direction and deal sourcing for the company. Bob’s portfolio of projects at Seven Oaks and in his former position as Senior Development Officer at Hines, include the following:

Developed over 3 million SF of Class A award-winning, mixed-use and office-oriented development throughout metro Atlanta, Developed headquarters facilities for King & Spalding, InterContinental Hotels Group, MCI-SE Region, and HomeBanc, Acquired three Class A office projects totaling 1.7 million SF, and asset managed over 6 million SF of Class A commercial office, Developed land projects in Georgia, Tennessee and Florida totaling approximately 1,800 acres and nearly $1 billion in total development value, Structured finances of nearly $1 billion in real estate projects with institutional partners such as GEAM, GM Pension Trust, Calpers and GE Capital, as well as entrepreneurial partners such as The Brookdale Group, St. Joe and the DeMoss Foundation. Bob holds numerous positions in local civic, community and charitable organizations:

Perimeter Community Improvement District (CID) Board; Founder and Chairman (2004-2010), Georgia Regional Transportation Authority; Member; Chair, Land Development, Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Board of Advisors Member, Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Stadium Authority; Board Member; Chair, construction Committee, Metropolitan Atlanta CID Coalition; Co-Chair, Livable Communities Coalition; Board Member, Young Life-Africa; Board Member, Church of the Apostles; former Vestry Member and Church Warden.

Debbie Frank

Director of Transit Oriented Development

MARTA

Debbie Frank is the Director of Transit Oriented Development at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in Atlanta, GA, managing the planning and implementation of the transit-oriented development program for the Authority. She is a real estate development and urban planning expert with over 25 years of success spearheading planning, development, and redevelopment initiatives for private for-profit and nonprofit organizations as well as the public sector in Alabama, Ohio, Tennessee,

and Georgia.

Prior to joining MARTA, Debbie served as managing partner of Urban Blueprint, a real estate

development and consulting firm in Nashville, Tennessee with a primary focus on mixed-use

development in emerging markets. Debbie also served as the executive director of the North Nashville Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization where she promoted the revitalization of the North Nashville community in partnership with Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee State University, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. She credits the years as a nonprofit executive and city planner in Nashville as the ideal foundation for her career in real estate development. As a city planner, she developed land use policies and neighborhood redevelopment plans or Nashville-Davidson County.

Debbie holds a Master of Community Planning degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Science degree in urban planning from Alabama A&M University. She is a member of the ULI Atlanta. While in Nashville, Debbie served in various leadership capacities with the Regional Transportation Authority, the Metro Traffic and Parking Commission, the Housing Fund, the Land Trust for Tennessee, the Nashville Civic Design Center, the Rotary of Club of Nashville, among other civic and nonprofit organizations.

Residential & Retail Roadmap

Synergies and Opportunities Among the Asset Types

Phil Mays

Phil Mays

Principal

RocaPoint Partners

Coleman Morris

Coleman Morris

EVP

JLL

Paul Corley

Paul Corley

Regional President

Empire Communities

Phil Mays

Principal

RocaPoint Partners

Phil Mays is a principal of RocaPoint Partners. Mr. Mays has more than 20 years of experience in real estate investment, development, land use and zoning. Prior to RocaPoint, Mr. Mays was the Director and Chief Legal Officer for EverBank's commercial special servicing division. Mr. Mays formed and managed EverBank's Commercial Special Assets Department containing more than $1.3 billion in underperforming CRE-backed debt. Prior to EverBank, Mr. Mays acquired and developed real estate in Florida and metro Atlanta for more than a decade. Mr. Mays was Corporate Counsel in charge of real estate for Racetrac Petroleum from 1994-1996 and an associate at McCalla, Raymer et al in Atlanta from 1992-1994.

Mr. Mays received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida and a Leadership in Financial Organizations certification from Harvard Business School. Further, Mr. Mays served as gubernatorial appointment to the St. Johns County, Florida Board of County Commissioners from 2008-2010.

Coleman Morris

EVP

JLL

Coleman Morris’s team specializes in large-scale retail and mixed-use projects in urban Atlanta as well as select suburban submarkets. Her experience includes some of Atlanta’s most iconic properties: The Shops Buckhead Atlanta, CNN Center, The Battery, Midtown Union, Lenox Square, Summerhill, South Downtown, and Perimeter Place.

Coleman is a recognized leader in Atlanta’s retail scene, listed as one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Real Estate Up and Comers”. She has been involved in the retail real estate industry since 2003 and leads JLL’s retail agency practice for the Atlanta market - advising property owners on leasing strategy and managing her team’s unconventional and transformational marketing campaigns.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, Coleman began her real estate career with Colliers International where she held a variety of brokerage roles ultimately as a full partner. Learn more about Coleman in featured articles, “What Shoppers Want, How Retailers Can Deliver” and "Breweries Pour Life Into Cities' Sleepy Districts", and listen to her podcast interview on James Cook’s “Where We Buy”.

Paul Corley

Regional President

Empire Communities

With 30+ years of homebuilding experience, including more than a decade as the CEO of one of the region’s top residential

community developers, Paul Corley established Edward Andrews Homes in 2007 and has spearheaded its growth through his

ability to provide the company with vision, strategy and industry-leading innovation.

In March of 2019, Paul oversaw the formation of the company’s strategic partnership with Canada-based Empire

Communities. Paul continues to lead the Southeast division as Regional President. Paul is active in the day-to-day

management of the Atlanta firm, guiding the overall direction and growth strategy. He leads land acquisition and development

with his ability to envision large tracts of land with an eye for their future development as award-winning communities.

With Paul’s guidance, Empire Communities’ Atlanta division has quickly transitioned from a small firm focused on accelerated

growth to a premier homebuilder of both move-up and move-down single-family homes and townhomes in urban, surban, and

suburban high-growth sub-markets across Atlanta and the Southeast. Currently, Empire Communities is expanding its

footprint into the US Southeast and serves as a local market leader, building in 15+ communities in greater Atlanta.

Paul earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida in 1987, and actively contributes to the homebuilding industry

by participating in numerous industry associations, including the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association, the National

Homebuilders Association, and the Atlanta area Council for Quality Growth, where he served as the 2020 Chairman of the

Council. He is a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute and its Council for Community Development. Paul is also

a member and proud supporter of The Atlanta Beltline Partnership and is on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics of

Georgia. Paul is also an active board member of the Atlanta Police Foundation.

Paul and his wife, Carla, live in Buckhead and have three children, Caroline (25), Parker (22), Spencer (19). He is an active

member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church. In his free time, Paul enjoys golfing, hunting, fishing and traveling with his family.

Evolving Project Types in the Central Perimeter

Major Efforts Repositioning the Submarkets Asset Mix

John Bell

John Bell

Principal

Regent Partners

JR Connolly

JR Connolly

CEO

Connolly Realty

Brian Smith
Moderator

Brian Smith

EVP, Leasing & Development

Brand Properties

John Bell

Principal

Regent Partners

Mr. Bell is a Principal of Office Properties. His primary role consists of leasing activities and strategies for Regent Partners’ developments and acquisitions, as well as supporting acquisition efforts for office properties. Prior to Regent Partners, Mr. Bell was Senior Vice President of Crescent Resources. Bell is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, North Fulton Community Improvement District and the Marist School Booster Club. Mr. Bell was named a top producer in the office category for leasing by the Atlanta Board of Realtors, and he was named a top producer by the NAIOP.

A native of Atlanta, Mr. Bell graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He attends Christ the King Church in Atlanta.

JR Connolly

CEO

Connolly Realty

Top executive leadership role, 35 years gaining hands-on experience in all aspects of the company’s operations, including property management, shop leasing, outlot sales, brokerage, major tenant leasing, site acquisition, financing, dispositions, development/project management and investment management.

Opening Remarks

Ann Hanlon

Ann Hanlon

Executive Director

Perimeter Community Improvement Districts

Ann Hanlon

Executive Director

Perimeter Community Improvement Districts

As Executive Director for the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts (PCIDs), Ann Hanlon is in charge of the organization’s daily operations, as well as its investments in transportation infrastructure.

The CIDs have an annual operating budget of over $8 million. Previously, Ann was the Executive Director of the North Fulton CID for 13 years, beginning when it was a start-up. Prior to entering the CID space, Ann served as a Senior Program Specialist at the Atlanta Regional Commission. She began her career in the private sector, as a Research and Development Analyst with Press Ganey & Associates, a healthcare consulting firm in South Bend, Indiana. A native of South Georgia, Ann received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Government and Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters of

Public Administration degree in Management and Finance from Georgia State University. Ann was honored as the “Woman of the Year” by the Women’s Transportation Seminar Atlanta Chapter in November 2016. In April 2015 and again in 2017, Governor Nathan Deal appointed Ann to the Board of Directors for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority where she serves on the Projects and Planning committees. Ann was named a

“Notable Georgian” by Georgia Trend Magazine in 2017, one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Women Who Mean Business” in 2015 and as one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s “40 under 40” in 2012 and 2018. In 2021, she was included among a prestigious group of leaders in James Magazine’s Most Influential Georgians. In 2019, she served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Council for Quality Growth as the Council’s first female Chairman. Additionally, Ann serves on the Board of Directors for the Women’s’ Transportation Seminar, Atlanta Chapter, the Greater North

Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the Sandy Springs and Dunwoody Perimeter Chambers of Commerce, and the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce. In 2020, Ann was appointed by CEO Michael Thurmond to the DeKalb County COVID-19 task force, and continues to serve in that capacity as a representative of large business interests in Perimeter during the pandemic. Ann is a graduate of the Regional Leadership Institute of the Atlanta Regional Commission (2010) and Leadership North Fulton (2006). Personally, Ann is a volunteer with the Girl Scouts of Metro Atlanta, a member of All Saints Catholic Church and a sustainer with the Junior League of Atlanta. She lives in Dunwoody with her husband, Michael, and their two daughters.

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn About The Real Estate Activity in Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs at this event:

  • Where does residential development opportunity exist in these submarkets?

  • How is retail driving the activation of other property types in the Central Perimeter?

  • What experiential mixed-use projects exist in the pipeline to alter the tenant and resident experience?

  • How is the Central Perimeter area derisking its office exposure from a municipal and real estate activity perspective?

  • How are the cities that make up this area cultivating a business-friendly environment to attract investment over competitive submarkets?

How You'll Do More Business Attending This Event

Enhance your business by gaining a stronger understanding of investment and development activity in the Central Perimeter and the cities that comprise the market. Hear from the most active firms who will address office vacancy & valuations, mixed-use development that will impact resident experience,  and the product types from breweries to shopping elevating and energizing the CRE mix. 

Who You'll Network With: 

From Brookhaven to Dunwoody and Sandy Springs, the area's top owner's, developers, investors, builders, architects, lenders, and city officials will be in attendance to learn about the opportunity present in the region, and network with the players making it happen.

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Venue

Le Meridien Atlanta Perimeter by Marriott
111 Perimeter Center W
Atlanta GA 30346

Ballroom Name/Floor: Grand Salon/foyer


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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Breakfast, Registration & Networking
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
Residential & Retail Roadmap

-Exploring synergies and opportunities between two of the Central Perimeter's growing asset types

1:45 PM
2:30 PM
Evolving Project Types in the Central Perimeter

-Major repositioning efforts catalyzing the submarket

2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Closing Networking