Chris leads Cresa’s Atlanta office as Market Leader and Managing Principal where he oversees the development and execution of Cresa’s market plan and growth strategy. He is responsible for recruiting, developing and managing talent, team performance and operations, while maintaining impeccable service standards and positioning the firm to lead the market.

Previously, Chris was a partner at Atlanta-based Greenstone Properties where he oversaw day-to-day operations including the origination of new development/acquisition opportunities. Chris was also a tenant representation broker with Cresa, Trammell Crow Company and The Staubach Company.

Initially joining SWA out of graduate school in 2014, Mike founded a

successful commercial real estate firm of his own in 2018. After

three years developing a strong client base in Atlanta and beyond,

Mike rejoined SWA as a Partner. Mike lives in Atlanta’s West End

with his wife, Kristian, daughter, Laila, and son, Ian. They are active

members of Cornerstone Church, where Mike serves as a Lay

Pastor. He also serves on the board of the Atlanta Resource

Foundation and Atlanta Connected Communities. In his free time,

Mike won’t turn down a game of basketball.

Experience

Office Team Leader & Principal at Scotland Wright Associates

Former Founder and CEO at Nucleus Capital, 2018-2021

Former Team Member at Scotland Wright Associates, 2014-2017

Former Client Representation Intern at IBM, 2013

Former Tenant Representation & Industrial Research Intern at Jones

Lang LaSalle, 2011

Awards

2018, 2022, & 2023 Atlanta Board of Commercial REALTORS®,

Million Dollar Club Member

Education

Georgia State University, Bachelor of Business Administration

Georgia State University, Master of Business Administration Harvard

Business School, Certificate of Distinction Leading with Finance

Mr. Hirsh is a Executive Managing Director with JLL and co-leads one of the firm’s top teams in the US. The team consists of 15 professionals focused on analytics, transaction management, development and real estate finance. Mr. Hirsh himself focuses on office tenant representation and development advisory where he works with clients on corporate strategy as well as various types of real estate financing. He has extensive experience in build-to-suits, site selection, large scale portfolio analytics and optimization strategies. Some of Mr. Hirsh’s major clients include Merrill Lynch, ABB, Emory University, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Aderant, Deutsche Banc, Spanx and Atlanta Braves.

Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Mr. Hirsh was a Corporate Managing Director with Studley where he spent 13 years. He was selected as one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 in 2009. He has been a Costar National Power Broker for the past seven years.

Lindsay Wilson is President at Corgan, focused on the firm's culture and brand development. Lindsay is the firm’s first female President and the youngest in Corgan’s 80-year history. A hallmark of Lindsay's career has been the relationships she's developed in her 20+ years in the real estate industry. Her collaborative leadership style and vision have been instrumental in leading the firm's growth through partnerships with premier corporate clients, including Fossil, Toyota, Neiman Marcus, Southwest Airlines, Keurig Dr. Pepper, and State Farm.

In addition to her role as President, Lindsay serves as the Interiors Studio leader for Corgan’s 14 offices, working with clients to develop workplace solutions that reflect their culture, challenge conventional thinking, and help to transform their business.

Under Lindsay's leadership, Corgan’s Interiors Studio has grown in reach as well as services, developing additional focus on Workplace Strategy, Wellness, Change Management and Branded Environments. Her reputation for understanding what drives a client’s business, combined with creative problem solving and identifying the "hot buttons" for success, make her a go-to resource for her teams and her clients.

Jennifer Rosenbaum is dedicated to providing an excellent connected experience for commercial real estate (CRE) and Mixed Use Deveopments. She has over twenty years of combined experience in telecommunication, technology, and commercial real estate. Her distinct strength lies in orchestrating cutting-edge wireless solutions like, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), that efficiently aggregate all wireless carriers (T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T) onto a single neutral host architecture, along with Wi-Fi solutions tailored to the needs of venue stakeholders and their guests. As the Director of the Southeast, Jennifer collaborates with regulatory bodies, commercial real estate management teams, engineers, and visionary developers. Together they amplify network capabilities within the building and across the property to serve densely populated environments

As an advocate and advisor for companies who lease or own real estate, Ken Ashley has worked for

nearly 30 years to help business leadership translate business strategy into real estate solutions. He

represents companies all over the United States that lease or purchase space for their business needs.

He has transacted over $2.3 billion in leases during his career.

Ken and his team are perennial top producers in Atlanta and at Cushman & Wakefield nationally. Ken is

a writer for and a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council. He is also the immediate past chairman of

Cushman & Wakefield’s Tenant Advisory Group, comprised of the company’s highest-performing brokers

and is an award-winning instructor in his trade organization CoreNet Global. He also founded and leads

www.creisummit.com which is focused on excellence in commercial real estate marketing and social

media.

Ken has a strong desire to pay his “civic rent” and serves with several not-for-profit organizations. He was

the chair for the 2018 class of Leadership Atlanta and currently serves on the Board. Ken is active in

Scouts USA where he advises nationally on property-related issues and serves on the local Council

Board. Ken has chaired “visitations” evaluations of all 4 national high adventure bases. Ken is an Eagle

Scout and served as a Philmont Ranger for 2 years…just a few years ago.

In the Atlanta community, Ken Chairs the Fulton County Sheriff’s Foundation, and the Board of Invest

Atlanta Foundation. He also serves on the Board of the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Crime Stoppers Task

Force and the youth-serving organization Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps.

Ken resides in a suburb of Atlanta and has been married to his awesome wife Karen for 31 years and is

the proud father of 4 great kids and 1 very lazy pug.

Ms. Kerr is the senior managing director responsible for development, asset management, leasing, and acquisition activities in Hines’ Southeast Region. She is currently managing the development of T3 West Midtown and Atlantic Yards, three new creative office buildings totaling 750,000 square feet in Midtown, Atlanta. Ms. Kerr is also responsible for ongoing asset management of 2.8 million square feet of Class A properties in Georgia and North Carolina on behalf of third-party clients, as well as a five-building portfolio totaling two million square feet in Atlanta.

Since joining Hines in 1994, she has been involved in acquisitions totaling approximately $425 million and developments totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet. Within the Southeast Region, she has overseen asset management for a portfolio of approximately 6 million square feet, completed over $725 million in debt financings and disposed of more than $1.1 billion of office properties.

Ms. Kerr received a BS in Accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

Putting it simply, James Cate is most comfortable taking the road less traveled.

In his successful real estate career, which spans more than two decades, James has been involved in real estate consulting projects and transactions valued at more than $1 billion. He has been on both sides, filling both advisory and principal roles. His expertise includes acquisitions, asset management, workouts, dispositions and structured finance. In addition, he has experience in investment brokerage, leasing, and sale-leasebacks. This includes office, industrial, residential, retail, and land.

Prior to founding Glenfield Capital in 2005, James was the managing principal for the Southeastern Region of New York-based Newmark Capital Group (Newmark Grubb Knight Frank). There he managed large-scale transactions on behalf of institutions, private equity firms, developers and off-shore investors. His clients included SwissRe, Manulife Insurance, Veritas Capital, Platinum Equity Holdings, and GMAC Insurance.

When asked what makes real estate investing so appealing to him, James cites the unique combination of bricks and mortar, creative ideas, strategic finance, and, ultimately, the need for effective salesmanship that makes the real estate world go round.

James’ professional recognition includes being the youngest vice president of Bryant & Associates (Advantis), the #1 producer in the Atlanta office of Marcus & Millichap, and the top southeastern producer for Julien J. Studley, Inc. (Savills Studley).

Today, James is a highly sought-after speaker for industry events and conferences and a frequent guest lecturer at Georgia State University’s nationally ranked Robinson School of Business. He has been quoted extensively including in BusinessWeek, National Real Estate Investor Magazine, Georgia Trend, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

James earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree the Robinson School of Business at Georgia State University.

Father to two avid soccer players, James has developed as passion for coaching soccer. He believes that a good coach is a mentor, teacher, motivator, and psychologist. Knowledge and understanding of the actual sport is secondary to those traits. He believes that the same rings true for the real estate world. Simply understanding the ‘bricks and mortar’ aspects of the industry isn’t enough. To be truly successful, you have to possess a diverse set of skills – analytic capabilities, relationship-building skills, negotiation skills, and salesmanship.

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.

Brian Granath joined OA Development in 1998 as an associate. Today, he is a partner involved in all aspects of the business including project selection, planning, construction, financing, leasing and dispositions. Brian has overseen the development and acquisition of more than 1,500,000 square feet of office, flex and industrial space. He has worked with tenants including General Dynamics, Verizon Directories, Sumitomo Corporation Aegon USA, ADP, Coca Cola Fed Ex, Sprint and Cincinnati Bell.

Brian is active in his community, serving on the board of two local private schools. He is a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Program.

Brian holds a degree in Real Estate from Georgia State University. He resides in Sandy Springs with his wife and their three children.

As Executive Vice President of Commercial Leasing and Office Development, Ahrenkiel is

responsible for activating office developments on many of Selig’s prime land holdings

across Atlanta. Chris came to Selig in 2018, after 11 years with Tishman Speyer, where

he was the Atlanta Managing Director, overseeing the firm’s activities in the region.

Most recently, he was responsible for the development, leasing and sale of Three

Alliance Center, a +500,000 SF trophy office development which set an Atlanta pricing

record, trading for $534/SF. Prior to that, Chris led the leasing for Two Alliance, Colony

Square, Midtown Plaza, Interstate North and Palisades. Chris started his commercial

real estate career at Trizec Properties.

Ahrenkiel is very involved in the community, serving on the Board of Directors of

InvestAtlanta, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the Atlanta Commercial

Board of Realtors. In 2017, Ahrenkiel graduated Leadership Atlanta and remains actively

involved. In 2015, he was named as one of Atlanta’s 40 under 40 by the Atlanta

Business Chronicle, and is consistently recognized by the publication as a Who’s Who in

Commercial Real Estate as well as a Top Producer.

Previously, Chris served on the Board of REGA (Real Estate Group of Atlanta), Georgia

Institute of Real Estate, Georgia State University Real Estate Alumni Board and was a co-

founder of NAIOP Future Leaders (NFL).

Chris graduated with a B.B.A. from the University of Georgia (1998) and with an M.B.A.

with a concentration in Commercial Real Estate from Georgia State University (2003).

When not working or volunteering, Chris enjoys spending time with his two sons, Byrne

and Porter.

Brian D. Renshaw, CPA, is a Partner at Moore Colson in the firm’s Real Estate Practice. Brian has significant

experience in the real estate and hospitality industries. In the Real Estate Practice, Brian works with registered

investment advisors who construct, develop, own, lease, syndicate, advise and manage all classes of real estate

assets. As part of the Real Estate Practice, Brian leads the firm’s hospitality group which focuses on hotels, resorts

and restaurants.

Brian is also a practice area leader in Moore Colson’s Employee Benefit Plan Practice. Brian works with a variety

of employee benefit plans as well as plans required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

During his 25 years of experience, Brian has been involved in many complex structures and transactions. Brian has

significant experience in financial reporting matters and provides consulting services to both public and private

companies.

Prior to joining Moore Colson in 2007, Brian was a Senior Manager with KPMG, LLP. Brian started his career with

KPMG in their New Orleans office. Brian transferred to KPMG’s Atlanta office to further develop his expertise in real

estate and SEC reporting.

Education

Louisiana State University — Master of Business Administration

Centenary College — Bachelor of Science, both Accounting and Business

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA)

Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants (LSCPA)

Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA)

Community Involvement

Georgia Restaurant Association — Board Member, Finance Committee Member

LSU Atlanta — Board Member, Treasurer

Trinity Community Ministries — Former Board Member