In an industry filled with titans and personalities, we learned over the weekend about the loss of perhaps Atlanta's most humble and trailblazing commercial real estate success stories. HJ Russell & Co founder and patriarch Herman J Russell passed away after an extended illness over the weekend. The 83-year-old, who -- as Tony Wilbert notes, won practically every civic award there is to win in Atlanta, including ULI's prestigious Frank Carter Community Achievement Award in 2004 (here) -- built a construction and real estate empire that defined some of Atlanta's most iconic projects, including the Georgia Dome, Centennial Olympic Park and Georgia-Pacific Plaza, and also paved the way for minorities in Atlanta's CRE industry. Our thoughts are with his family and his staff.
In Memory of Herman J Russell
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