Enhancing real estate to be “greater than the sum of the parts”

Jim Meyer

MANAGING PARTNER

Jim founded Atlantic Capital Properties, an Atlanta-based real estate investment and development company in 1996. He also served as regional manager, market leader and partner with Tishman Speyer from 2006-2014 after acquisition of assets in which he was the developer. Prior to Atlantic Capital Properties, he served as a senior officer with Prentiss Properties, a $2B national office REIT.

During his 36-year career, he has been responsible for the development, acquisition, disposition, management and leasing of major real estate projects with a total value over $4 billion in Atlanta and throughout the Sunbelt. Current developments include 8West in West Midtown, Midtown Tampa, Reflection in Atlanta and WestEdge in Charleston. Other major developments include One Atlantic Center, The Atlanta Federal Center, Centergy, Alliance Center, 171 17th Street, and Equifax's world headquarters.

Meyer holds a BSCE from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His community activities include past tenure on the boards of the Northside Youth Organization, Durban Youth Mission and Midtown Alliance, and he currently serves as a Trustee for The Lovett School and the Northside United Methodist Church.

Mack Reese

MANAGING PARTNER

Mack founded Gateway Development, an Atlanta-based investment and development company in 1996. Prior to forming Gateway, Mack worked with Childress Klein Properties and its predecessor, The Trammell Crow Company. As co-founder and Senior Managing Partner of The Atlantic Companies, Mack brings 40 years of residential and commercial real estate expertise investing in and developing over 4 million square feet of office, research, retail, student housing and multi-family projects; often deploying a myriad of sophisticated financing structures, from traditional LP/GP equity and bank loans to taxable and tax exempt financing for public/private projects. As developer and investor, Reese has initiated and executed over $1 billion of mixed-use projects, including the $400 million Centergy at Technology Square mixed-use project adjacent to Georgia Tech and the $350 million WestEdge project in Charleston. Other developments include 8West in West Midtown, The Brunswick, 800 Second and Laurel at Dry Creek. Reese received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Georgia Tech where he was on scholarship as a student athlete. His interests revolve around his children, his alma mater, his church and his communities of LaGrange, GA and Charleston, SC.

Alex Chamberlain

Development Project Manager

After graduating from Florida State University with a BS in Civil Engineering, Alex began his career with Turner Construction Company in 2018. He spent 3 years on Florida’s space coast, building a water tower, fire pump house, sitewide fire protection of multiple buildings, and a stint in the scheduling department. In 2021, Alex moved to Atlanta and joined Turner’s Special Projects Division as a project manager, where he gained invaluable experience in project management, budget management, and client relationships, while running numerous projects at once. In 2023 he joined the Atlantic Companies Construction Management division, where he currently oversees all Tenant Upfit projects and supports the Property Management and Acquisitions Teams with construction related items. Alex has his Professional Engineer license in both Florida and Georgia and is a LEED Green Associate.

Anne Danhof

RPA, CPM - DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Anne's career spans over 20 years in the commercial real estate industry, and she has held regional and senior management positions with national real estate firms, including Cousins Properties, PM Realty Group and Equity Office. She has extensive experience in Class A assets, capital planning, financial reporting, hiring, training and team development. Anne has managed iconic Atlanta properties such as One Ninety One Peachtree Tower, Promenade II, Prominence in Buckhead and Centergy. She is a graduate of The University of Georgia and holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management and the Real Property Administrator designation (RPA) from The Building Owners and Managers Association.

Lynn Engelhart

CPA - DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

Lynn's career spans over 30 years in real estate accounting, and she has held regional and senior level positions with national firms including The Landmarks Group, Faison & Associates and Lend Lease. She has extensive experience in corporate accounting, property accounting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial reporting, proformas, payroll, human resources and project cost tracking. Her experience includes a wide range of property types including office, retail, medical office, industrial, residential and mixed-use. Lynn is a graduate of Furman University, holds a Master of Business (Finance) from Georgia State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Lynn has been involved in North Georgia Walk to Emmaus and North Georgia Chrysalis serving in various board capacities. She is also an active member of P.E.O., which raises money for women's education, and she has served on the board for Leadership Sandy Springs.

Patrick Gilroy

Principal

Pat is focused on acquisitions out of the Charleston, SC office. Prior to joining The Atlantic Company, he founded and operated RPG Holdings for 14 years. During his 20+ year career in real estate, he developed a diverse set of skills across many asset types. He has broad experience including design, development, finance, and entitlement. He also has significant experience in the acquisition of troubled assets involving complicated workouts, foreclosures, deeds in lieu and bankruptcy proceedings. Pat’s real estate career began at Gresham, Smith & Partners in Nashville, TN where he also completed an MBA with a dual concentration in finance and strategy from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He subsequently lived in Atlanta for 16 years where he worked at Hammes Company and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (now Eversheds Sutherland) before founding RPG Holdings. Pat and his family reside in Charleston, SC where they love spending time on the water and admiring the beauty of the lowcountry.

Peyton Hardin

REAL ESTATE MANAGER

Prior to joining The Atlantic Companies, Peyton worked as an Accounts Payable Coordinator for a residential home building company, therefore she has experience in maintaining customer and vendor relationships, monitoring corporate bank activities, and preparing and processing invoices for payment.

Peyton is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and holds a degree in Finance. In her spare time, she enjoys running and spending time with friends and family.

David Hutchison

Development Director, Public/Private

David serves as Development Director, Public/Private for 2 Peachtree, a one million square foot office conversion project in downtown Atlanta awarded to The Atlantic Companies and its joint venture partners by Invest Atlanta and the City of Atlanta. In this role, David ensures collaboration between the various partners, public entities and other stakeholders and assists in the design, preconstruction, underwriting, financing and preleasing phases of the project. This massive mixed-use public-private project includes market rate residential, office and retail space for lease, a hospitality component and senior housing. Prior to joining The Atlantic Companies in 2023, David worked for 25+ years for two large general contractors (Beers / Skanska and The Beck Group) in Atlanta as a project manager, project executive and director of business development. Over the course of his career David has been involved in a wide variety of over 50 commercial and institutional projects totaling over $1.5B in design and construction value. His involvement ranged from pre-development and design, through construction completion. David graduated from The University of Virginia with a degree in history. He is a graduate of the Urban Land Institute Center for Leadership and a LEED AP. He served on the board of Central Atlanta Progress for five years and is on the board of the Fox Theatre. David lives in Atlanta with his wife and three daughters.

Becca Jefferson

Project Accountant

Becca is a project accountant with over 7 years of experience in the accounting industry. Prior to joining The Atlantic Companies, Becca worked as the General Manager of a bookkeeping firm. She has experience managing diverse portfolios of clients ranging from small businesses to large corporations, managing client relationships, and ensuring meticulous financial records. She is known for her attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to deliver results in dynamic project environments. Becca is a graduate of University of North Georgia and holds a degree in Business Management. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, their two girls, friends, and family.

Andy Johns

PRINCIPAL

Andy joined The Atlantic Companies (“TAC”) in 2021 and is a co-founder of the firm's Acquisition business. As a Principal of the Acquisitions business, he sources, underwrites, conducts due diligence, arranges capital and asset manages TAC's Acquisitions investment portfolio. Andy brings more than 13 years of experience in real estate finance, most recently as a Director with Cushman & Wakefield's Institutional Office & Industrial Investment Sales group. While at C&W, Andy contributed to over $8 billion in sales volume and earned the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors® Million Dollar Club designation each year from 2018 to 2020. Prior to his time with C&W Andy spent 6 years with Trimont Real Estate Advisors, where he contributed to the asset management of a debt portfolio for various institutional clients in excess of $3 billion.

Andy is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BS) and received an MBA from Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

Matt Mason

PRINCIPAL

Matt Mason leads The Atlantic Companies' multi-family development efforts and is responsible for pre-development, capitalization and execution of rental apartment projects in the Southeast. Most recently, Mason led the development and stabilization of The Brunswick in Norcross GA which is outperforming its market peers. He brings 15+ years of experience in multiple asset classes including office, condominium, student, senior, hotel, restaurant/retail, and structured parking. Mason leverages a diligent, task-oriented work ethic and engineering aptitude to structure project financing (both construction and permanent), acquisitions and dispositions.

Mason began his career as a management consultant for Ernst and Young and later joined Novare Group. Prior to Atlantic Companies and its affiliates, Mason spent 7 years at Legacy Ventures. Mason earned an Industrial Engineering degree at Georgia Tech where he currently serves on the Alumni Board of Trustees. He received an MBA from Emory's Goizueta Business School with a concentration in real estate finance. Mason is the prior Chair of Urban Land Institute's Center for Leadership, a former member of the ULI Atlanta Management Committee and is a licensed real estate broker in Georgia and South Carolina.

Chad Meyer

PRINCIPAL

Chad leads The Atlantic Companies development and investment business. In this capacity, he identifies opportunities, leads the predevelopment process including underwriting, financing, leasing, design and pre-construction, and then oversees the construction and refinancing of the project. He also has the role of identifying and underwriting the acquisition of operating properties.

Prior to joining the firm in 2014, he worked for Jamestown, a private equity real estate investment company, in their Development & Construction department. Prior to Jamestown, he started his career as an office tenant representation broker at Jones Lang Lasalle. Over the course of his career in commercial real estate, Chad has been able to participate in a wide variety of projects and assignments. Chad graduated from the Terry School of Business from the University of Georgia with a Business major and concentration in Real Estate. His civic interests evolve around his affiliation with ULI and supporting his alma mater. Chad resides in Atlanta with his wife and two kids.

Chris Meyer

COO & CFO

Chris oversees strategic, day-to-day operations of the various verticals with The Atlantic Companies as well as leads the company's debt and equity capital efforts. Most recently, Chris was Senior Vice President of Finance for Preferred Apartment Communities (formerly NYSE: APTS). In his role, he led major transactions including selling over $700M of office assets to Highwoods (NYSE: HIW), internalizing the company management structure and merging with Blackstone's (NYSE: BX) non-traded Real Estate Income Trust "BREIT" in a $5.8B transaction. In addition, Chris led APTS' line of credit syndication with KeyBank (NYSE: KEY), was responsible for APTS' earnings guidance model which provided earnings guidance to the public market and aided in APTS' real estate lending platform. Prior to APTS, Chris worked at Prudential's real estate debt team in both General Account and CMBS loan originations where he contributed to funding more than 50 loans totaling more than $600M. Chris brings institutional knowledge and relationships from Prudential and Preferred Apartment Communities. Chris graduated from University of Georgia's Terry School of Business with a double major in Real Estate and Finance. He is also a charter holder and member of the CFA Institute.

Jennifer Murphy

GENERAL MANAGER

With over 17 years of experience in property management, Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge to her role as General Manager for The Atlantic Companies. Jennifer's main responsibilities and expertise lie in negotiating contracts with vendors and tenants, enforcing lease agreements, maintaining positive tenant relations, overseeing property maintenance, managing marketing initiatives, and effectively controlling expenses to optimize property performance. Jennifer is a Certified Property Manager Designation holder from the National Apartment Association and is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and Harbour Club. During her free time, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering at her daughter's school, and mentoring high school students to assist them in entering the workforce.

Frank Reese

Development Principal

Frank brings a diverse set of skills to The Atlantic Companies with broad experience across the lifecycle of real estate investing spanning a 25-year career. Most recently, Frank was an Executive Vice President of Development at Novare Group. In this role, Frank served as the lead development executive for 15 multifamily and mixed use projects throughout the country representing approximately $1.092 billion in investment and over 4,700 apartment units. Responsibilities included predevelopment, project budgeting, entitlement and permitting, architectural design, construction management, leasing and marketing, and asset management of projects. Prior to these multifamily projects, Mr. Reese led Novare’s efforts in developing condominiums in various markets in the southeastern US. Before joining Novare, Reese was a Senior Business Financial Analyst in the Strategic Planning and Development Department at Progress Energy, Inc. where he was responsible for the development of strategic business plans for various divisions of the company. Prior to Progress Energy, he was a corporate banker with SunTrust Bank’s Institutional Banking Group. Mr. Reese holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reese is a member of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church where he serves on the Finance Committee. He is a graduate of ULI’s Center for Leadership. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Julie’s Dream.

Gavin Speaker

DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN

Gavin has worked in construction management operations since 2012. Previously with Skanska USA Building, Inc. located in Tampa, Florida, his direct responsibility was to ensure the successful execution of large-scale commercial construction projects. His daily responsibilities included financial forecasting, risk mitigation, tenant coordination, and contract management. Gavin's professional affiliations include The Urban Land Institute, Florida Green Building Coalition, LEED, Associated Builders and Contractors, and NAIOP. Gavin received his bachelor's degree in Construction Management from the University of Maine and Master's in real estate development from Auburn University.