School Challenge
The NAIOP Georgia School Challenge is an annual case competition between teams from the following business schools: Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and the University of Georgia. The case statement incorporates current and relevant topics affecting the Atlanta real estate market. The challenge to the teams is to research the available market data and present the “best” solution given certain parameters.
Congratulations to our 2022 winning school – Georgia State University!
Click HERE to see Winners and Case Studies from the past five years
Cocktail Party
The NAIOP GA Cocktail Party is a special evening of networking and camaraderie among our chapter colleagues as NAIOP honors Atlanta’s top producers.
Golf Tournament
The members only NAIOP GA Golf Tournament is a tradition for NAIOP Georgia. It was started in 1992 and continues to be a great day of fun and networking.
Congratulations to our 2022 winners:
Net: John Neil Scott, Austin Smith, Jordan Johnson, Alex Hill
Gross: Logan Clark, Chris Nichols, Ryan Duncan (not pictured Jordan Corbitt)
(winners pictured with NAIOP GA President, John Grimsley)
Awards Program
The purpose of the NAIOP GA Awards of Excellence is to focus attention on activities conducted by those in our industry, which both highlight and show sensitivity to the quality of life in Atlanta. Awards are given for:
- Office Development of the Year
- Industrial Development of the Year
- Mixed-Use Development of the Year
- Associate Firm of the Year
- Rising Star
- Office Deal of the Year
- Office Development of the Year
- Industrial Deal of the Year
- Industrial Development of the Year
- Mixed-Use Development of the Year
- Investment Award
- Rising Star Award
- Associate Firm of the Year
- Community Service Award
- Adaptive Reuse Project of the Year
- Most Innovative Project of the Year
- Carter/Mathis Award which is presented to a firm or individual who during the past year has made a single outstanding contribution to the community, or throughout their lifetime has made significant contributions to the community (not given every year).
Click HERE to see Winners
Past Events
Annual Awards of Excellence
December 15, 2022
Attendees enjoyed our end of year celebration with Keynote Speaker, Kyle Waide, President & CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Awards were given for: Office Development of the Year, Industrial Deal of the Year, Mixed-Use Development of the Year, Associate Firm of the Year and the Rising Star Award.
September Monthly Meeting
September 29, 2022
Changing Times for Development – Panel discussion with Travis Garland, Managing Director – Office, Portman Holdings; Josh Harrison, CEO, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate; Brian Linnihan, Vice Chairman, CBRE; Larry Gramlich, Partner, Troutman Pepper – Moderator
June Monthly Meeting
June 23, 2022
Midyear Office and Industrial Market Update Panel Discussion with David Lanier, CBRE-moderator; Ryanne Pennington, JLL; Wes Vaughan, Link Logistics Real Estate and Brandon Houston, Trammell Crow Company
May Monthly Meeting
May 25, 2022
The Shifting Capital Markets Environment Panel Discussion with Travis Johnson, Principal®; Kris Miller, Ackerman & Co.; Tuba Malinowski, Stockbridge and Lance Patterson, Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group-moderator
Annual School Challenge
April 21, 2022
Graduate students from four Georgia universities–Emory, GA State, GA Tech & UGA–competed to solve a real life commercial real estate case study in Atlanta. The winner of this year’s 30th annual competition was Georgia State University!