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
Happy Hour
The NAIOP GA Happy Hour is a special evening of networking and camaraderie among Georgia’s CRE community.
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
June Monthly Meeting
June 28, 2023
“Legends of Commercial Real Estate “
Multi-Cycle Perspective from Atlanta’s Most Tenured and Respected CRE Leaders
Panelists: David Allman, Owner & Chairman of Regent Partners, Melissa Frawley, Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate at Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking, and Lance Patterson, CEO of Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group. Moderated by John Ferguson, Advisory Services, CBRE
May Monthly Meeting
May 23, 2023
“Emerging Industries in Georgia”
Panelists: ynthia Curry Sr. Director of CleanTech & Smart Cities Ecosystem, Atlanta Metro Chamber
Chris Pumphrey, President, Elevate Douglas Partnership,Tony Zivalich, GA Tech, Associate VP of Real Estate
and David Hartnett, Chief Economic Development Officer, Atlanta Metro Chamber as Moderator
January Monthly Meeting
January 19, 2023
“The Cyclical and Structural Trends of CRE Investing”
Presented by Wei Luo
Global Macro Strategist
CBRE Investment Management
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!
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.