SRS Real Estate Partners Expands Atlanta Office
Rebranded Firm Adds Five Professionals; Signs 90,000 sq. ft. of Retail Leases
(Atlanta, Georgia) March 3, 2009 – SRS Real Estate Partners is pleased to announce the addition of five top retail real estate professionals from Catalyst Retail Group to its Atlanta team.
Joining SRS Real Estate Partners will be:
- Palmer Bayless, CCIM, senior vice president
- Brad Westbrook, vice president
- Adrienne Crawford, associate
- Tim Mittelstaedt, associate
- Julia Rechsteiner, transaction coordinator
“This team brings a strong reputation and invaluable experience to the SRS Real Estate team,” Ray Uttenhove, executive vice president and market leader-Atlanta, SRS Real Estate Partners. “This move furthers our commitment to our clients to provide a firm with strong business ethics, trust and local business savvy while utilizing our national platform.”
“Ray and I decided about six months ago to join forces to tackle this market cycle together. By merging our team with a firm as highly respected, in Atlanta, as SRS Real Estate Partners, my colleagues and I are happy and excited to be a part of this dynamic, growing firm,” said Palmer Bayless, CCIM, senior vice president, SRS Real Estate Partners.
Recently, officials with Staubach Retail Services announced plans to rebrand the 23-year-old firm as SRS Real Estate Partners. The firm will continue to focus on representation services of retail real estate clients. Roger Staubach will remain on the SRS Real Estate Partners board and will remain an equity holder.
“As we move forward with positioning SRS Real Estate Partners for growth when the economy and real estate market rebound, the addition of this team in our Atlanta market, further establishes our strong position as one of the largest retail real estate firms in the nation,” said Clay Smith, CEO and president, SRS Real Estate Partners.
In addition to the new team, the Atlanta office of SRS Real Estate Partners is pleased to announce the completion of more than 90,000 sf of retail leases signed in the past month:
- Hobby Lobby has signed a 45,000 sf lease for a former Goody’s space at Barrett Pavilion in Kennesaw, GA. Steve Gunning, vice president, and Mike Leonard, senior vice president, both of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Hobby Lobby. The landlord is Developers Diversified Realty.
- Hobby Lobby has signed a 40,000 sf lease at Perimeter Village in Dunwoody, GA. Steve Gunning, vice president, and Mike Leonard, senior vice president, both of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Hobby Lobby. The landlord is Weingarten Realty.
- Shoe Carnival has signed a 10,000 sf lease at Camp Creek Marketplace in East Point, GA. Steve Gunning, vice president, SRS Real Estate Partners represented Shoe Carnival. The landlord was represented by Retail Planning Corporation.
- Pet Supermarket has selected Palmer Bayless, CCIM, senior vice president, SRS Real Estate Partners to handle their expansion for the state of Georgia.
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The evolution of Staubach Retail into SRS Real Estate Partners brings more than 300 retail specialists, in 21 offices nationwide to this new name with a strong heritage. Clients of SRS Real Estate Partners have a competitive edge with the full range of services which include user representation, project leasing, land brokerage, disposition, investment services and real estate administration.
SRS Real Estate Partners is the nation’s largest retail real estate services firm. This concentration on and area of expertise in the retail arena provides excellence in local market knowledge on a national platform.