Atlanta Development & Construction

Tim Keane was appointed Commissioner of City Planning by Mayor Kasim Reed on July 1, 2015. In this role, Tim is responsible for design, permitting, zoning, preservation, housing, community development and transportation planning. Prior to this appointment, Tim was Director of Planning, Preservation and Sustainability for the City of Charleston, South Carolina for 11 years. Tim worked for Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. on all matters related to planning, urban design, preservation and economic development. Tim was also the first Planning Director for the Town of Davidson, North Carolina. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Planning and his Master’s degree in Architecture is from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Tim was a Knight Fellow at the University of Miami - School of Architecture.

Matt Samuelson serves as Chief Operating Officer for Integral’s Commercial Real Estate Division. With over 20 years in development, program and construction management, Mr. Samuelson brings to bear an expert understanding of asset development, entitlement, execution and delivery, operations and life- cycle of facilities and improvements. His leadership of the development and execution functions includes oversight of program development, development pro forma budgeting, project entitlement, A/E and contractor platform relationships, construction budgeting and contracting, construction scheduling, constructability reviews, value engineering, construction delivery and asset marketing and operational occupancy. Mr. Samuelson’s career began at Danis Industries, a heavy civil construction firm focused on water, waste water and infrastructure, and continued as Project Manager on Beers Construction’s healthcare and education projects. He served as President of CCL Associates, a regionally based development and program management firm, where he led the evolution of its brand and its offerings, culminating in projects totaling over $1 billion in development costs. Mr. Samuelson continued his dedication for program management in founding a firm that specializes in campus, recreational, performance and assembly spaces. He left his firm to become President of Integral Gude Program Management where he doubled operations before advancing to Integral’s Commercial Real Estate Division, where he has been key to advancing the platform to its current position as a national market and product leader. Mr. Samuelson graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and received a certificate of engineering from Oxford University, Oxford, England. He is a member of the 2014 Class of Leadership Atlanta. His board service has included the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Atlanta Public Schools Local School Council, and True Colors Theatre Company. Mr. Samuelson currently serves on the Boards of the Metro Atlanta YMCA, Livable Buckhead, Inc. (CID Non Profit), and Velocity Productions. Mr. Samuelson

As Chief Operating & Development Officer for Selig Development Company, Baile oversees Selig’s commercial, residential, and mixed-use development platform. Co-founding Selig Development alongside Scott Selig in 2014, Baile is recognized as one of Atlanta’s leading developers whose dossier accounts for over 5,500,000 square feet of commercial, hospitality, residential and mixed-use developments and acquisitions. Current projects include three new towers started in 2018, The Epicurean Atlanta Hotel, 40 West 12th Street (Condominiums) and 1105 West Peachtree (Office) plus street-level retail. The Works, a mixed-use 80+/- acre development on Atlanta's Upper Westside represent 1.5 million square feet of office, residential, retail and entertainment, 550 North Highland (residential) and two additional towers in Midtown round out Selig Development's current initiatives. Baile's ventures represent in excess of $2.5 Billion in the Atlanta Region since 2004. A graduate of Auburn University, professional and civic associations include: National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Atlanta Apartment Association and Board of Directors for the Midtown Alliance.

Hunter is responsible for development and construction of all Portman projects in the United States. He is integrally involved in all development and construction tasks that need to be undertaken for the successful completion of each project. Hunter has over 30 years of experience working on multiple product types, including town centers, sports and entertainment venues, museums and resorts. He previously served as Managing Director for OliverMcMillan for Buckhead Atlanta, as well as Chief Operating Officer of Richardson Development Group, where he specialized in large-scale, mixed-use projects. Hunter also worked with Turner Sports & Entertainment, and Himmel/Miller Klutznick Davis Grey. He earned both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Chris Bontrager is currently the DPR Atlanta Business Unit Leader. Chris has been with DPR since his days as project manager in 2000 and has been a Project Executive on the Atlanta's Leadership Team since 2014. Chris brings a wealth of construction experience with more than 3 million square feet of construction experience to his credit including construction in education, corporate office, senior living, retail and multi-family projects. Chris brings a communicative, can-do management approach to his role within DPR and fosters open, honest communication across the region, internally, among pre-construction, shared services, and operations, and externally, with subcontractors, owners and design professionals.

An experienced commercial real estate advisor for over 20 years, Wesley is an Opportunity Zone National Leader and Audit Partner with Cherry Bekaert’s Real Estate & Construction industry group. Based in the Atlanta office, he provides guidance to clients on real estate tax credit transactions, pre-acquisition due diligence, purchase price allocation, tax mitigation structuring, real estate consulting and financial statement audits. Wesley’s technical ability encompasses an assortment of expertise with clients in the hotels and resorts, student housing, military housing, multi-family/affordable housing, and retail/office sectors. He also consults on equity rollups, public filing preparation and large-scale real estate portfolio acquisitions. In addition, Wesley has helped real estate holding companies, developers, contractors and private equity funds with transactions ranging from $25 million to $4 billion. Prior to joining Cherry Bekaert, Wesley led the Atlanta office and Commercial Real Estate Group for the Southeast for a Top 15 National Accounting Firm. He previously held various Board of Directors positions with local chapters of NAIOP, Central Atlanta Progress, and the City of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the Urban Land Institute for five years (including three years as Treasurer) and was on the National Board of Directors for the National Multi-Housing Council. Wesley is a regular speaker at various real estate conferences around the nation.

As Senior Managing Director, Head of Development, Andy is responsible for all aspects of project development from land acquisition and feasibility through design, team selection, oversight of preconstruction, construction management, and operations start-up while maintaining the financial goals of the project team. Prior to joining Holder Properties, Andy was a partner at New South Construction Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Andy’s responsibilities at New South included developing and maintaining owner/client relationships and overseeing management teams responsible for complex projects across multiple asset classes. Andy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from Auburn University.

Mr. Heagy is a senior managing director and is responsible for the leasing and marketing of the office projects and for securing corporate services and mixed-use development assignments in the Southeast Region of the United States. Mr. Heagy joined the firm in 1996 and has been active in Atlanta's commercial real estate market since 1977. Heagy received his BA in Political Science from the University of Georgia. Mr. Heagy serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, Central Atlanta Progress (CAP); Metro Atlanta Chamber; and the Perimeter Community Improvement District (PCID).

Trevor Pitt is a Group Manager in Whiting-Turner’s Atlanta office who oversees all operations for the office, hospitality, retail, and mixed use sectors. With 18 years of construction management experience in a variety of markets, Mr. Pitt has a board range of construction expertise. He has personally managed projects with many notable customers including Porsche Cars North America, Delta Air Lines, United Technologies Corporation, and Georgia Tech. His passion for construction stems from leveraging technology and innovation to produce results that delight his customers and over-deliver on their expectations. An engineer by schooling and a natural problem solver, Mr. Pitt also understands the value of people and relationships in the construction industry. Because of this, he has been actively involved in many industry organizations over the years, including CMAA, COAA, DBIA, ULI, and Ace Mentoring. He has served as the President of the CMAA South Atlantic Chapter, and is currently on the Board of Directors for the CMAA South Atlantic Chapter Student Scholarship Foundation. Mr. Pitt is a graduate of Georgia Tech, and lives in Buckhead with his family. He enjoys running, woodworking, and coaching basketball in his free time.

Jon Pickard has been recognized internationally for his achievements in architecture. He has designed or collaborated in the design of some of the world’s most recognized buildings, including such prominent projects as the ExxonMobil Global Campus, 609 Main and BG Group Place, all in Houston; Norfolk Southern’s new headquarters and 1180 Peachtree in Atlanta; Northwestern Mutual’s headquarters in Milwaukee; the Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City; 300 North LaSalle in downtown Chicago; and, the CalPERS Headquarters Complex in Sacramento. Prior to the founding of Pickard Chilton, he collaborated with Cesar Pelli in the design of numerous landmark and award-winning projects, including the World Financial Center in New York, and Kuala Lumpur City Centre, a development that included the Petronas Towers. Mr. Pickard received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Iowa State University and his Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. He has lectured extensively at academic institutions and currently serves on the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council.

Jeffrey Graham entered the Property Tax Consulting industry with The Stallings Group in 2008 as a Consultant. He aided in the growth of The Stallings Group’s residential property tax appeal portfolio, and worked closely with the Stallings Group team to build his knowledge base in the commercial property side of the industry. Commercial property tax appeals became the focus, and Jeffrey Graham managed accounts for reputable clients such as Hines, Cbre, and Colliers. In 2012 The Stallings Group was sold to Paradigm Tax Group, at which point Jeffrey Graham was offered a position specializing in Commercial property tax appeals around the Southeast. After two years received a promotion to the level of Managing Consultant, which focused on the larger accounts with national portfolios of property. In that position he was involved with client management, new client sales, team building, strategic planning for the Southeast office. Jeffrey Graham consistently led the Southeast office in new clients sales, and learned a great deal about the marketing side of the industry. In 2016 Jeffrey Graham along with Bill Graham formed The Graham Group, which is a southeastern based property tax consulting firm. Jeffrey Graham has taken the roll of managing partner; along with managing client’s partners with Bill in the Growth of the client base, team, and reputation of The Graham Group. Jeffrey Graham and The Graham Group represent clients with Office, retail, Multi-family, Hotel, and Industrial portfolios. Jeffrey Represents clients with portfolios ranging from a single property to well over a hundred. Jeffrey specializes in property valuation thru multiple valuation methods such as Income analysis, comparable property analysis, Sales analysis, and cost of development analysis. Jeffrey has achieved many property value reductions over the years, and worked to partner with property owners and managers to ensure their property tax burdens reduced to favorable levels. One specific property reduction success story involves a Midtown Atlanta trophy office tower; the Fair Market Value of the property was lowered nearly 60 million dollars, which resulted in a tax savings of roughly 1.1 Million dollars. Jeffrey Graham is driven to see The Graham Group grow and build long lasting client relationships. He strives to be an active partner with taxing jurisdictions around the southeast, and continue to build his knowledge base of local legislation and tax laws.