Each year, the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS honors the members who have sold over $4.5 million dollars in commercial real estate through recognition in the annual Million Dollar Club.  The 2017 Club included 501 members who produced a record of over $26 billion in commercial real estate transactions, the highest in Board history.

The 2017 banquet was held on Thursday, March 23rd, at the Ritz Carlton of Buckhead and included fine cuisine, a live band, the Morehouse Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard, and a video appearance from Georgia Governor, Nathan Deal.

Top Producers:

Investment Category
Derrick N. Bloom and David C. Gutting with JLL tied, each with a volume each greater than $980 million.

Industrial Landlord Category
Tanner Hicklin with Prologis with a volume greater than $71 million.

Industrial Tenant Category
Tony H. Kepano of CBRE with a volume greater than $240 million.

Land Category
Norman V. Richie of Batson-Cook Realty, LLC with a volume greater than $106 million.

Retail Category
David Henry Poer, III of CBRE with a volume greater than $37 million.

Office Tenant Category
David M. Demarest, Josh Hirsh and Brannan C. Moss of JLL tied, each with a volume greater than $121 million.

Office Landlord Category
Jeffrey J. Keppen and Christopher C. Port of CBRE tied, each with a volume greater than $88 million.

Other Honorees:

The Alvin B. Cates Award was presented to Dave Demarest, Josh Hirsh and Brannan Moss with JLL, for the creativity, innovation, persistence, and initiative in completing the development, leasing, and financing of The Battery Atlanta. The challenges encountered in this transaction were incredible and all-encompassing, but the creative thinking and persistence in this endeavor ultimately prevailed and will leave a lasting and positive legacy in Georgia for years to come. The Battery Atlanta has already received international attention, serving as a model template for mixed-use sports-oriented development. This award was created to recognize members for a transaction that is considered to be outstanding, based on creativity, ingenuity and skill, rather than on volume.

Reeves Henritze of Colliers International was the L. Frederick Glass, Jr. Rookie of the Year recipient for her production in excess of $16 million. The Rookie of the Year Award was established in 1999 to recognize an outstanding Young Council member who produced the highest volume in the Million Dollar Club among the Young Council of REALTORS Million Dollar members.