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Jesse Clark

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Jesse Clark

Commercial Real Estate Broker

Office: 404-688-1222

Cell: 404-556-7544

jesse@adamscre.com

404-688-1222,

Jesse Clark has over 20 years of multi-faceted experience in commercial real estate. He specializes in the acquisition, rezoning, and disposition of complex mixed-use redevelopment sites. His diverse background in development, urban planning, and brokerage allows him to provide comprehensive and strategic advice to achieve win-win solutions for his clients, investors, and the community.

Jesse first discovered his passion for real estate in 1999 working as a commercial real estate agent while obtaining his undergraduate degree in Finance and Real Estate. He then worked for Ernst & Young’s Real Estate Advisory Services group, where he managed projects comprising over $1.5 billion of portfolio valuations, $840 million of acquisition due diligence, and $150 million of capital markets assignments for investors and Fortune 500 companies. After Ernst & Young, Jesse worked for a regional commercial developer, where he managed the acquisition, renovation, and construction of 11 urban infill commercial investments comprising 1.3 million square feet valued at over $250 million throughout the Southeast.

After obtaining his master’s degree in City Planning from Georgia Tech focusing on land and community development, Jesse started his own real estate investment and consulting firm, Clark Property R+D. As an entrepreneur, Jesse sourced and managed 6 commercial urban infill developments, 2 land assemblages and 4 rezoning approvals as the lead partner, comprising over 325,000 sq. ft. of mixed-use investments.

He also served as the owner’s representative for a $2.7 billion foundation and their 54-property portfolio in Atlanta and was Executive Director of the Historic District Development Corporation focused on revitalizing the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic District in Atlanta.

Jesse is a veteran of the Army National Guard, having served a tour of duty in Iraq as a medical specialist, and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of City and Regional Planning; Land Development

University of Central Florida, Bachelor of Business Administration; Finance and Real Estate

MEMBERSHIPS

Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors

Urban Land Institute

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• As a native Atlantan who grew up in a house built by my grandparents in 1902 across the street from Grant Park, I have always loved the City’s downtown and historic intown neighborhoods. I went to school from the first grade through graduate school in downtown Atlanta.

As a child growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, I witnessed and mourned the decline of those wonderful old “close-in” neighborhoods and their business districts. By the time I was in my early 20s in the late ’60s, I had gotten involved in early intown revitalization efforts in Grant Park under the auspices of a program known as “Model Cities.” After a tour of duty in the Army and Graduate Business School at Georgia State University, I joined the forerunner of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association in late 1974. In the early 1970s most intown neighborhoods were “redlined” by banks and neglected by the local government. The neighborhood revitalization movement in Atlanta was in its infancy. Banks refused to make real estate loans in these “high-risk” neighborhoods. The level of city services was poor and to make matters worse, the city had rezoned many of these neighborhoods from single-family to multifamily residential in the 1950s.

I became a neighborhood activist in Grant Park and, along with others, helped to bring about one of the largest “down zonings” in City history, converting the area back to single-family/duplex zoning from apartment zoning. I was also a community representative and later President of the local Neighborhood Housing Services program, which helped local lenders understand the housing market in the City’s neighborhoods and helped end their practice of not making loans in these communities. I later served as a neighborhood association and Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) Chair as well as a board member of the civic groups working to restore the Cyclorama in Grant Park and historic Oakland Cemetery.

All these experiences have had a profound effect on me and the company that I founded in 1979. I had a commercial real estate background but came to realize that strong neighborhoods are vital to a city’s quality of life and its commercial core. Adams Commercial’s approach to real estate has always reflected the values of neighborhood activism. Our transactions involve people, not just numbers. We are in the problem solving and information business. After more than 40 years of service, our goal is to complete our client’s purchase or investment while at the same time adding value to the community through that transaction.

I hope that you find our website to be a helpful tool whether you are planning to buy, sell or are trying to get a good feel for the state of the commercial real estate market in Atlanta. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me at wtadams@adamscre.com. If you have an interest in commercial real estate, please visit our Adams Commercial Real Estate Website at adamscre.com.

Thanks,

Bill Adams, MBA, CCIM, ALC, CRB
President
ADAMS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Atlanta, GA

Our Core Values: Success, Integrity, Wisdom, Dependability, Community

At Adams Commercial we define SUCCESS when our clients get up from their closing with a smile. To accomplish this,  we start by putting the needs of our clients first, which to us is the essence of INTEGRITY. We bring the collective WISDOM of our agents to every real estate deal … wisdom that comes only from the company’s years of business experience and expertise in intown markets. Whether it is showing up at the appointed time or making sure all details are noted and deadlines met, we believe DEPENDABILITY is also an essential ingredient of a successful real estate transaction. We believe that your successful purchase or sale adds value to COMMUNITY. And we are proud to play a role in building and sustaining a thriving community.

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