Celebrating 45 Years of Adams Commercial Real Estate

Street view with vintage buses, cars, and pedestrians in an urban setting, featuring mid-20th century buildings and traffic signals.

1970’s

Street view of a two-story white building with a tree and parked cars, featuring businesses like a real estate office and Grankerk Looge.

1979

Adams Commercial Real Estate is founded in Atlanta’s Grant Park, the same year Marta begins operating

Historic brick building on an urban street corner with a mural of a reptile, storefronts labeled 'Atlanta Cleaners', and parked cars.

1980’s

Man in a suit gesturing outside of a city hall building.

1980

CNN broadcasts and Martin Luther King Historic Site is established

1983

Adams Commercial Real Estate assists in the sale of the Historic Hotel Row Buildings and the Carter Center Headquarters opens in Atlanta

1987

John Lewis becomes the US Representative for the 5th District, Adams Commercial Real Estate Office District

Olympic cauldron structure with Atlanta 1996 signage and crowd in stadium

1990’s

Elderly man in a suit with a bow tie, smiling against a neutral background.

1991

Adams Commercial Real Estate brokers the sale of the Tabernacle and the Atlanta Bicycling Coalition is organized

1992

Adams Commercial Real Estate assists Georgia State in acquiring the School of Music Buildings, same year the Georgia Dome opens

1996

Atlanta Host the Olympics, Centennial Olympic Park Opens and Turner Field is constructed

1997

Braves Play their first Game @ Turner Field, one mile from Adams Commercial Real Estate Office

1998

Bill Adams was Georgia CCIM President

Outdoor festival with a large crowd gathered in a park, surrounded by trees, with tents and a stage visible.

2000’s

Group of runners starting a race on a road with numbered bibs
Delta Air Lines airplane on airport runway

2000

Freedom Park is Dedicated

2002

Adams started the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, and the Adams Run for the Park. All proceeds benefit the Grant Park Conservancy, both events active today.

Gigi Conner, of Adams Realtors co-founds the Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School.

2003

Adams Commercial Real Estate works “pro bono” to acquire the Arizona Avenue Soccer Fields for Inter Atlanta FC

2005

Jim Camp of Adams Commercial Real Estate works with Atlanta Public Schools to assemble the land/site for Parkside Elementary in Grant Park.

Atlanta Hartsfield is named the busiest Airport in the World

2006

Adams Commercial Real Estate assists in the purchase of the City of Atlanta Public Safety Complex

2008

Atlanta, home to Delta Airlines becomes the world’s largest airline.

Sign for City of Decatur Legacy Park, surrounded by trees and a clear sky.

2010’s

Exterior of the Center for Civil and Human Rights building with modern architecture and a tree in the foreground.

2010

Adams Commercial Real Estate assists the Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the purchase of their Headquarters

2012

Part of the Atlanta Beltline Opens

2014

National Center for Civil and Human Rights opens

2017

Adams Commercial Real Estate represents the City of Decatur in the purchase of the Methodist Children’s Home property which would become Legacy Park

2019

MLK Day, Confederate Ave is renamed to United Ave

Beltline Kroger Closes for Redevelopment

Baseball players celebrating in a stadium, mid-air jump, with a "Braves Win" sign in the background.

2020’s

Man wearing a plaid suit and tie, posing for a portrait against a neutral background.

2021

Atlanta Braves Win the World Series

2022

Michaels Reeves, Adams Commercial Real Estate Broker, becomes Georgia CCIM chapter president

2023

Adams Commercial Real Estate has been in Downtown Atlanta as a small boutique real estate firm for the last 45 years with Commercial and Residential agents. Every team member is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Georgia Association of Realtors, and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.