COMPANY HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY
Since its inception in 1981, CPI has developed, leased and managed millions of square feet of prime retail space in the metropolitan Atlanta area and throughout the Southeast. Currently, CPI manages, leases, and/or owns over one million square feet of retail shopping centers ranging in size from 15,000 to over 100,000 square feet, located in the Atlanta metropolitan area and throughout Georgia.
CPI's knowledgeable and experienced professionals insist on excellence in all phases of development, management, and leasing of CPI's retail shopping centers. The company's development staff conducts thorough research and comprehensive planning for each new retail development. CPI manages and leases all of its properties from an owner's point of view with specific attention to detail. CPI understands how to achieve management and leasing goals for a particular center with the owner's objectives as a top priority. As a smaller firm, we have the ability to demonstrate flexibility and personal touch typically unobtainable from a larger institutional manager or agent. Our firm's selection of third party management and leasing assignments is based primarily on our ability to deliver the highest quality of service to our clients.
KEY PERSONNEL BIOS
Dan O'Neill, Managing Partner
Dan, Managing Partner of Columbia Properties Development and Associate Broker, began at Columbia Properties in 2000. Dan is responsible for oversight of all development activities at CPI. Dan holds an undergraduate degree from Florida (1993) as well as an MBA from Emory (1997). Prior to Columbia spent 2 years in real estate finance and 4 years overseas in Australia, New Zealand and Argentina in I.T. Consulting.
Andy Campbell, Development Partner
Andy joined Columbia Properties in 2004 and has been focused on new development opportunities including land acquisition, land brokerage, land entitlement, construction, lease up & sale. Andy began his career with KPMG in their Business Assurance Department. He spent a short time as Chief Financial Officer of a start-up technology company before working for Ernst & Young as Vice President in their Corporate Finance Practice focused on financial and operational restructurings of large companies. Andy graduated with a BSBA from The University of Richmond, is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Insolvency Restructuring Advisor and has passed the NASD Series 7 & Series 63 examinations. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Maryellen M. Yancey, Construction Manager
Maryellen has over 30 years experience years in Commercial Real Estate with the past 18 years spent at Columbia Properties. Her multifaceted background includes experience in property management, leasing and construction of retail, midrise office, and industrial property. Prior affiliations with Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate, The Murphree Company and Goodman Segar and Hogan. She received her CPM designation in 1984, and is active in a number of industry organizations, including IREM, CREW and ICSC.
Matt Barnett, Development Analyst
Matt began his real estate career at Maxwell Properties in October of 2005 and served as a development assistant, property manager, and leasing agent. Eventually the firm chose to liquidate their portfolio, and Matt helped achieve this goal. In May of 2007 he took on the role of Development Analyst at Columbia Properties, and his responsibilities include identifying and researching potential new developments for CPI. Matt holds a BBA degree with a Real Estate major from the prestigious University of Georgia.
Robert J. O'Neill, Vice President
Rob is responsible for oversight of Columbia's management and leasing operation as well as client management. Rob has been in the commercial real estate business since receiving his MBA from the University of Miami in 1993. Prior to joining Columbia in October 2007, Rob spent 11 years in commercial lending with Column Financial, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse, where he was responsible for the origination and underwriting of over $1.5 billion in commercial real estate loans. Prior to that, Rob spent 2 years with Crown NorthCorp, a asset management and loan workout firm. In addition to his MBA, Rob also holds a BBA degree with a Finance major from the University of Georgia.
Harman Jenkins, Director of Leasing
As Director of Leasing for Columbia, Harman is responsible for directing all of the leasing and marketing efforts for CRM's properties. She joined CRM in January 2008 after spending 18 months as Director of Leasing with RCG Ventures. At RCG, Harman oversaw the leasing effort for portfolio of retail property totaling over 3,000,000 square feet, and was directly responsible for leasing 229,692 square feet of space during her tenure there. Prior to her stint with RCG, Harman spent 9 years as a leasing agent with Columbia Properties overseeing a portfolio of 1,000,000 square feet. Prior to joining Columbia, Harman was a Marketing Director for Spectrum Realty Advisors, where she administered marketing for a 2,000,000 square foot retail portfolio. Harman is a graduate of Georgia State University.
Melissa Steffey, Property Manager
Melissa is responsible for overseeing all aspects of daily property management for CPI's portfolio. Melissa has been with Columbia as a Property Manager for the past 12 years, overseeing a portfolio of as much as 1,500,000 square feet during that time.