The third quarter of 2024 proved to be just as busy as the last two, filled with exciting project announcements, impactful stories and expert commentary on timely topics across various industries. We’re proud to continue securing media wins that amplify clients’ strategic brand messages and help them connect with their key audiences. 

 Below is a sampling of significant media mentions our team has secured in Q3 of 2024.

• Renewable energy company JTEC is expanding its lease after only a year at Wilbert Client MDH Partners' Lee + White. We gave the exclusive to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
• The Interlock is the place to be this fall, with plenty of events and new fall fashion from retailers like Taste Boutique. Wilbert coordinated a segment with Good Day Atlanta where Taste's owner and The Interlock's Senior Property Manager shared more about fall fashion trends and what's to come at the West Midtown mixed-use district.
• Retail leasing has been a huge success at mixed-use district High Street in Dunwoody. Wilbert helped announce two new concepts at Perimeter's newest exciting destination, as told by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• RocaPoint Partners' Greenville County Square is gaining attention from national retailers and restaurants looking to make their debut in the South. Greenville News covered the mixed-use destination's latest leasing milestone of four first-to-market restaurants opening at the district.
• Wilbert secured an interview with ICSC's Commerce + Communities Today and thought leaders from Cooper Carry to discuss how retail and multifamily work together. The story resulted in several quotes using Cooper Carry's mixed-use expertise.
• Urban Land Institute's Atlanta District Council has launched a Savannah satellite operation that will focus on land use best practices, emerging trends and strategies for sustainable and coastal development, as reported by the Savannah Morning News.
• Holder Properties recently completed Gateway 737, a 900-bed student housing development at the University of South Carolina, which will increase housing options for the university which has seen a significant increase in enrollment in recent years, as told by the Post & Courier.
• Engel & Völkers Atlanta's Holly Nelson breaks down expert tips to sell your home quickly as we wrap up 2024 in a recent Newsweek story.
• Churchill Agency insurance expert Alaina Hixson, was featured in a Fox Business story explaining liability car insurance and who needs it.
• Savannah Morning News recently reported that Savannah's industrial market continues to boom, with tenant demand driven by ports, according to JLL research.
• This summer, Walmart announced it was accepting applications for its 11th annual Open Call event, where small business owners and entrepreneurs from across the country can pitch their products to be sold in Walmart or Sam’s Club stores. Fox 5 reported on the story here. 
• Hoar Construction celebrated the topping out of Icon, a 30-story student housing tower in the West Campus neighborhood of the University of Texas at Austin. Read more about the project via Connect CRE.
• Forsyth County News reported on the plans for a new vet care clinic owned by pet supply brand Chewy, set to open at mixed-use development Halcyon.
• CBL Properties EVP & COO, Katie Reinsmidt, was spotlighted by Commercial Property Executive for her work redeveloping properties with non-retail tenants. 
• Kim Chambers, product manager for Georgia’s Own Credit Union, spoke with Fortune about her tips for families looking for ways to cut spending and budget.
• While the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta named Atlanta one of the least affordable housing markets in the country, the City of Refuge is aiming to help those in need by building more affordable housing for those priced out of Atlanta. 11 Alive reported on the story here. 
• CoStar reported on real estate developer Trademark’s venture into the Dallas multifamily market with a $100 million project in the city’s Oak Lawn neighborhood. The development will sit on land purchased from grocer H-E-B and will supply 400 units and retail space to the community. 
• Mintwood Real Estate recently announced the opening of Oakhouse, a 219-unit mixed-income apartment community in Oak Cliff. Oakhouse is the first project completed utilizing the Dallas Public Facility Corporation, as reported by the Dallas Morning News.
• Ryan Companies Chief Sustainability Officer, Joe Rozza, spoke to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about how rising energy costs in a warming climate will impact businesses across the city as electricity becomes more expensive to supply.
• Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, Westwood Financial, made its first foray into the Austin, Texas market with the purchase of a 69,037-square-foot shopping center in the Four Points neighborhood. Urbanize Austin covered the story here.
• Aaron’s helped supply $10,000 in furnishings to two single moms in Atlanta in partnership with Warrick Dunn Charities and Habitat for Humanity, a complete surprise to the new homeowners as they stepped inside their houses for the first time. Read the heartwarming story via Atlanta News First.
• Selig Enterprises SVP of Development, Malloy Peterson, penned a piece for ULI about the introduction and benefits of industrial mixed-use zoning in expanding the Upper Westside of Atlanta, a growing hotspot for retail, entertainment and housing that once existed solely as an industrial hub.