AN INTRODUCTION TO BLEAKLY ADVISORY GROUP
Bleakly
Advisory Group is
a specialized real estate and economic advisory firm based in Atlanta,
Georgia. The firm provides
advice to developers, governments and non-profit organizations in dealing
with a wide range of real estate related issues.
Our work is based on extensive experience not only in conceptualizing but implementing
major development projects. Thus,
our approach, while innovative, is grounded in the hands-on experience
gained from actual public/private sector development.
In today’s increasingly complex and
competitive development environment the need for specialized advice which
can enhance project success has never been greater.
Bleakly Advisory Group
provides it clients with useful insights and fresh perspectives on real
estate issues quickly, efficiently and discretely.
Our goal is to help our clients maximize the benefits from their real
estate related activities by providing the following advisory services:
PROJECT DEFINITION/DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
With over 25 years of experience with the
conceptualization of public and private development projects on a nationwide
basis, we can assist you in determining what can work from a market and
financial perspective. Our work
can incorporate one or more of the following activities:
IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE
Moving a project from planning to
development far from an automatic process—particularly when new land uses
or large-scale development are involved.
Bleakly Advisory Group is
highly experienced in translating proposed projects into actual bricks and
mortar by assisting our clients in completing the steps necessary to attract
private investment to a project. In
this critical portion of the development cycle we can assist you in a number
of ways:
At the conclusion of the implementation
process Bleakly Advisory Group,
working closely with your in-house team, will be ready to transition the
project to private developers for construction.
Our experience has shown that playing an
active role in project implementation both enhances the likelihood of
achieving your vision for the project and greatly increases the likelihood
of attracting the interest from the private sector.
Bleakly
Advisory Group’s
breadth of knowledge about real estate and the development process is
grounded in the experience gained over hundreds of projects performed on a
nationwide basis. Over the past
six years the principals of Bleakly Advisory Group were responsible for
acquiring over $20 million in land, securing more than $30 million in grants
and financial support for over $600 million in new development projects. This included more than 600 units of housing, office, retail
and hotel development as well as the new Children’s Museum of Atlanta.
Bleakly Advisory Group provides our clients with a depth of real
estate experience which allows them to more effectively partner with
experienced real estate professionals in the design and implementation of
complex projects.
RECENT ASSIGNMENTS
SunTrust
Banking—In-Town Condominium Study, Atlanta, Georgia
Bleakly Advisory Services was commissioned
by SunTrust Banking to prepare a comprehensive look at the emerging in-town
condominium market in Atlanta. Over
5,000 units in 65 projects were inventoried and analyzed to determine the
current status and future performance of this rapidly growing form of
housing in downtown, Midtown and Buckhead.
NewTown
Macon, Inc., Macon, Georgia
We have been engaged as implementation
advisors by NewTown Macon, Inc., a private sector initiative to revitalize
downtown Macon. We are
assisting NewTown Macon in the implementation of eight development projects
which have a combined value of over $96 million and are intended to serve as
a catalyst in the revitalization of the city. The development projects
include a major mixed use transit-related development in the former Union
Terminal Station, creation of
an eight-mile greenway, development of a new convention center hotel and
redevelopment of a riverside brownfield site into a major, mixed use
project.
