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Our People Bill Adams | Alon Price | Michael D. Reeves Jim Camp | Blake Fertitta | Bob White
Adams began his real estate career in 1972 with Cousins Properties, Inc. after serving two years as an Army officer. He formed W.T.Adams & Company in 1979. During his career Adams has been involved in residential loft and office projects involving historic tax credits as well as more traditional office, industrial, retail and multifamily transactions. He has also helped numerous nonprofit and governmental organizations with their acquisition and disposition strategies. In the last five years, Adams has been primarily involved in land assemblage for mixed use retail and residential developments. Adams has the prestigious CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation from the CCIM Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Known as the “Ph.D. of Commercial Real Estate” only 6% of the country’s 125,000 commercial real estate practitioners have the CCIM designation. Adams has served as the 1998 Georgia CCIM Chapter President, was the 2003 Chair of the CCIM Institute’s Publications Committee and the CCIM Institute’s Region 9 Vice President. Adams has been a youth soccer coach with the Atlanta Youth Soccer Association(AYSA) and in late 2003 helped AYSA acquire land for the first ever intown Atlanta soccer complex. He has coached baseball and basketball with the Decatur Recreation Department. An avid runner he has run two marathons, about 22 half marathons and 33 consecutive Peachtree Road Races. Adams was a member of the 2003 class of Leadership Atlanta. He lives in Decatur with his wife Carol and two sons, Silas and Connor.
For over a decade Alon Hilton Price has been deeply involved in the commercial real estate sector. A qualified attorney, he worked variously as an analyst, a broker, an investor and real estate syndicator. His experience and expertise is currently being utilized with Adams Commercial, Realtors, concentrating on investment sales and tenant representation. After leaving ACG Consultants, he became a partner in the Friese & Price Law Firm, LLC, where he represented clients in commercial real estate transactions including development, acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing of commercial properties. Price joined Adams Commercial, Realtors in 2005 as an Associate Broker. In this position he represents buyers, tenants and investors. His investment experience includes site selection, financial analysis of income-producing properties and redevelopment and rehabilitation sites for multi-use urban projects. During his time at Adams, Price has gained strong insight into the many challenges and obstacles of the Atlanta in-town market. Since each urban deal is unique, he has familiarized himself with the zoning ordinances and the variey of solutions available for environmentally challenged properties, as well as opportunities for tax credit and other financing opportunities for urban development. His background in leasing allows him to provide comprehensive leasing solutions for office tenants, particularly for “A” grade office buildings in Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead. Price’s expert knowledge of the areas and local economic activity, as well as the strong relationships and contacts he has developed, make for sound market navigation. He also performs various administrative duties including advising his fellow commercial agents on marketing strategies, sales strategies and negotiation tactics, as well as reviewing and approving contracts, agreements and in-house forms for the commercial team. Other responsibilities include training and supervision of new commercial agents, assistants and interns. Price was born in South Africa and has lived in Atlanta for the past 22 years. He enjoys traveling and running.
Michael D Reeves joined Adams Commercial Realtors in June 2007 and brings his in-depth entrepreneurial experienced to the commercial real estate arena. As the former co-owner, co-founder and Vice President of Dependable Mail Services Inc, a mail automation and presort service in Atlanta, he is adept at creating vision, performing market analysis and adding value to investment transactions. As a skilled business owner, he understands the criteria for success and the value of win-win opportunities for our clients. Reeves began his career as a recruit and a graduate of the prestigious General Electric Financial Management Program. Experiencing various finance, accounting and management positions at GE Capital’s headquarters in Stamford Connecticut, he has gained a thorough understanding of financial analytical tools, concepts, and calculations. His extensive experience in forecasting investment performance, evaluating investment yields and relationship building makes an excellent combination for identifying real estate investment opportunities. After GE relocated him to Atlanta, he never left. He has resided here for over twenty years. Reeves specializes in intown investment and development opportunities, with additional expertise in the Metropolitan Ave - Lee St corridors from Ft McPherson to Castleberry. He is an active member of the Georgia Real Estate Investment Association (GaREIA), National Association of REALTORS, and the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS. He and his fiancée, Elaine are also members of the Inman Park Neighborhood Association. A native of South Shore in Chicago, Michael is a 1980 graduate of Lake Forest Academy. In 1984 he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Amherst College, Amherst Massachusetts.
Jim Camp has been with Adams Commercial, REALTORS, since 1996. An A.B. graduate of Mercer University, with an MFA from the University of Georgia, Jim’s real estate background started while working in a family-owned real estate/construction firm in Marietta. Upon the retirement of his father, Jim elected to move to Atlanta to further his career, arriving just prior to the Olympics. Since joining Adams Commercial, REALTORS Jim became strongly involved in the redevelopment of the East Atlanta Village area by successfully brokering a number of sites, including the current SunTrust building as well as several restaurant locations. His skill at assembling larger sites came into prominence when he represented the Atlanta Board of Education in securing the site of the current Parkside Elementary School, located in Grant Park. He has also represented a Buyer in the purchase of a former elementary property. In 2005 Jim was awarded the prestigious CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. This achievement, realized by less than 10% of all real estate professionals, is considered to be the pinnacle of commercial real estate and clearly sets Jim apart from other commercial practitioners. His areas of expertise include intown land, both infill lots and assemblages, small to medium commercial buildings and redevelopment sites. Jim is a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, the Georgia CCIM Chapter, a past board member of Progressive Redevelopment, Inc., (the state’s largest developer of affordable multi-family housing), the Spiritual Living Center of Atlanta (Church of Religious Science) and a long-time patron of the Atlanta Opera. He has also served as an advisor to the Avondale Estates Downtown Development Authority for the acquisition and disposition of properties related to the redevelopment of Avondale Estates. As an avid runner Jim has completed marathons in Chicago, Louisville, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, as well as numerous half-marathon and 10K races. He currently lives in Avondale Estates with his partner Seannon and their 2 dogs and cat.
Blake is not new to real estate. He has been a state registered real property appraiser since June of 2003. In that time he logged over 1,400 hours evaluating real property in Metropolitan Atlanta, incorporating all three appraisal approaches including the cost approach, the income approach, and most importantly the market approach. At Adams Commercial, Blake handles the marketing of all of the commercial listings including the research, drafting and creating of print advertisement such as flyers, brochures, and marketing packages as well as the electronic and online marketing of the commercial listings. Blake also represents tenants and landlords with their in-town retail and office space leasing needs. In his time at Adams Commercial, he has become very proficient and knowledgeable in Atlanta City Zoning Ordinances and Codes including Special Public Interest & overlay districts, the Beltline project, the Atlanta Development Authority and Atlanta Emerging Markets, Tax Allocation Districts, Empowerment Zones and Atlanta Renewal Communities. Blake is also a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. Blake, an Atlanta native and huge Braves fan, grew up in Fayetteville and attended high school in Fairburn, where he was a track & field and cross country standout and four-time individual high school state champion. His dedication and perseverance in cross country earned him a varsity letter at Georgia Tech. After living on Georgia Tech’s campus in Midtown for four years, he now lives in Buckhead. Blake also founded and manages a soccer team in the Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League.
Bob has been involved in apartment sales including tax credit and bond financed rehabilitations and new construction as well as conventional apartments. He has also sold office buildings, hospitality and retail properties. He has sold land for conventional apartments, senior apartments and town home development. Bob was awarded the prestigious CCIM designation from the CCIM Institute in 1992 and has been on the board of the Georgia CCIM Chapter as the candidate guidance chairman since that time. He teaches classes to help prepare CCIM candidates for the final examination required for the designation. Bob is active in community affairs. He has acted as a tutor, working with refugee families for the last twenty years. He teaches English, works with children on homework and helps their parents find jobs. He has also served as a night manager at a men’s shelter.
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William
T. (Bill) Adams is President of Adams, REALTORS, an Atlanta based
commercial and residential real estate company. He is an Atlanta
and Grant Park native with a 37 year history of involvement in neighborhood,
historic preservation and affordable housing issues. He has served
as Chair of the Grant Park Neighborhood Association and NPU-W. He
was a founding board member of Historic Oakland Cemetery, Inc. He
served 11 years on the board of Progressive Redevelopment, Inc.
(the state’s largest nonprofit developer of affordable, multifamily
housing). He currently serves on the board of, Capital Hill Neighborhood
Development Corp. (a CDC formed by 3 churches near the State Capitol
to promote downtown housing.), the Georgia CCIM Chapter and the
Grant Park Conservancy. He also served on the Retail-Residential
Investment Committee of Downtown Atlanta’s Fairlie Poplar
Task Force. He has a BBA in Real Estate and an MBA in Finance from
Georgia State University. 
Robert M. (Bob) White is a commercial real estate agent with Adams Commercial Realtors and has been involved with commercial real estate in Atlanta since 1989. Prior to that he was a geological engineer for seventeen years working in oil exploration, foundation engineering, mining and tunneling and seismic hazard studies. He has lived in Atlanta since 1965 when he arrived to attend graduate school at Georgia Tech. He has a BS in geological engineering from Princeton University and masters degrees in civil engineering and computer science from Georgia Tech. 
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