Commercial construction & real estate · Greater Atlanta
The weekly brief on who's building Greater Atlanta.
Where Atlanta's owners, operators, brokers and builders check who's worth hiring and what things actually cost. Leases, buildouts, permits, people — every Monday at 7am. Printed weekly on the internet.
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Tools
Before you sign anything
Contractor Check
Type a name. Georgia license status, bond, complaints on file — in ten seconds. For owners vetting GCs and GCs vetting subs.
Run a check →Construction Process
Tell us the project, the budget and where you are. Get the steps in order, the documents each one needs, and who to call — from LOI to certificate of occupancy.
Build my game plan →Buildout Budget Estimator
NewFive questions about the space and the use. A realistic range per square foot, the line items that surprise people, and which guides and firms to go to next.
Estimate a buildout →
The Directory
544 listed firms across six counties. Search by trade.
General contractors
20 listedCommercial buildouts, TI and ground-up. Active Georgia GC license, COI on file.
Architects
10 listedFrom the first test fit to stamped drawings — restaurants, offices, clinics and retail.
Engineers
16 listedCivil and structural — grading, utilities and the structural drawings your permit set has to show.
Interior designers
5 listedCommercial interiors — layout, finishes and FF&E that fit the brand and the budget.
Lenders
10 listedSBA 7(a) and 504, construction loans and equipment financing from banks that fund buildouts.
Commercial brokers
10 listedTenant rep, landlord rep, investment sales. Deal history on every profile.
Attorneys
18 listedLeases, LLC formation, liens and disputes — without the downtown hourly.
Podcast · Episode 1 this fall
The Greater ATL Podcast
Conversations with the people building Atlanta — the operator who signed the lease, the GC who delivered it, the broker who found it. Forty minutes, no sponsor reads in the middle.
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Tell us who you are →The Brief
Issue Nº 1 lands Monday at 7am. Four rubrics, five minutes.
Leases
Square footage that changed hands, with the rate when we can get it.
Buildouts
Who's building what, who's building it for them, and what it's costing.
Money
Deals, raises, quiet closes.
People
Who moved, who left, who just got the keys.
Featured & newly listed
Firms on the record
- Founding Partner
Caitlyn Verdugo
Real estate agent · Atlanta
Caitlyn Verdugo runs Coliving Cait — a Keller Williams realtor and investor who turns single-family houses into coliving homes with individual leases. She says she's built a portfolio of 50-plus coliving rooms across metro Atlanta, and she coaches women through doing the same, plus private money partnerships for investors who want in. She also hosts a monthly Atlanta meetup on the last Tuesday and a Women's Coliving Summit set for Oct 16–17, 2026.
Newly listed · verification pending - Founding Partner
Mark Allan Contracting
General contractor · Atlanta
Family-owned commercial general contractor working out of Oakcliff Road in Atlanta since 1999, run by Adam and Justin Upchurch. They handle tenant improvements, office and restaurant buildouts, warehouse conversions, and storm and structural repairs, and they self-perform non-specialty trades so jobs aren't waiting on a sub's calendar. Their stated sweet spot is $50K to $500K commercial work; clients get weekly updates and live jobsite photos through CompanyCam.
Newly listed · verification pending 
Jblueprints Engineers (Atlanta Permit Pros)
Permit expediting
Permit drawings plus pulling and expediting for commercial TI and residential across Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, DeKalb, and metro counties
Newly listed · verification pendingSurvey Systems Atlanta
Permit expediting
Permit expediting for residential and commercial projects (zoning, applications, variances, inspections) across Metro Atlanta; primary business is surveying
Newly listed · verification pending
The Brief. Monday, 7am.
Who signed, who's building, who's hiring, what it cost. Five minutes, free, printed weekly on the internet.