The Atlanta Housing Board of Commissioners has a new member. Commercial real estate expert Kirk Rich has been appointed to the Atlanta Housing Board of Commissioners by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, according to a press release. He attended his first meeting Wednesday, Dec. 4.
“I am honored to serve on this board, and I want to do everything I can to make Atlanta Housing the best it can be,” says Rich, who brings more than 35 years of commercial real estate experience to Atlanta Housing. “It will allow my experiences within the commercial real estate world, as well as my community service with housing agencies and arts organizations, to influence the creative approach to the many facets of Atlanta Housing,” he continues. “These are exciting times for the city, and Atlanta Housing will be an integral part of serving the citizens to the highest degree possible.”
Rich was president of Rich Real Estate Services, which he founded in 2001, and is currently a principal at Avison Young, specializing in third-party landlord representation and providing brokerage and consulting services for commercial and residential properties throughout the United States. He has completed more than 3,000 commercial leasing, property acquisition and disposition transactions, and represented more than 12 million square feet of commercial space while assisting local, national and multinational firms. Rich was named 2015 Realtor of the Year by the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, and he has served on the board of Invest Atlanta and the city’s economic development authority, and served as co-chair of the mayor’s LGBTQ Advisory Council. Currently, he serves on the Georgia State University real estate honorary board.
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