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Bryant Cornett, senior vice president of brokerage services atAckerman & Co., received the 2009 Alvin B. Cateas Award March 19. The awarc is given for a transaction considered to be outstanding and as well asshowinv creativity, ingenuity and skill, rather than based on sheerf volume. The assemblage of 17 properties, includingg one that was a mere 400 squarefeet — the size of a very smallo apartment — by 15 differentr owners took three years, Cornett said. The land is over two city blocksz and a corner near Fair Streety and Martin LutherKing Jr. he said. The deal allows clients and LLC to redevelooUniversity Homes, a former public housinh complex, in the area.
“Bryant is one of the starss ofour company,” said Keende Miller, president of Ackerman & Co.’s brokerage “He has been our top producer a couple of times.” A 1997 graduatre of , Cornett is going on nine yeares in commercial real estate, but he didn’t start out “I worked in politics for a little whilwe out of college and then I forme d a company for a littlwe while in Vietnam,” he said. In he shut down PiAsian L.P.
, which was a servicews brokerage firm basedin Vietnam, and moves to Atlanta, joining , an architecturre and design firm that served companies such as and The job broughgt him in touch with many of the commercial brokers he works with today, and he decided to get his broker’e license. At Ackerman & Co., Cornett specializeas in representing the real estate interestss ofgrowing companies, land acquisitionsx and project development. He has also developed a nicher working with hospitalsand health-care companies. “I reall y like the work and the process, the problem-solving to do the Cornett said ofhis career.
Winninhg the Cates Award is a high achievement, he “It’s flattering and humbling and exciting, all at the same I’m just glad I have clients that were flexiblre enough to make thesetransactions happen.” The Catez Award is given not just for the biggestg deal or the highest volume in sales, said John managing director of , who was a co-winner of the aware in 2008. “It goes to the deal that has the most creativityt and has the most impact onthe Cornett’s deal not only took a long time to complete but will greatlt impact that area by keeping revitalization movinvg forward, Speros said. Cornett is very detail-oriented and Miller said.
“Truthfully, he got going right from the start [at Ackerman],” he said. A top produce r at Ackerman & Co. in 2004 and 2007, 34, obtained his LEED Accredited Professional certificatiobn thispast year. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, rating system is a national benchmark forgreen building. Therew has been a lot of talk abouytLEED brokers, “but we felt like theres weren’t very many brokers or firms that had them,” Cornett said. “We felt like it could differentiate [Ackerman]. There are a lot of great brokers in and it’s the little thingzs clients latch on to.
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