Rockefeller Group announced that veteran real estate executive Mitzi Jones has joined the company as Senior Managing Director, Southeast Region, overseeing its development business throughout the Southeast United States. Jones is based in the company’s Atlanta regional headquarters and succeeds John Petricola, who plans to leave the company at the end of July.
Jones joins Rockefeller Group from Atlantic Residential, where she was most recently Chief Development Officer. In her new role, she will oversee the company’s development portfolio and pipeline spanning multifamily, industrial, and office projects across several Southeast states, including the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee. The portfolio includes more than 1,200 multifamily units across three states, approximately 1.2 million square feet of industrial property in Georgia and South Carolina, and approximately 200,000 square feet of new office space in Atlanta.
Jones is a seasoned multifamily real estate executive with nearly 30 years of experience leading large-scale, high-density residential and mixed-use developments. Most recently, she served as Chief Development Officer for Atlantic Residential, an established development firm with an extensive portfolio of completed projects throughout the Southeast and Midwest. Her experience spans site acquisition, entitlements, design, financing, and project delivery. Over the past decade, she has spearheaded the development of more than 7,400 residential units and mixed-use projects totaling over $2.7 billion, spanning markets from Miami to Milwaukee, and was also instrumental in launching Atlantic Residential’s Florida office.
Prior to that, Jones served as Vice President of Design and Feasibility at Lane Investment and Development Services, where she built and led a team supporting the company’s new development and investments, contributing to more than $1.2 billion in development projects encompassing 6,400 residential units. She holds a degree in Architecture with a minor in Building Construction from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
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“Our Southeast Region has grown tremendously in recent years, and has introduced exceptional development opportunities in virtually all property types. Mitzi brings a tremendous amount of experience in the region, especially in multifamily development, and we’re looking forward to her bringing that to our projects, our partners and our pipeline as we continue to grow.”
Brandi Hanback, Executive Vice President and Head of Development, Rockefeller Group
