David Marvin has played a major role in shaping downtown Atlanta through projects like the Embassy Suites at Centennial Olympic Park, the Glenn Hotel, Ventanas, and Restaurant Row.

Along the way, he transformed a career that started in engineering and construction into one of the most influential hospitality and mixed-use development careers in Atlanta.

In this episode we cover:
• Building nuclear submarines before transitioning into real estate
• Moving to Atlanta through the 1996 Olympic Games and investing around Centennial Olympic Park
• Developing the Embassy Suites and helping catalyze downtown Atlanta’s revival
• Transforming the historic Glenn Hotel into Atlanta’s first modern boutique hotel
• Creating Ventanas, one of the city’s premier rooftop event venues
• Building Restaurant Row and launching concepts like Stats and Twin Smokers BBQ
• Lessons learned from hospitality, placemaking, and developing through multiple market cycles
• David’s outlook on downtown Atlanta and the future of urban development
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Egbert Perry is the Chairman and CEO of Integral Group.

He’s behind some of the most consequential urban developments in the Southeast — from Centennial Place to Assembly Atlanta to the redevelopment of Five Points and Atlanta Medical Center. He also pioneered the model for affordable housing.

In this episode we cover:

• Growing up in Antigua
• Coming to America at 15
• Becoming VP at HJ Russel & Co. at 24.
• Pioneering mixed-income housing with Centennial Place — and why most cities couldn't replicate it
• Transforming a shuttered 165-acre GM plant into Assembly Atlanta
• The truth about affordable housing
• Chairing the Fannie Mae board through conservatorship after the 2008 financial crisis
• The Five Points / Two Peachtree project and why bringing it back is inseparable from saving downtown Atlanta
• Where Egbert sees opportunity in today's market

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Kevin Duvall has spent over two decades shaping one of the most important campuses in the Southeast. As CEO of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, he oversees 200+ acres, 4.3 million square feet, and a pipeline of projects that are redefining downtown Atlanta.

We cover:
• Building the $550M Signia hotel from a state-owned parking plaza
• The Georgia Dome demolition and Mercedes-Benz Stadium negotiations
• Competing with Chicago, Orlando, Nashville, and Dallas for convention business
• Expanding the Savannah Convention Center and its new headquarters hotel
• The vision for International Plaza — downtown Atlanta's next entertainment district
• Preparing the campus for FIFA World Cup 2026
• Kevin's 24-year journey from the Alamodome in San Antonio to leading the GWCCA

Watch the full story on Sunbelt Developers Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple podcasts.

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• Songy Highroads – songyhighroads.com
• Corporate Environments – corporateenvironments.com
• USA Cabling – usacablingtech.com
• Scott Contracting - Scott-contracting.com
• The Beck Group – beckgroup.com

If you have a commercial real estate need, please reach out. My team and I have incredible resources through Cushman & Wakefield to help with any need you have.

More info: https://linktr.ee/timwright.cre