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AFCO Realty, LLC
4200 Northside Parkway, N.W.
Building 12
Atlanta, GA 30327-3049
404-233-1700
www.afcorealty.com
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Thank you for all of your continued assistance in helping us set up our first physical location for Competitive Logistics, LLC. The support offered by you and the entire AFCO team has been invaluable and only given us more energy to move forward at an accelerated pace.
Richard Sharpe and Bob Gibler
Competitive Logistics.
As you are aware, I managed the real estate department for Standard Oil of Ohio, i.e. BP Oil Company directly for eight years and as Senior Vice President of Marketing for over 15 years. In all of my experience, I never worked with any one more professional and who truly represented the interest of the buyer. In addition the multitude of services and assistance i.e.. legal, banking, housing, employee real estate assistance provided only as a service is unique and a credit to you and your organization.
Hugh D. Hanna, President, Atlas Supply Company.
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AFCO Clients
AFCO Realty, LLC has represented the following clients in one or more transactions within the last five years:
• Anitox Corporation
• Associated Space Design
• CAPS Logistics
• Chevron USA, Inc.
• Morgan Stanley
• Information America
• Integrated Device Technology
• Leica GeoSystems
• Life Office Management Association
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
• McCamish Systems, LLC
• Rosser International, Inc.
• Sentry Chemical Company
• W. H. Smith Retail Company
• Wachovia Bank and Trust |
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commercial real estate
industrial property
tenant/landlord reps
land assemblage
corporate site selection
land disposition
investment site selection
land development
annexation
demographic analysis
zoning evaluation
environmental assessment
property management
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Why Hire AFCO?
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To succeed in a highly competitive market for more than 35 years, a business must offer something beyond the standard practice provided by its competitors. That "something" can be as simple as an above-average support staff, swift response, quality service or exceptional results.
Owning and leasing commercial real estate is risky business. Often, the difference between only marginal success and excellent results depends on making an informed decision. Whether leasing or buying or selling, a professional real estate counselor is indispensable in the decision process. However, in today's rapidly changing business environment, that may not be enough. You often need that extra edge found in a wide range of individual experiences.
Finding just the right office space, industrial facility, quality investment property, or on-site property maintenance service among the hundreds available choices requires the most current research resources and market experience.
So, why AFCO? Simply put, we are in the problem-solving business. Whether your needs include confidential market research, creative marketing, or just a good old get-out-there-and-knock-on-doors approach, we can provide it. We've been doing it for more than 35 years. |
Corporate Information
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AFCO Corporate Headquarters
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Background & History
Founded in 1971, AFCO is a full-service commercial real estate firm with a team of professionals who are completely dedicated to serving the best interests of our clients. Nearly every member of the AFCO Real Estate Team has over 20 years of experience, and the majority also have post graduate degrees and professional designations in their areas of specialization.
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Mission & Values
• AFCO is committed to excellence in providing professional commercial real estate services. AFCO emphasizes hard work, creativity, integrity, confidentiality and total dedication to our clients and their needs.
• AFCO cares about people and is dedicated to perform with honesty in all relationships with clients, employees, partners and the community at large.
• AFCO respects its employees as individuals and contributors to the company's success and is committed to help them have meaningful and rewarding professional careers and lifestyles.
• AFCO believes in giving back to the community and encourages its employees to be active in professional, civic and charitable organizations to help make our community a better place to live. |
People & Leadership
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| AFCO's leadership has remained consistent for more than 35 years - a rarity in the real estate industry. AFCO maintains a long-standing reputation for experience, consistency of relationships, and superior market knowledge. |
| Vice Chairman Jerry Mendel has been with AFCO since 1984 and also serves as associate broker for AFCO Realty, LLC. Mendel takes an active role in daily management of the company and also serves as a mentor to his colleagues. |
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President Geoff Friedman continues a legacy in commercial real estate passed down from his father and grandfather. Named to AFCO's top spot in 2006, he oversees the firm's day-to-day operation. Friedman serves as president of the Buckhead Business Association for 2007. |
| Ed Saffell joined the corporation in 2001 and serves as the chief financial officer for all AFCO entities. Saffell has more than three decades of diverse accounting experience, including 13 years in the real estate industry. |
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Corporate Secretary Gail Davis joined AFCO in 1985 and oversees the marketing and administrative functions for the firm. |
AFCO Innovations
Innovative since its inception, AFCO holds a string of firsts in Atlanta commercial real estate.
| • First to define the Atlanta office market by submarkets - Downtown, Midtown, Perimeter Central, Northwest, Northeast and South Atlanta. These submarkets are still used today by nearly every real estate firm in the city. |
| • First to prepare an office space survey. |
| • First to have an in-house office design group. |
Through the years and in transactions large and small, AFCO has represented a wide range of clients varying from Fortune 500 and large, international industrial distributors and manufacturers to smaller, local firms.
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Scope of Services
AFCO Realty provides a full range of real estate services including counseling, brokerage, and transaction management to users and investors throughout the United States. AFCO professionals handle the sale and lease of properties including office buildings, industrial facilities, and land.
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"We give
back to the community."
Sam Friedman,
Chairman, AFCO Realty
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| AFCO's strong commitment to the community both strengthens our business position by staying actively involved and aware of changing climates and opportunities, while providing meaningful services and growth to the environment in which we participate. For nearly four decades, AFCO has contributed to well over 100 community organizations. Here are some given our primary focus. |
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PATH Foundation
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Sam Friedman, the PATH Foundation's founding chairman, has been highly involved with the organization since its inception in 1991. The PATH Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a metrowide greenway system for Atlanta.
A team of experienced trail builders oversees the planning and development of PATH's greenway trails and raises funds to continue building trails for Atlanta.
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The City of Atlanta has named PATH its official partner in trail building for the city. PATH trails enhance community spirit and bring neighborhoods together. Each day, thousands of joggers, walkers, bikers and skaters from all walks of life escape the roads and hit the trails.
PATH also built the Silver Comet Trail connecting Atlanta to Alabama. When construction of the Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama meets the Silver Comet at the state line, the two combined will form an uninterrupted trail of 100 miles.
Visit the PATH Foundation website and to learn about more exciting new projects.
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Buckhead Coalition
Sam Friedman and Judy, the Editor for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution |
AFCO's Sam Friedman has been involved with the Buckhead Coalition almost since its inception in 1988.
The organization of business and civic leaders nurtures the community's quality of life. It plans and implements action programs for continued improvement of Buckhead as an integral part of the corporate city of Atlanta. The long-range program is to assist in coordinating an orderly growth, balancing residential and commercial interests. |
The Coalition works closely with government, exchanges information with other citizens' groups, and exercises a formal relationship with the Buckhead Business Association. Membership is by invitation and limited to 75 major Buckhead CEOs or others having a pronounced commitment to the area.
Sam Friedman served as chairman of the Buckhead Coalition in 2001 and 2002.
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Atlanta Union Mission
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| Sam Friedman and AFCO have been continually involved with the Atlanta Union Mission for 15 years, providing service, funds, and other support. In 2004, Friedman served as the Major Gifts Chair for the Capital and Endowment Campaign, which raised $15 million. Friedman also served the non-profit organization as chairman of the Board of Directors, providing leadership and direction. |
About the Atlanta Union Mission - Since 1938, the Atlanta Union Mission has provided homeless men, women and children an estimated six million services, consisting of over 350 thousand nights of shelter, nearly a million meals, clothing and recovery programs.
The Mission’s primary focus is on life recovery – addressing physical, emotional, educational |
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and spiritual needs of homeless people. Returning individuals to the community to lead healthy, productive lives is the ultimate goal of the Mission’s programs.
More than 80 percent of the Mission’s $11 million operating revenues comes from monetary contributions and donated goods and services. |
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Leadership Atlanta is a non-profit organization which recognizes that involvement |
by and collaboration among the business, government, nonprofit, and religious sectors are essential to the welfare of the Atlanta community. AFCO Realty Chairman Samuel Friedman completed the eight month leadership training program for Leadership Atlanta and now serves as an Alumni.
The organization serves the Metropolitan Atlanta Region by providing opportunities to establish personal relationships among leaders from diverse constituencies, providing information and insights into the major issues and opportunities facing the Atlanta metropolitan area and by providing a forum for candid and honest discussion of these important subjects facing the community.
Leadership Atlanta is the oldest continuously running training program of its type in the country. It was formed by a group of concerned citizens in 1969 to address the growing need for a trained cadre of committed community leaders. It was established during a time of turbulence and unprecedented growth, in response to the conviction that the selection and training of leaders were too important to be left to chance.
The founders envisioned an organization that would be a conduit through which people could make a difference in how Atlanta worked, and a natural extension of one of Atlanta’s strongest assets – the tradition of involvement among its businesses, community organizations and public officials. |
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