Metro Atlanta · Brokerage & Development

Built on relationships.
Executed with vision.

Shirley Commercial Real Estate is a Metro Atlanta brokerage, advisory, development, and investment firm — partnering with investors, developers, landowners, and communities across the region to shape the next generation of retail, industrial, hospitality, and mixed-use places.

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Years of Market Experience

Metro ATL

Dedicated Market

Multi-Sector

Retail · Industrial · Hospitality

Who We Are

A boutique firm with institutional capability.

Shirley Commercial Real Estate operates at the intersection of brokerage, development, and capital — advising clients on the full lifecycle of a commercial real estate decision. We're entrepreneurial in mindset, institutional in process, and unwaveringly relationship-driven in execution.

Whether assembling a development site, repositioning an underperforming asset, guiding a hospitality investment, or coordinating with municipal leadership on an economic development initiative, we bring local knowledge, large-scale perspective, and a long-term view to every engagement.

Strategic Relationships

Decades of established connections across investors, developers, landowners, municipalities, and operators across the Southeast.

Disciplined Execution

From underwriting through entitlement, financing, and close — we move deals decisively and protect our clients' downside.

Development DNA

We think like principals. Our advice is rooted in real experience structuring, building, and operating commercial assets.

What We Do

A full-spectrum platform for commercial real estate.

We advise across the entire commercial real estate lifecycle — brokerage, development, capital, and operations — so our clients have one trusted partner from first conversation through closing and beyond.

Commercial Brokerage

Buy-side, sell-side, and tenant representation across retail, office, industrial, and mixed-use product types.

Buy-SideSell-SideTenant Rep

Land Sales

Strategic land acquisition and disposition — from raw acreage to assemblage and entitled development sites.

AcquisitionsDispositionsAssemblage

Development Consulting

Feasibility, programming, partner alignment, and execution strategy for ground-up and value-add projects.

FeasibilityProgrammingExecution

Hospitality Investment

Site selection, brand strategy, and capital structuring for select-service, lifestyle, and resort hospitality assets.

Site SelectionBrand StrategyCapital

Site Selection

Disciplined site search, demographic underwriting, and trade-area analysis tailored to operator and investor criteria.

DemographicsTrade AreaOperator Fit

Municipal & Economic Dev.

Public-private coordination with municipalities, authorities, and economic development teams to unlock projects.

Public-PrivateIncentivesAuthority Coord.

Retail & Mixed-Use

Anchor and shop-space leasing strategy, merchandising, and execution for retail centers and mixed-use districts.

Anchor LeasingMerchandisingLease-Up

Industrial

Logistics, light industrial, and flex sites — sourcing, leasing, and disposition for owners and users.

LogisticsLight IndustrialFlex

Investment Sales

Single-asset and portfolio dispositions with institutional-grade marketing and buyer reach.

Single-AssetPortfolioInstitutional

Commercial Leasing

Landlord and tenant representation rooted in market intelligence and long-term occupancy strategy.

Landlord RepTenant RepRenewals

Property Management

Owner-aligned management focused on NOI growth, tenant retention, and asset preservation.

NOI GrowthRetentionAsset Care

Entitlement & Strategy

Zoning, rezoning, variances, and entitlement strategy that protects timelines and unlocks value.

ZoningRezoningVariances
Boutique hospitality development

Hospitality & Development

From vision to grand opening.

We advise hospitality investors and developers across the full project lifecycle — sourcing high-conviction sites, structuring deals, navigating entitlements, and aligning brand, capital, and community to deliver projects that perform.

  • Hospitality site selection & feasibility
  • Brand & flag strategy across select-service to lifestyle
  • Capital structuring & equity sourcing introductions
  • Public-private incentive coordination
  • Mixed-use programming with anchor hospitality components
  • Pre-development through operating asset advisory

Why Shirley Commercial

The reasons clients return — and refer.

We've earned our reputation deal-by-deal — by being honest, prepared, and relentlessly committed to outcomes that compound for our clients over time.

Relationship-Driven

Deep, durable connections with the investors, developers, operators, and municipal leaders who make commercial deals happen across Georgia.

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Strategic Counsel

We don't just close transactions — we shape strategy. Our clients lean on us for vision, structure, and long-term value creation.

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Decisive Execution

From first conversation to final closing, we move with urgency, precision, and the discipline of a principal-minded operator.

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Local + Large-Scale

Boots-on-the-ground market knowledge paired with the relationships and infrastructure to execute institutional-scale projects.

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Market Knowledge

Metro Atlanta isn't one market — it's a constellation of submarkets. We know every corridor.

From the office towers of Buckhead and the GA-400 tech corridor, to the industrial absorption along I-20 and the airport, our intelligence is built in conversations on the ground — corridor by corridor, deal by deal — not pulled from a database. That's why our deals close.

MidtownBuckheadCentral PerimeterAlpharetta · GA-400CumberlandGwinnett · I-85I-20 EastAirport · South MetroUpper WestsideMariettaMidtownBuckheadCentral PerimeterAlpharetta · GA-400CumberlandGwinnett · I-85I-20 EastAirport · South MetroUpper WestsideMariettaMidtownBuckheadCentral PerimeterAlpharetta · GA-400CumberlandGwinnett · I-85I-20 EastAirport · South MetroUpper WestsideMarietta
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Active Submarket

Midtown & Downtown

CoreUrban Core · Transit

The intown engine — Class-A office, high-rise mixed-use, and MARTA-connected density anchoring the entire region.

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Submarkets Tracked

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Counties · Atlanta MSA

Daily

Boots-on-Ground Intelligence

Direct

Lines to Local Decision-Makers

Community & Relationships

Our deals serve the people and places they touch.

Real estate is, ultimately, about people. The best deals we've been part of created value not only for our clients, but for the communities hosting them. That alignment is by design — and at the core of how we work.

Investors & Developers

Off-market opportunities, joint ventures, and trusted execution for groups deploying capital across the Southeast.

Municipal & Economic Dev.

Strategic alignment with city, county, and regional leaders to bring catalytic projects to life.

Local Communities

Long-term thinking that respects the character and ambitions of the places where we build, buy, and broker.

Start the Conversation

Have a project, a property, or a vision in mind?

Every meaningful deal starts with a real conversation. Reach out — directly — and let's talk about what you're trying to accomplish and how we can help you get there.

Ryan Shirley

Founder · Principal Broker

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