Chris White

Executive Managing Director
Office
Occupier Services
Atlanta, GA
[email protected]

Chris White serves as Market Leader – Office and Industrial Occupier Services for Franklin Street in Atlanta. His responsibilities include spearheading the launch of Franklin Street’s office tenant representation service line in Atlanta and assembling a team of professionals dedicated to advising occupiers across the region.

White serves as a trusted advisor and partner to clients and is a highly regarded and respected office tenant representative in Atlanta. He has extensive experience with real estate transactions, dispositions, workplace strategy, labor analysis, M&A integration, real estate portfolio optimization, project management, and economic incentive negotiations. His team takes a client focused approach to provide tailored solutions to help organizations create workplaces that support their people and business goals.

Prior to joining Franklin Street, White served as Vice Chairman and Market Leader for Savills where he successfully transformed Savills’ Atlanta office into one of the city’s preeminent tenant rep & occupier services practices. He also served as a top office tenant representative for Cushman & Wakefield from 1996-2014. White has successfully worked on some of the most significant and complex projects in Atlanta including clients such as Global Payments, Jones Day, the State of Georgia’s Department of Revenue, Worldpay, HNTB, Verint, Coke One, and Bondurant Mixon Elmore.

Throughout his career White has received recognition and awards for his work including being named by the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors as a Top 10 Atlanta Tenant Representative and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Transaction of the Year. He is the founder of the CFO Forum, a best-in-class quarterly roundtable of thought leadership for CFO’s in association with Emory’s Goizueta Business School.

White has served as Chairman of the Board for Leadership Ministries, an Atlanta- based non-profit that seeks to equip men to be faithful leaders. He also served as a board member of the Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce and currently serves as Advisory Board Chair of Noble Clay; a non-profit organization focused on serving the less fortunate communities of Atlanta. White is a graduate of the College of Charleston earning a bachelor’s in history and business, obtained his M.B.A. from the University of Georgia and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive Education. He and his wife Jennifer have two daughters, Lindsay and Caroline, and live in Midtown Atlanta.

The Franklin Street experience

Ralph Smalley
I’ve worked with prominent investors across the spectrum throughout my career and having the ability to deliver tailored solutions, full-service capabilities across the lifecycle of an investment—including in-house insurance services— is a significant advantage and exactly what clients are looking for in today’s opportunity filled market
Chris White
Executive Managing Director
Franklin Street’s people-first approach and integrated platform create a unique opportunity to deliver more than real estate transactions by providing strategic guidance for the entire lifecycle of an occupier’s needs.
Rafael Romero
Regional Managing Director
The collaborative environment and excitement around where Franklin Street is today—and where we are going—is palpable and unlike anything else in our industry. Talent is the heartbeat of this business and we’re going to recruit growth-minded people with a hunger for—and track record of— excellence to join our us.
Chibuzor Nnaji
Senior Managing Director
Franklin Street is a client-focused firm dedicated to delivering best-in-class results through tailored commercial real estate solutions. By integrating investment sales with insurance, property management, and other strategic services, we provide clients with a comprehensive platform that creates a distinct competitive advantage.
Jason Donald
Managing Director
Franklin Street offers what I’ve sought throughout my career—a high growth trajectory and a culture that is unlike any other in our industry. We’re targeting high-impact, institutional deals, and no other firm gives you more tools, talent and support to get it done.
Justin Sturdivant
Regional Managing Director
Franklin Street’s unique and strategic platform provides its producers with the tools we need to exceed client expectations. This, combined with the ability to connect clients with all our services for the entire lifecycle of their assets, will result in better outcomes.