Rockefeller Group announced that veteran real estate executive Mitzi Jones has joined the company as senior managing director, Southeast region, overseeing the company’s development business throughout the Southeast United States. She is based in the company’s Atlanta regional headquarters. She 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 Rockefeller Group’s development portfolio and pipeline spanning multifamily, industrial and office projects in several Southeast states including the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. The portfolio includes more than 1,200 multifamily units in three states, approximately 1.2 million square feet of industrial property in Georgia and South Carolina, as well as approximately 200,000 square feet of new office space in Atlanta.
“Our Southeast Region has grown tremendously in recent years and has introduced exceptional development opportunities in virtually all property types,” said Brandi Hanback, executive vice president and head of development nationally for Rockefeller Group. “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.”
Jones’ nearly 30 years of experience includes leading large-scale, high-density residential and mixed-use developments. Her experience and responsibilities span 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.
Prior, she 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. She contributed 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.
