Making Moves

For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.

COMPASS Greater Atlanta adds real estate veterans to team 

The new recruits, Nadine Lutz and Ben Harris, have a combined 38 years of real estate experience. 

Blue River hires land acquisition manager, real estate analyst 

Dalton Duriez will serve as the new land acquisition manager, and Aditya Patibandla will serve as the new real estate analyst. 

Nuway Realty affiliates with CENTURY 21 

The Newnan brokerage serves Coweta, Fayette, Douglas, Henry, Meriwether and Troup counties. 

Wood Partners opens Cumming community, promotes two to SVP 

The company’s newest development, Alta Northerly, brings 310 units to the Atlanta suburb. Meanwhile, vice presidents Kelly Keech and Lynne Churillo are taking on the role of senior vice president of operations.

RangeWater hires CFO 

The new executive previously served in the same capacity at RPM Living. 

Blue River hires software sales pro as land-acquisition manager 

The new manager, Robert Beckwith, is a childhood friend of the developer’s managing principals, Brad Cooper and Michael Cooper. 

Jimmy Jones joins Realty ONE Group Terminus 

The TV personality and marketing expert has been in real estate since 2013. 

Landscape architect Kevin Cardinal joins Parkland Communities as director of entitlements 

In his new role, Cardinal will lead Parkland’s community planning processes, which include managing due diligence for acquisitions, site planning, permitting and final plat coordination. 

Dorsey Alston vet Alden Potts moves to HOME Luxury 

Potts joins two other Dorsey Alston alumni, Britton Mcleod and Anne Jefferson Connell, at HOME. 

Fischer Homes names market purchasing manager for Atlanta division 

The incoming manager, Jeff Shaw, is an industry veteran with decades of experience in purchasing, estimating and onsite project management. 

Trilogy Investment hires Gina Davis as SVP of asset management 

The real estate veteran will lead the asset management, branding and design of Atlanta-based Trilogy’s national build-to-rent portfolio. 

Realty ONE Group Terminus adds three sales managers 

The new team members hail from HomeSmart/PalmerHouse Properties, Harry Norman and Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty. 

RangeWater Real Estate promotes executive managing director of construction 

The new director, Alp Kirmizioglu, will manage the firm’s in-house construction firm, RangeWater Construction.  

Mark Willis returns to his former role as CEO at Keller Williams

Mark Willis, who served as CEO of Keller Williams from 2005 to 2014, has stepped back into the role effective immediately.

RE/MAX Holdings names new CEO, Erik Carlson, after 2-year search

RE/MAX Holdings has named a new CEO after nearly two years of searching: Erik Carlson, former CEO of the DISH Network Corporation. The firm’s last CEO, Adam Contos, stepped down in January 2022.

Davidson Homes COO joins Blue River Communities as president and CEO 

 The new executive, Greg Duriez, has been in the homebuilding industry for 34 years. 

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