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Atlanta Business Chronicle’s June 6 edition features lists of Atlanta’s Top 25 Architectural Firms, Atlanta’s Top 25 Commercial Interior Design Firms and Top Owners of Atlanta Real Estate.

Perkins+Will Inc. ranks No. 1 on the Architectural Firms list– ranked by 2013 Atlanta gross architectural revenue – with more than $50 million in Atlanta gross architectural revenue. With a staff of over 200, the multidisciplinary practices represents clients including Cox Communications Inc., Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cooper Carry Inc., Niles Bolton Associates Inc., tvdesign and Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc. complete the top 5 spots for the second year in a row.

New to the list this year is Urban Design Group (No. 24) with $6.6 million in 2013 Atlanta architectural revenue. Established in Atlanta in 1989, the hospitality and mixed-use firm has designed projects in 38 states and 13 countries.

The Top Commercial Interior Design Firms list– ranked by 2013 Atlanta design fees – is also headed by Perkins+Will. Gensler and ASD round out the top 3 spots. The firms reported more than $46 million in Atlanta design fee revenue and employ 117 designers in the metro Atlanta area.

VeenendallCave Inc. (No. 4) has the most designers of the list-makers with 75. The firm’s projects and clients include Emory, Comcast and CBRE.

Also in the June 6 print edition is the listing of Top Owners of Atlanta Real Estate. The list is grouped into four different categories: Office, Industrial, Retail and Apartments.

CBRE Global Investors tops the office category with more than 5.8 million square feet of office space owned in Atlanta. Prologis Inc. ranks No. 1 in the industrial category, with 15.5 million square feet owned in Atlanta.

For the retail category, mall owner Simon Property Group tops the list with more than 8.6 million square feet owned. TriBridge Residential is No. 1 in the apartment category, with 16,000 units owned in Atlanta.

Courtney O’Neal – Research Associate- Atlanta Business Chronicle

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