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2026 Top Broker Awards
Atlanta & Southeast
- Bert Sanders with Newmark Oversees over $152 Million in Transactions
- CBRE Team Completes Over 1 Million Square Feet of Office Leases
- Colliers’ Kimberly Kendall Handles 88 Transactions at a $63-Million Deal Volume
- Marcus ＆ Millichap’s Josh Jacobs Inks $192.9 Million in Deals
- Newmark Carolinas Multifamily Investment Sales Team Handles 41 Deals In Excess of $2.5 Billion
- Sean Boswell With Colliers Handles 43 Transactions Totaling Over $430 Million
- SRS’s Casey Smallwood Handles over 305,000 Square Feet Across 19 Transactions
- The Providence Group’s Melissa McDonald Spearheads 200,000 Square Feet in Leasing Transactions
- Walker ＆ Dunlop Team Closes $818 Million Across 15 Transactions
- Cushman ＆ Wakefield’s Matt Treble and Fermin Deoca Handle 98 Deals Totaling Over 11 Million Square Feet
The Providence Group’s Melissa McDonald Spearheads 200,000 Square Feet in Leasing Transactions
Leasing Total
200,000-plus square feet
Melissa L McDonald with the Providence Group represents junior box retailers and restaurants including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Home Goods, Homesense, Sierra, Michaels, Ulta, Five Below, Sola Salons, West Marine and Shake Shack along with regional restaurant and retail groups. She handled leases totaling 200,000 square feet in 2025.
Her notable transactions involved securing leases on behalf of Rise Partners to bring Marshalls, Home Goods, Five Below and Ulta to a redeveloped shopping center in Conway, SC. She also brought Marshalls, Home Goods, Michaels, DSW and other tenants to a new Target-anchored center in Mebane, NC. McDonald also secured leases for retailers at Edgewood Square (North Augusta, SC).
These are some of the reasons we selected Melissa McDonald as one of Connect CRE’s Atlanta & Southeast Top Broker Award winners for 2026. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest standards and transaction volumes in investment sales and leasing.