Donald G. Perry, Jr.
CEO
Don Perry has been active in commercial real estate services throughout metropolitan Atlanta and Georgia since 1972, with over $4 billion in transactional experience representing corporate and institutional clients. As CEO, Don manages Lavista’s overall operations, focusing on growth and driving profitability. A 52-year industry veteran, Don is an experienced deal maker, proficient in sophisticated negotiation, strategic decision making, and authentic relationship building.
Don’s breadth of work includes:
- project management and leasing experience for financial institutions and institutional investors
- extensive lease negotiation experience for corporate office and industrial tenants
- problem property workout for lenders
- corporate facility site location and sales for local, regional, national and international firms
- industrial and office park fee development
- retail, industrial and office building projects for institutional investors
Don has over 2,000 acres of industrial, office and residential land development experience plus 50 years of land disposition experience. He’s also conducted over 200 office, industrial and retail investment property sales transactions throughout Georgia.
Don participates in the Chief Executives Organization and World Presidents Organization. He is a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors and State and National Association of Realtors. He actively works with the Local Chambers of Commerce, serves as a Boy Scouts – Atlanta Area Council Board Member, and sits on the Callaway Gardens Foundation Board of Trustees.
Don earned his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and his Master of Business Administration in Finance at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
