Editor’s Note
I am honored to be a part of a very special project in and for Atlanta, originally dreamed up and inspired by my friend Tony Ressler (chairman of Ares Management and principal owner of the Atlanta Hawks), and advanced in partnership with his brother Richard Ressler and his CIM Group. Later I became a partner in a new CIM-BGV Impact Ventures, focused on national affordable housing investment, but make no mistake about it – the man who ‘brought me in’ and made me a part of Centennial Yards was none other than Tony Ressler. Tony Ressler deserves a great deal of credit for helping to make this massive project real. Centennial Yards is today arguably the largest investment in Atlanta, since the founding of Atlanta itself.
Black Enterprise Announces….
Financial literacy advocate John Hope Bryant and music artists Usher, 2 Chainz, and Killer Mike have joined investment efforts tied to the Centennial Yards redevelopment, a multibillion-dollar project reshaping downtown Atlanta.
Centennial Yards is on a roughly 50-acre stretch of rail yard property historically known as the Gulch. The area has remained largely dormant in the city’s business district for decades. Developer CIM Group leads the project, which is expected to include residential towers, hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, and retail space as the district is built out in phases.
The investment participation from Hope Bryant and the Atlanta-based artists was announced during a ribbon-cutting event for Centennial Yards’ Hotel Phoenix. On its official Instagram page, Centennial Yards gave a shout-out to its homegrown celebrity investors Usher, Killer Mike, John Hope Bryant, and 2 Chainz.
Read the full article at Black Enterprise here.
John Hope Bryant — founder of Bryant Group Ventures, Operation HOPE, Inc, publisher of the Bryant Journal and author of his coming book Capitalism for All: Inclusive Economics and the Future Proofing of America.
