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Brian M. Leary

Vice President of Design and Development
Atlantic Station L.L.C.
171 17th Street, Suite 1650
Atlanta, GA 30363
Phone: (404) 876-2616




Since joining Atlantic Station in 1997, Brian Leary has developed the master plan into a national model for smart growth and new urbanism. Leary successfully negotiated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Atlantic Station and the new 17th Street multi-modal bridge to become the first Project XL and transportation control measure of its kind in the United States.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Steel redevelopment team, Leary worked for Central Atlanta Progress (CAP). With CAP and COPA, Inc., the non-profit development arm for the Centennial Olympic Park area, Leary helped with the continued implementation of the Westside Tax Allocation District (TAD), Centennial Park area special public interest (SPI) overlay zoning district and expansion of the Downtown Improvement District (DID).

Leary is a graduate of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture with an undergraduate degree in architecture and a master's degree in City Planning. While focusing on transportation and land development in graduate school, he worked with Catherine Ross, Ph.D. (now Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority) and her consulting firm. Before graduating, he finished his thesis outlining a redevelopment plan for the Atlantic Steel property that would provide a national model for smart growth and brownfield remediation through the creation of a 24-hour, live-work-play community.

Leary has spoken to groups across the United States outlining not only the consequences of sprawl and its inefficient use of resources, but also growth through sustainable development practices. He has presented to the Congress for New Urbanism, National Partners for Smart Growth, Real Estate Roundtable, Urban Land Institute, and the President's National Town Meeting on Sustainability. In April of 1999, his article, "Steel Away" which outlined the past, present and future of the Atlantic Steel property was published in Urban Land magazine.

Leary is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Congress for New Urbanism, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Home Park Community Improvement Association. He is an alumni advisor to Georgia Tech and sits on the Atlanta Streetcar Advisory Board, the Board of PEDS, the Board of Georgian's for Transportation Alternatives, the Inner City, Environmental and Brownfield Committees of ULI's Atlanta District and the Midtown Alliance Transportation Committee.

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