JAMES L. RHODEN, III
As Co-founder and Managing Partner of The Macallan Group, Jay Rhoden leads the Macallan portfolio of companies from an operational, financial, business development, and overall strategic growth standpoint. The Macallan Group owns, operates, and manages independent portfolio companies that focus on different sectors of the real estate, development, and construction industries. The sectors covered by the Macallan portfolio companies include multi-family and senior living development, commercial construction, real estate brokerage, home building and residential development, material distribution, and specialty contracting. The firm was founded in 2002 and has refined a unique business model that provides shared corporate services to each of its portfolio companies. This innovative model creates operational efficiencies among the Macallan companies, reduces overhead costs, and generates increased revenue through synergistic business lines.
Jay has provided leadership in the start-up, acquisition, and disposition of dozens of operating companies, joint ventures, and investment entities over the last two decades. Jay also serves as the Managing Broker of Macallan Real Estate, LLC (licensed in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina).
Previously, Jay was the Chief Development Officer of a master-planned community residential development company in metropolitan Atlanta where he oversaw the acquisition and development of over 10,000 lots across multiple communities. Jay began his career in the development group of Carter, a leading Atlanta based developer of high-rise office and mixed use projects across the Southeastern United States. He served at Carter as a Senior Project Manager overseeing projects valued in excess of $250 million.
An Atlanta native, Jay holds Juris Doctor, Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Florida, and has focused his career on commercial and residential real estate construction, investment and development. Jay also is heavily involved in civic and community affairs and currently serves as a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Council for Quality Growth, the Florida Bar, and is a past Board Member and past Chairman of the Board of Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. He also is past president of The Commerce Club’s New Century Forum, a regular participant in the Atlanta Regional Commission‘s annual LINK program, and is a graduate of Leadership Cobb, Regional Leadership Institute, and the ULI Center for Leadership. In addition, Jay served for over two decades as a reserve law enforcement officer and is an active volunteer leader with his church, with Right from the Heart Ministries, and with the Boy Scouts of America.
