Our Professionals

Team Overview

Spring Street principals bring experience across real estate, consulting, finance, capital markets, and investment management disciplines. Our goal is to serve as your extended team.

Brian Garrison, Principal

Brian has diversified, multi-capacity experience across a wide array of property types, including retail, residential, office and medical real estate. Show more...
Brian has transacted and acted as an advisor on land acquisitions for developers, investment property acquisitions, surplus property dispositions, and property valuations. He also has a solid background in leasing, lease restructuring and lease terminations.

Brian and his team have repositioned over $50M in real estate nationwide and performed over $100M worth of real estate property valuations.

Brian has held positions with Surplus Solutions, a nationwide excess restaurant and retail real estate dispositions firm and Lincoln Harris Corporate Services Group. Brian received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia Southern University and is a licensed real estate broker, a member of the National Association of Realtors and a CCIM candidate. Show less...

Extended Management Team

Mark L. Feinberg, Board Member & Advisor

Mark has significant experience identifying and creating a wide range of real estate and special vehicle investment opportunities as well as raising capital and structuring and participating in joint venture projects. Show more...
He has worked on real estate and development projects in excess of $2 billion across a wide array of property types.

Mark has held senior level positions with the IBM Corporation, Ernst & Young and also has been involved with a number of private and public companies on both the operational and investment sides.

Mark received both a BBA and an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Show less...

Karen Stone, CCIM, Vice President of Transaction Management

With over 25 years of hands-on experience in commercial real estate, Karen is expert at performing solution-oriented due diligence and successfully managing transactions from contract to closing and funding. Show more...
She has a passion for uncovering details that lead to an informed and realistic understanding of the value of an asset, and for negotiating win-win deals. During her career Karen has been responsible for acquisition, development, disposition, refinancing and leasing transactions valued at over $1 billion.

In 2000, Karen formed Stone Consulting Group, which offers due diligence, transaction management, marketing and writing services to the commercial real estate industry. Before forming her own company, Karen was vice president of marketing for Morgan Stanley Real Estate (formerly Lend Lease Real Estate Investments) where she managed the RFP department and was a due diligence coordinator for the transactions department.

Prior to Morgan Stanley/Lend Lease, Karen was vice president of transactions for BVT Institutional Investments, a German-owned real estate investment company, where she headed a team that closed over 50 transactions valued at over $500 million. Before BVT, Karen was with Branch and Associates (now Branch Properties, LLP) for 17 years, during which she was involved in acquisitions, leasing, and special projects. Prior to Branch, she was a paralegal with King & Spalding.

Karen holds a BA in communications from Florida State and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Georgia. She is a CCIM, a member of the National Association of Realtors, a member of ULI Atlanta and a licensed broker in Georgia. She has also had numerous articles published in commercial real estate magazines. Show less...

Capital Markets Consulting

Spring Street has formed a strategic alliance with multiple debt, equity and structured finance companies in order to service our clients with customized finance solutions.

Our Associates

Our associates work directly with Spring Street's principals to create long lasting investments for our clients. They are driven to deliver investments that will provide investment returns that meet your goals. Our associates love to "dig around" and find unique opportunities that have often not yet been brought to the marketplace.

For a description of the qualities we are looking for in our associates, please see our Career Opportunities page.

Affiliate Network

Spring Street REI has partnered with leaders and experts in a variety of real estate and investment specialties. We analyze the specific needs of our clients, and assemble the best combination of resources to service those needs in the most effective and timely manner.

Our affiliated network brings over a century of combined real estate and investment experience to your projects and transactions. From former executives with Lehman Brothers to other top leaders in legal, accounting, architectural, engineering, construction and property management firms in the Southeast. Spring Street assembles a top-notch team to offer you a comprehensive broad-based view and access to detailed knowledge of transactions, applicable real estate fundamentals and underwriting.

The firms with which we are affiliated are well known and respected in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast We have formed a network based on shared values and work ethic. As partners in an affiliated network, we are committed to, and rely on, each other to provide enhanced options for our clients with the goal of delivering superior returns.

Our Professional Affiliations

Spring Street is active in local, regional and national associations including the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the Atlanta Chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Spring Street principals are also members of local Atlanta commercial and realtor boards as well as active members of local and national groups focused on workouts and restructuring.