A. Ray Weeks, Jr.
Ray Weeks is chairman of Weeks Robinson Properties, a real estate investment and development company focused on the acquisition and development of institutional-quality industrial warehouse properties. While chairman and chief executive officer of Weeks Corporation, a real estate company headquartered in Atlanta, Ray expanded the company’s holdings and took it public in 1994, priming it to become a major industrial and office developer in the Southeast. Between 1980 and 1999, Ray grew the company to over $2 billion in assets with operations in 10 cities. He had been president of the company since 1980.

Weeks Corporation merged with Indianapolis-based Duke Realty in 1999, to become Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation, the largest office/industrial real estate company in the U.S. As vice chairman, president and chief operating officer of Duke-Weeks until 2001, Ray led the company’s growth in markets from Minneapolis to Miami. Since that time, Ray has directed his real estate investment activities through Weeks Properties Group, including his joint venture with Cousins.

Ray’s nearly three decades of entrepreneurial success blend with a personal dedication to advancing progressive public policies on land use, regionalized planning, and environmental protection. He is a board member and former chairman of the BeltLine Partnership, the private sector entity charged with ensuring the success of one of the largest and most innovative urban renewal projects in the U.S.

Ray served as co-chair of the Clean Water Initiative, a joint task force of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Regional Business Coalition; was appointed by former Gov. Zell Miller to chair the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism board. The Regional Business Coalition, an alliance of chambers of commerce that collaborate to resolve regional issues, was Ray’s brainchild. Ray also served for three years as chairman of the Council for Quality Growth. Both organizations have played an important role in addressing the metro area’s growth issues.

Ray’s contributions to developing public policy-based solutions to growth-related challenges have been recognized by the state’s conservation and business communities. The Georgia Conservancy gave him the 2007 “Distinguished Conservationist of the Year” award. The Georgia chapter of National Association of Industrial & Office Properties recognized Ray’s long commitment to the real estate industry and his service as chairman of the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership when it gave him the 2007 Carter/Mathis award for Outstanding Contribution to the Community. In 2000, he received the Harry West Golden Glasses award from the Atlanta Regional Commission for visionary leadership in economic development policy. The Georgia Economic Developers Association gave him the Zell Miller Public Policy award for leadership in economic development policy, and he received the Council for Quality Growth’s Button Gwinnett award for his contributions to improving the quality of life in Gwinnett County.

Ray earned a bachelor’s degree from Furman University, a master of social science in urban studies from Georgia State University, and a juris doctor degree from Mercer University.

Forrest W. Robinson
Forrest Robinson is the CEO of Weeks Robinson Properties, a real estate development and investment company focused on the acquisition and development of institutional-quality industrial warehouse properties.

Forrest and Ray Weeks have worked together for most of their careers, developing billions of dollars worth of major industrial and commercial projects over the last 30-plus years. Forrest worked with Ray as president and COO of Weeks Corp., which they took public through an IPO in 1994. Over his 22 years at Weeks, Forrest was responsible for more than 30 million square feet of development.

As a major industrial and office developer with assets of over $2 billion in 10 cities, Weeks Corp. merged with Indianapolis-based Duke Realty in 1999 to become a $6 billion company, Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation, the largest office/industrial real estate company in the U.S. Forrest ran the Florida market for Duke-Weeks before moving to South Florida’s Codina Group where he served as president of development and as a member of its executive committee. At Codina, he was responsible for activities relating to land and property acquisition, financing, project management, development and asset disposition. He also developed and maintained the institutional relationships of the company with AMB Property Corporation, Prudential Real Estate Investors, J.P. Morgan and TIAA-CREF.

Prior to the launch of Weeks Robinson, Forrest was president of the Industrial division of Cousins Properties, Inc. and was instrumental in the formation of Cousins/Weeks. Cousins Industrial developed over two million square feet of distribution facilities in Atlanta and Dallas, Texas.

He is a past president and advisory council member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Georgia and South Florida Chapters and a member of Urban Land Institute. Forrest is chairman of the board of the Council for Quality Growth. He was co-founder and president of the Gwinnett Philharmonic, was chairman of the Gwinnett Chamber and served on the boards of the Council for Quality Growth, the Northeast Metro Community Foundation, The Coral Gables Community Foundation, the Metro Miami Chamber and The Gwinnett Children’s Shelter.

He has a B.S. degree in business management from Jacksonville State University.

Kit Baker
As senior vice president of Weeks Robinson Properties, Kit is responsible for the company’s asset management program. This includes the analysis of all potential acquisitions and new developments as well as existing properties and investments currently being managed by the company.

Most recently, as chief operating officer of Weeks Properties (which merged with Weeks Robinson), Kit was responsible for sourcing, researching and managing all real estate investments.

During his tenure with Taylor & Mathis, as vice president of Alabama operations, he gained a deep understanding of the commercial and residential real estate market in the Southeast. Kit was responsible for the overall success of Inverness, a 1,650-acre mixed-use development comprised of office, retail single-family residential and multifamily residential.

As vice president of operations and customer service for Cypress Communications, Inc., a telecommunications provider, Kit was responsible for all field operations and customer services to commercial office building tenants in seven markets. Kit also served on the company’s executive committee.

Kit has an MBA degree from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, and a bachelor’s of industrial engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Bob Currie
As senior vice president of Weeks Robinson Properties, Bob will lead the company’s marketing efforts. He has more than 20 years of industrial leasing experience in the Atlanta marketplace, most recently as senior vice president for leasing, Cousins industrial division, where his focus was on the marketing of new development projects and identifying new development opportunities for the division.

Prior to joining Cousins, Bob worked for more than 20 years with Cushman & Wakefield where he was senior director for industrial real estate services.

Bob is a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors and received its Phoenix Award in 1996. He is a member of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and the Henry County Council for Quality Growth.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi in 1983.

Bob Rice
Bob Rice is Senior Vice President and manager of the Weeks Robinson Texas office, located in Dallas. He will be leading the firm.s Texas strategy. Bob has 28 years of real estate experience, focused on industrial properties in the Dallas Fort Worth area.

Prior to joining Weeks Robinson, Bob was Regional Vice President for Seefried Properties. He also served as Vice President of Leasing for Duke Realty Corporation. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved in the development and leasing of over seven million square feet of new industrial property. Previously, he was District Manager with The RREEF Funds, overseeing a 3.5 million square foot industrial portfolio.

Bob earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Indiana University. He holds a Texas real estate broker license and is a member of the North Texas Association of Realtors and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Town North YMCA and North Dallas Chamber Baseball League.

As senior vice president of Weeks Robinson Properties, Bob will lead the company’s marketing efforts. He has more than 20 years of industrial leasing experience in the Atlanta marketplace, most recently as senior vice president for leasing, Cousins industrial division, where his focus was on the marketing of new development projects and identifying new development opportunities for the division.

Martin L. McFarland

Martin L. McFarland is the Senior Vice President of Acquisition and Development at Weeks Robinson Properties, a real estate development and investment company focused on the acquisition and development of institutional-quality industrial warehouse properties. He is responsible for sourcing acquisitions and build-to-suit properties in the Southeast, Texas and Mid-Atlantic markets.

Marty is an executive and attorney with 25 years experience in the execution of real estate, including acquisitions, development, investment and restructuring. He joined Weeks Robinson in 2010.

Prior to joining Weeks Robinson, Marty was Vice President and General Manager of Opus South Corporation in Atlanta. He was a member of Opus Senior Leadership Team, whose successes included repositioning Opus assets and expanding the company’s portfolio in Atlanta, Tennessee and the Carolinas.

From 2004 to 2006, Marty was a Managing Director and Partner with Alvarez & Marsal LLC in the national real estate advisory and transaction practice. From 1997 to 2004, he was Area Managing Director and Principal for the Trammell Crow Company in Charlotte, Phoenix and Reno.

A licensed real estate broker, Marty is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is a past member of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association; Urban Land Institute; and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He has served on the Chairman’s Club of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and on the Real Estate Council of Georgia State University.

Marty received his juris doctor from Georgia State University College of Law. He also holds an MBA from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jennifer Ross

Jennifer has primary responsibility for all accounting, financing, reporting and tax matters for Weeks Robinson. She has over 20 years of accounting and real estate experience including strategic planning, operational management and systems design. Jennifer.s real estate experience includes Senior Director of Finance and CFO at Westwind Capital Partners where she structured and coordinated the acquisition of 15 class A office buildings totaling $2.9 billion. Prior to joining Weeks Robinson, Jennifer was the CFO for Pollack Partners, a real estate investment firm based in Atlanta active in the acquisition and development of multi-family assets.

Previously, she worked as a senior auditor at Ernst & Young and senior accounting manager for Georgia Pacific Corp. Jennifer has a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Georgia and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants and and the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC).