Our Stewardship
Scott L. Leventhal
Founder and CEO
Scott L. Leventhal has nearly thirty years of experience in real estate investment, development, and management. A fourth-generation developer, Mr. Leventhal has built a career focused on the creation, repositioning, and long-term stewardship of mixed-use, multifamily, and master-planned communities across the Southeastern United States, with particular emphasis on complex urban and master-planned environments.
Mr. Leventhal’s professional background spans the full lifecycle of real estate investing, enabling a deeply integrated perspective on capital allocation, design, construction, and operations. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in the acquisition, development, and asset management of more than 2,000 residential units, hotel properties, and master-planned resort communities, representing aggregate portfolio value in excess of $1 billion. Of these, he directly developed, operated, and managed assets with a combined retail value exceeding $500 million.
In 2006, at the age of 28, Mr. Leventhal was recognized as one of Atlanta’s Most Promising Young Stars by the editors of the Atlanta Business Chronicle as part of its annual Up and Comers – 40 Under 40 feature.
Mr. Leventhal began his career at age 21 acquiring, developing, and selling single-family residential subdivisions in the Atlanta metropolitan area. He later founded Tivoli Properties, Inc. alongside longtime mentor John A. Williams, founder of Post Properties, Inc. and Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.. Mr. Leventhal subsequently formed The Trillist Companies, a development-focused enterprise known for delivering high-design, luxury multifamily and for-sale residential projects in collaboration with YOO Design Studio, founded by internationally renowned designer Philippe Starck.
Throughout his career, Mr. Leventhal has been directly involved in all aspects of real estate execution, including acquisitions, financing, design, construction, asset management, and disposition. His experience spans a broad range of product types, including single-family subdivisions, master-planned communities, wood-frame and concrete high-rise multifamily developments, and hospitality assets. He has led organizations of up to thirty-five professionals while maintaining a hands-on role across development and operating functions.
Mr. Leventhal is a frequent speaker on matters related to real estate investment and development. In 2012, he appeared as a special select witness before a United States Congressional Committee to provide testimony on the effects of bank failures in the real estate development industry and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s structured finance programs involving public-private partnerships.
He has also served as a member of Georgia State University’s Honorary Real Estate Board and has lectured extensively in the university’s graduate-level real estate development and finance programs.