Grove Park Foundation

Zion Consulting consults with the Grove Park Foundation to shape and implement a comprehensive real estate strategy that supports community-led revitalization while mitigating displacement. This includes advancing mixed-income housing, economic development, and educational infrastructure in the Grove Park neighborhood. Key initiatives include:

• Development of a 110-unit affordable multifamily housing project
• Advisory support on a $50 million KIPP-managed educational facility
• Strategic guidance on the renovation of a historic neighborhood theater
• Planning and development of a community hub featuring a bank, grocery store, and small business incubator housed in repurposed shipping containers
• Support for the development of scattered-site workforce housing to ensure affordability and neighborhood stability

groveparkfoundation.org

East Lake Foundation

Zion Consulting Group works with the East Lake Foundation (ELF) to shape and implement a comprehensive real estate strategy. Our work focuses on advancing mixed-income housing and driving equitable economic development in the East Lake neighborhood. Key initiatives include:

• Developing plans and identifying partners to transform ELF-owned assets into high-quality, mixed-income housing.
• Planning and guiding the development of a new community center to serve residents.
• Supporting the creation of new office space and parking facilities for the Foundation.

eastlakefoundation.org

First Congregational Church

• Advised a CDC affiliated with a well established church in downtown Atlanta on maximizing the value of the churches right of first refusal on a parking lot adjacent to the property
• Conducted a feasibility study on the highest and best use of the property
• Identified potential development and investment partners
• Recommended several investment options

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

Engaged to negotiate the sale of the church’s property to a major hospital system. Zion successfully increased the original $6 million offer to over $9.5 million through strategic negotiations.