Hill Foley Rossi & Associates

What Hill Foley Rossi & Associates does

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates (HFR, DBA HFR) is a private, partner-owned architecture and engineering limited liability company headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, founded in the 1980s/1999 by Jeffrey T. Hill and Michael A. Rossi. The firm delivers multi-disciplinary design services spanning architecture, structural engineering, and civil engineering for commercial building projects across seven vertical sectors: retail, restaurant, healthcare, government, financial, office, and worship/community. HFR provides full-scope services from concept and schematic design through construction documentation and administration, typically engaged via project-based professional fee arrangements (percentage-of-construction-cost or fixed-fee billing) on multi-year engagements.

The firm's client base skews to enterprise and institutional customers, with documented engagements including 100+ convenience-store designs for RaceTrac Petroleum across standardized 4,000-6,000 SF prototypes, 60+ financial institution projects anchored by Gwinnett Community Bank, government commissions such as the Oconee County 44,000 SF administrative building and the City of Lilburn master plan, healthcare facilities including the Advanced Urology ambulatory surgery center and Atlanta Dermatology, and multi-airport restaurant rollouts for HMS Host brands (Starbucks, Shake Shack, Popeyes, Chili's). Operating geographies concentrate in the Southeast US (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee) with select projects in Illinois and Colorado, supported by multi-state architectural licensure.

HFR is led by six principals/partners with 25-40+ years of industry experience, supplemented by senior associates holding NCARB, AIA, P.E., and LEED AP credentials. Technical differentiation rests on cross-sector domain expertise, in-house multi-disciplinary engineering, and standardized prototype IP that enables cost-efficient repeat engagements with national retail and restaurant clients. Active projects through 2025-2026 (Faith Community Church sanctuary, Beaver Mazda dealership, Woodstock HVC Medical Office Building) confirm ongoing operating momentum. The firm relies primarily on a portfolio-based website and LinkedIn for marketing, with direct sales relationships and government procurement as the principal distribution channels. No public financials, funding events, or AI/ML capability signals are disclosed.

Name

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates

Legal name

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates

Website

https://hillfoleyrossi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates is a private Duluth, Georgia-based architecture and engineering firm delivering multi-disciplinary design services across retail, restaurant, healthcare, government, financial, office, and worship/community sectors, with a notable repeat-client concentration in convenience-store rollouts and financial-institution facilities across the Southeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural & Engineering Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Structural engineering
• Civil engineering
• Interior design
• Master planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Duluth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Engineering Services: Professional fees for architectural design, engineering services (civil and structural), and project management for commercial construction projects. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for design services, typically billed as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates is an architecture and engineering firm delivering integrated design services including architectural design, structural engineering, civil/site engineering, interior design, and master planning. The firm serves commercial, institutional, and public-sector clients across the Southeastern United States with single-source, multi-discipline project delivery.

Product overview

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates is an architectural and engineering firm providing design services across eight building categories: retail, restaurant, healthcare, government, financial, office, worship & community, and concept projects. The firm's core offering is comprehensive architectural design spanning from concept through construction administration. Specialized services include the RaceTrac Prototype Design Program (covering 4,000-6,000 SF store formats), healthcare facility design including ambulatory surgery centers and multi-tenant medical buildings, and custom design for financial institutions, government facilities, restaurants, retail centers, office buildings, and worship spaces. Projects range from small dental clinics and juice bars to 44,000 SF administrative buildings and multi-tenant medical facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full architectural design services including programming, schematic design, design development, and construction documentation for commercial, institutional, and public-sector buildings.
• Structural Engineering Services
• Civil / Site Engineering Services
• Interior Design Services
• Master Planning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ RaceTrac stores designed since 2011 with standardized prototype development
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: Integrated A&E firm with strong healthcare, workplace, and commercial sector practices — broader incumbent operating at significantly larger scale but with comparable multi-disciplinary service model.
• DLR Group: Integrated architecture and engineering firm serving commercial, healthcare, government, and retail clients nationwide — broader incumbent with full A&E delivery model similar to HFR's.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture firm with major commercial, retail, hospitality, and healthcare practices — broad incumbent operating at vastly larger scale across HFR's core verticals.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with strong healthcare, commercial, and government practices — much larger incumbent with comparable multi-sector A&E service model but national/international reach.
• HKS Architects: Large Dallas-headquartered architecture firm with significant healthcare, commercial, sports, and government practice areas — broader incumbent operating at larger scale across HFR's core verticals.

Direct peers

• Cooper Carry: Atlanta-based commercial architecture firm of similar size and Southeast US footprint, serving mixed-use, retail, hospitality, office, and healthcare clients — directly comparable to HFR's multi-sector commercial practice.
• Heery International: Atlanta-based architecture and engineering firm serving government, healthcare, education, and commercial clients — direct regional peer with comparable multi-disciplinary A&E service model and similar Georgia roots.
• tvsdesign: Atlanta-headquartered architecture firm with comparable Southeast presence and commercial sector breadth across sports, hospitality, retail, and workplace projects — similar mid-size regional A&E practice to HFR.
• Lord Aeck Sargent: Southeast US (Atlanta-area) architecture firm providing integrated design services across higher education, healthcare, housing, and cultural/commercial sectors — comparable mid-size A&E practice with similar sector breadth.
• CDH Partners: Architecture and engineering firm based in the Southeast US with multi-disciplinary design services spanning commercial, healthcare, education, and government sectors — closely comparable scope and regional focus to HFR.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hill-foley-rossi-&-associates-llc
• Facebookfacebook.com/Hill-Foley-Rossi-Associates-363513960442881

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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