The Gipson Company

What The Gipson Company does

The Gipson Company is a privately held, family-owned commercial real estate development firm founded in 1973 by John H. Gipson, Sr. and headquartered at 4392 Peachtree Road NE in Brookhaven, Georgia. The company develops three core property types — commercial/retail (anchored shopping centers, power centers, and build-to-suit retail), medical office buildings (hospital- and pharmacy-anchored facilities), and master-planned mixed-use developments — serving enterprise customers including national retailers (Walmart, Kroger, Kmart, Ingles, Walgreens), healthcare systems (Piedmont Hospital, Northside Hospital, Shephard Spinal Center), media companies (Gray TV, NBCUniversal), hospitality (Marriott), and municipalities across the Southeastern United States (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Indiana, South Florida).

The business operates as a direct, relationship-driven developer: projects are sourced through long-standing enterprise field sales and pursued via site acquisition, entitlement, construction management, leasing, and property management, with revenue generated through development fees, property development, and long-term leasing arrangements rather than standardized pricing. There is no proprietary technology platform — core technology is explicitly characterized as "Not applicable" — and the firm competes on track record, anchor-tenant relationships, and multi-decade municipal partnerships rather than software or data assets. Notable current projects include the 135-acre Assembly Atlanta brownfield redevelopment with Gray TV/NBCU (Phase I: 1,000,000 sq. ft. completed October 2023) and the 200-acre master-planned Mt. Juliet, TN development initiated in 2007.

Ownership and leadership remain entirely within the founding family across three generations — John H. Gipson, Sr. (founder), John H. Gipson, Jr. ("Jay," development and construction management, 30+ years tenure), and Peyton Grant Gipson (leasing, management, and acquisitions, joined 2022) — supported by a small team of fewer than 10 employees. The firm has accumulated over 10 million square feet of acquisition, development, leasing, management, and sale activity since inception, with no disclosed private equity, institutional, or external ownership.

Name

The Gipson Company

Legal name

The Gipson Company

Website

https://gipsonco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Gipson Company is a family-owned commercial real estate developer founded in 1973 and headquartered in Brookhaven, GA. It develops commercial, medical, and mixed-use properties for enterprise tenants and municipalities across the Southeastern United States.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Brookhaven

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Development: The company generates revenue through development fees, property development, and long-term leasing of commercial, medical, and mixed-use properties. Revenue is earned from developing properties for anchor tenants and selling or leasing the completed developments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Gipson Company is a commercial real estate development firm that develops commercial, medical, and mixed-use properties for enterprise clients across the Southeastern United States. Its work spans retail shopping centers anchored by national chains (Walmart, Kroger, Ingles, Kmart, Walgreens), medical office buildings anchored by hospital systems (Piedmont, Northside, Shephard Spinal Center), and master-planned mixed-use developments including the 135-acre Assembly Atlanta redevelopment with Gray TV and NBCUniversal. The firm handles end-to-end development: site acquisition, entitlement, construction management, leasing, and property management or sale.

Product overview

The Gipson Company is a commercial real estate development firm offering three core service lines: Commercial Property Development (retail shopping centers and anchored centers), Medical Office Building Development (medical facilities for healthcare systems), and Mixed-Use Development (master-planned communities and large-scale redevelopment projects). The company operates across the Southeastern United States, with notable projects including Assembly Atlanta (a major film production and mixed-use complex), medical buildings in the Atlanta metro area, and traditional retail developments for national chains. The product portfolio centers on property development services rather than technology products.

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Products and services

• Commercial Property Development Development of commercial retail properties including shopping centers, power centers, neighborhood centers, community centers, and freestanding build-to-suit centers for major retailers such as Walmart, Kmart, Kroger, Ingles, and Walgreens across the Southeastern United States.
• Medical Office Building Development

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gray TVcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021Strategic partnership with Gray TV for the Assembly Atlanta mixed-use development on the former GM manufacturing plant site in Doraville, GA. Phase I includes 1,000,000 sq. ft. of production space for Gray TV and NBCU. Gray TV and The Gipson Company will co-develop the mixed-use live, work, play components including retail, office, hotel, residential, and e-gaming/conference center.
• NBCUniversal (NBCU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNBCU is a production partner at Assembly Atlanta utilizing the studio, mill, office and warehouse space for the production of major motion pictures, live TV, and streaming shows alongside Gray TV.
• Hal W. Lamb / United CornersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal partnership from 1973-1985 with Hal W. Lamb (United Corners) for numerous real estate developments. Together they developed their first retail shopping center called Park Aire Triangle anchored by Big Apple and Rite Aid.
• Joe NamathminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoe Namath was a partner in a Kmart anchored shopping center development in Tuscaloosa, AL during the 1980s.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/assemblyatlanta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-gipson-company

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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