After graduating from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business with a BBA in Marketing in 1996, Tommy initially worked in the field for Winter Construction Company laying out buildings in the Field Engineering department. Tommy started his career in commercial real estate in 1998, specializing in representing companies in their search and negotiations of leases, land acquisition, build-to-suits and sales. After 8 years with Carter & Associates, Tommy formed Hughes Commercial Real Estate in 2009 specializing in Brokerage on behalf of his tenant clients and Investment/Developments of his own account. With nearly Twenty-Five years of experience Tommy represents his brokerage clients on both a local and national level and has completed transactions totaling over one billion dollars brokerage volume. The Investment/Development business currently controls nearly 500,000 SF in various submarkets of Atlanta with another 200 acres of land under control for future Industrial Development.