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- Tony Wilbert has more than 17 years of experience in journalism, public relations and corporate communications. In May, he started Wilbert News Strategies, a PR shop specializing in representing commercial real estate and professional services firms.
He previously served as senior vice president of the Real Estate & Sustainability practice in Edelman’s Atlanta office. He also served as co-chairman of Edelman’s U.S. Real Estate Sub-Practice, which was launched in April 2008.
Tony has acquired extensive knowledge of the country’s commercial real estate industry and has represented companies including Jamestown, Carter, PM Realty Group, The Alter Group and Ambling Cos. He also served as editor of National Real Estate Investor, a top-tier commercial real estate trade publication.
Tony entered the public relations field after a 13-year career in journalism, culminating on the
Business desk of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covered commercial real estate,
Home Depot and Georgia-Pacific. During his time as a journalist, Tony wrote more than 3,200
stories about commercial real estate. He formed deep relationships in the real estate industry and wrote a weekly commercial real estate column for eight years.
In 2000, Tony created a Web site specifically for commercial real estate news, and then one
for Home Depot stories. He also created an e-mail news blast for the commercial real estate
industry that was delivered to 2,500 people several times a week. He currently writes Skyline Views, a blog dedicated to commercial real estate (skylineviews.typepad.com).
While at Home Depot, Tony led the communications efforts around the launch of Eco Options, the
company’s environmentally friendly line of products. He also served as one of four national
spokespeople for the country’s second-largest retailer that ranks 22nd on the Fortune 500.
Tony is a member of Georgia chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), where he serves on its Communications Committee, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) and is on the board of the Brookwood Hills Community Club, a neighborhood association in Atlanta.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) from the University of Delaware and serves as the
Atlanta alumni coordinator for the university. He conducted his graduate studies at the College of
Journalism at the University of Maryland. He and his family live in Atlanta.
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Tony Wilbert's Blog
Intense competition for commercial real estate news benefits Atlantans
By Tony Wilbert, Wilbert News Strategies
ATLANTA (May 29, 2009) - The battle for commercial real estate news in this commercial-real-estate-obsessed city is back on.
Over a 12-year span, from 1996-2007, Atlanta had one of the fiercest competitions to break commercial real estate news in the country as Atlanta Business Chronicle and The Atlanta-Journal Constitution fought for each breaking story. In these years, the AJC… Continue
ATLANTA (May 29, 2009) - The battle for commercial real estate news in this commercial-real-estate-obsessed city is back on.
Over a 12-year span, from 1996-2007, Atlanta had one of the fiercest competitions to break commercial real estate news in the country as Atlanta Business Chronicle and The Atlanta-Journal Constitution fought for each breaking story. In these years, the AJC… Continue
Posted on May 30, 2009 at 1:30pm
Atlanta's Quality of Life Slipping Away
ATLANTA (Jan. 14, 2009) - Atlanta's quality of life, which helped fuel the metro area's residential and commercial real estate markets for the past 12 years, is slipping, and in some areas literally crumbling.
Crime, sewer problems, inefficient government and an aging infrastructure have become major problems again for the economic engine of… Continue
Posted on January 14, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment
Developer Dewberry Stares Down Prostate Cancer
ATLANTA (Jan. 6, 2009) - John Dewberry won't back down. The 45-year-old developer of office buildings, strip centers and hotels is well-known in Atlanta because of his success on the football field and his bold moves to move forward with spec projects when everyone else is standing on the… Continue
Posted on January 6, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
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