Richard Bowers

About Richard Bowers

Education
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Bachelor of Science – Engineering

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Master of Business Administration – Real Estate

Real Estate Experience

• Leasing Manager, Peachtree Corners Development
• Leasing Agent, Office Development – Cousins Properties, Inc.
• Vice President, Office Properties Division – Arthur Rubloff & Co. of Georgia
• President – Richard Bowers & Co., Established January 1, 1980
• Licensed Real Estate Broker
• Winner of the Top Producer Award for Arthur Rubloff & Co. in 1978 and 1979
• Member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
• Lifetime Member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollar Club
• In 1986, received Phoenix Award; 2001, received Silver Phoenix Award
• In 1993, elected President of The Commercial Network (TCN), a worldwide network of strong, locally owned, independent brokerage firms in major metropolitan centers comprised of 62 offices and 1,200 professionals
• In 1994, Richard was re-elected to his second term as President of TCN
• In 2000, received the Lifetime Excalibur Award from the American Cancer Society and an American Cancer Society Patient Navigation Resource Sponsor from Northside Hospital
• In 2001, endowed the Georgia State University Richard Bowers Real Estate Professorship
• In 2002, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from GSU
• Received the 2002 Atlanta Business Chronicle land deal of the year award for the 6.73 acre urban land sale to GSU for University Commons; a 2,000 unit, 2,000 car student housing development containing 1.2 million square feet
• In 2008, received the Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business Alumni Award for service
• Personally completed over 2,000 requirements throughout Metro Atlanta, in excess of 20 million square feet of space either leased or sold. Richard Bowers & Co. has also served more than 12,000 real estate requirements in excess of 90 million square feet since our inception

General Information

• Corporate sponsor for the Atlanta Senior Invitational National Senior Tournament since inception in 1990
• Tennis Sponsor and Enthusiast: Ranked nationally 7th 50 – Doubles; 18th 55 – Singles
• Major West Point contributor, General Ulysses S. Grant Level
• Member of the United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society of Metropolitan Atlanta since 1996 and member of the United Way Ivan Allen Society
• Serves on Board of Directors for the Georgia Tennis Foundation, Inc., and is Chairman Emeritus of TCN Worldwide. He previously served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia State
• University Foundation & Board of Directors, and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors
• Richard has served on the Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business Board of Advisors
• Major contributor to Habitat for Humanity
• Awarded the 2012 West Point Society of Atlanta’s Distinguished Graduate Award
• In 2015, inducted into the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame
• In 2021 received the Bruce B. Wilson Diamond Phoenix Million Dollar Club Award from the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors for 45 years as a Million Dollar Club producer
• Received Certificate of Commendation from Governor Kemp for business accomplishments and charitable contributions
• Featured in the February 2016 edition of Atlanta Magazine’s article “Faces of Atlanta”. Click to view article.