Ken Kraft is the founder of the Parker Hudson Real Estate practice group. Over the course of his 40+ year career he has worked on billions of dollars’ worth of real estate transactions and over 25,000,000 square feet of leases, in deals at all levels of complexity. His experience, judgment and reputation ensure that his clients are in the optimum position to achieve their objectives.

A former senior executive for Atlanta developer Taylor & Mathis and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Ken truly understands and is oriented to the business of commercial real estate. He represents owners, lenders, and developers in the purchase, sale, financing, and development of office, industrial, residential, and hotel real estate. In addition, Ken regularly represents clients in large national headquarters leases and leasing of retail locations throughout the United States.

Ken is steadfastly committed to seeing his clients’ deals through to a successful conclusion. The breadth of his experience over the commercial real estate landscape enables Ken innately to understand not only the needs of his clients, but also those of his clients’ counterparties, and thereby devise solutions that work without compromising client goals. One client described Ken’s leadership and creativity succinctly: "He cuts through the clutter" – Chambers USA  2017.

  • Represented the developer of a mixed use project in West Midtown Atlanta. The project includes Class A office and retail components.
  • Represented the developer in the development and leasing of Pinnacle at Symphony Place, a signature 520,000 s.f. office tower in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Allen Plaza, "2004 Office Deal of the Year" by the  Atlanta Business Chronicle
    Represented the developer in the development of the Allen Place office-hotel mixed use project, including the southern U.S. headquarters for Ernst + Young and the W Hotel and Residences.
  • Central Perimeter Portfolio Acquisition, finalist in "2007 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards"
    Represented the purchaser of a 19-property, 3 million square feet, portfolio in Atlanta's Perimeter Center market and as a seller in the subsequent disposition of the portfolio.
  • Cingular Wireless Headquarters, "2001 Office Deal of the Year" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle
    Represented the developer in the anchor lease, the property acquisition, the financing, and the sale of the 376,000 square foot project a build-to-suit project.
  • EarthLink, Inc. Headquarters, "2000 Office Deal of the Year" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle
    Represented the developer in the anchor lease of renovation-to-suit project.
  • Mall at Stonecrest, "2000 Retail Deal of the Year" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle
    Represented Cadillac-Fairview USA, Inc. in connection with its investment in The Mall at Stonecrest, a 1,000-acre development project in DeKalb County, Georgia, anchored by five major department stores.
  • Atlantic Station, "2011 Best in Atlanta Real Estate for Retail" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle
    Represented a joint venture between a major institutional investor and a major retail developer/owner in the acquisition, repositioning and ultimate sale of "Atlantic Town Center," the 585,000 sf retail center and anchor of the Atlantic Station® Project, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Counsel to institutional owner in acquisition, existing mortgage loan assumption and subsequent sale of 11-building office and industrial project in Miami, Florida, structured as sale of equity ownership interests.
  • Represented a major institutional seller of a 542,000 sf office building located in the Atlantic Station® Project, Atlanta, Georgia.
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  • Panel Moderator, “State of Office – Investment and Development Updates for 2018,” presented by Biznow in Atlanta on October 3, 2018
  • Panel moderator, “Construction and Development – Hottest Development and Market Trends 2017,” presented by Biznow, in Atlanta on January 18, 2017.
  • Panel moderator, “State of Office – Investment and Development Updates for 2017,” presented by Biznow, in Atlanta on April 20, 2017.Presenter, "Critical Topics in Leasing in 2016" at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Landlord and Tenant Law, January 22, 2016.
  • Panel moderator, “State of the Office 2016,” presented by Bisnow, at Intercontinental Hotel in Atlanta.  
  • Panel moderator, “Atlanta Office Boom: The Future of the Workplace,” presented by Bisnow, at Twelve Hotels in Atlanta.  
  • Panel moderator, "The Future of Central Perimeter," presented by Bisnow, at the Hyatt Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina.  
  • Speaker, Annual Georgia Bar Landlord and Tenant Law Seminar, March 2014.
  • Speaker, Annual Georgia Bar Landlord and Tenant Law Seminar, February 2013.

  • Real Estate
  • Business Capitalizations
  • Corporate & Business Transactions
  • Real Estate Transactions

  • Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Pritzker School of Law (M.M./J.D., 1977)
  • Stanford University (A.B., 1972)

  • Listed as a Band 1 attorney in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Real Estate Law in Georgia (2018, 2019)
  • Lenovo U.S. Headquarters Lease, "National Deal of the Week," Wall Street Journal, February, 2015
  • Three (3) leases for three (3) different landlords with major insurance company, NAIOP Atlanta’s “2013 Office Deal of the Year”
  • Atlantic Station, "2011 Best in Atlanta Real Estate for Retail"
  • The Streets of Buckhead, "2007 Best Overall Deal of the Year"
  • Central Perimeter Portfolio Acquisition, finalist in "2007 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards"
  • Allen Plaza, "2004 Office Deal of the Year"
  • Cingular Wireless Headquarters, "2001 Office Deal of the Year"
  • One Federal Place (Birmingham, AL), "2000 Commercial Real Estate Deal of the Year"
  • EarthLink, Inc. Headquarters, "2000 Office Deal of the Year"
  • Mall at Stonecrest, "2000 Retail Deal of the Year"
  • Riverwood 100 Building, "Honorable Mention" for "2000 Office Deal of the Year"

  • Chairs the Firm's Partnership Committee
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • State Bar of Georgia (Chairperson, Real Property Section, 1991-1992)
  • Atlanta Bar Association, Member
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (Secretary, Georgia Chapter, 1995)
  • International Council of Shopping Centers, Member

  • Georgia