ATLANTA (July 29, 2024) – JTEC Energy Inc. (JTEC), a producer of renewable energy, has expanded its headquarters at Lee + White in Atlanta’s West End, adding 9,800 square feet to its existing 18,775 square feet of space in Building 1050. The expansion adds lab space and allows for the addition of new employees, significantly increasing production of the revolutionary JTEC cleantech energy device.

Cushman & Wakefield’s Porter Henritze and Melanie Garlock completed the lease expansion for JTEC on behalf of owners Ackerman & Co. and MDH Partners. Cori Nuttall and Willie Candler of Lee & Associates represented JTEC.

Quote from JTEC

JTEC, launched in 2020 by founder Lonnie Johnson, specializes in the production of the JTEC cleantech energy device that creates thermo-electrochemical energy by transforming heat directly into electricity. The start-up opened its headquarters at Lee + White in mid-2023. Fueled by the energy crisis and abundant need for renewable resources, the sustainable energy firm is expanding only one year after its initial opening.

“Lee + White serves as an incubator for entrepreneurs to grow in a creative and highly engaging mixed-use environment,” said Jeff Small, CEO of MDH Partners. “Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of what we do at MDH, and we’re proud to see JTEC, and the many other businesses at Lee + White, thrive.”

Quote from Ackerman

"Lee + White is a hub for technology and innovation, also being home to nanotechnology company Carbice; Triumph Motorcycles, a U.K.-based motorcycle manufacturer; a neighborhood health center for Grady Health System; and KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools, a non-profit network of free, public charter schools. A wide variety of breweries, restaurants and retailers also call Lee + White home."

Quote from Cushman

Acquired by MDH Partners and Ackerman & Co. in September 2019, the 442,562-square-foot adaptive reuse Lee + White development, a transformation of the West End’s Warehouse Row, is a popular destination for breweries, restaurants and retailers. In the current phase of the redevelopment, the investment partners have added a 19-vendor food hall, more than 200,000 square feet of creative offices, new retail and the “Great Lawn” central gathering and event space.

Providing BeltLine access via four direct entrances, Lee + White is located just 0.4 miles from the West End MARTA station and is convenient to all of metro Atlanta’s major interstates, I-20, I-75, I-85 and I-285.  A planned MARTA station at Murphy Crossing, recently announced by the City of Atlanta, will be a short walk from Lee + White via the Atlanta Westside BeltLine.

*Courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield