In recent years, city councils and school districts nationwide have renamed buildings and removed monuments dedicated to Confederate leaders who fought to preserve slavery and White supremacy in America. The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) board approved to rename Brown Middle School to Herman J. Russell...
Place Properties and H.J. Russell Company, MARTA’s development partners for the King Memorial Station transit-oriented development (TOD), closed on financing to begin construction. With $6 million in grant funding from Invest Atlanta, the $62.5 million project is a collaboration that will create 100 affordable housing units of 300 total units...
The joint venture between global development and construction firm Skanska, and Atlanta-based H. J. Russell & Company, one of the largest minority-owned construction services firm in the U.S., announces it will construct the Center for Advanced Surgical Services (CASS), adjacent to Grady Memorial Hospital’s (Grady) main campus in Atlanta. The...
Yesterday was an exciting day! Many members of Herman J. Russell's family, including his widow Sylvia Russell as well as three children, Donata Russell Ross, H. Jerome Russell, and Michael Russell, joined Chick-fil-A Chairman and CEO Dan Cathy, and Chick-fil-A at Vine City's franchise owner Quincy Springs,...
On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, City of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Department of Watershed Management Commissioner Kishia L. Powell, PC/Russell Joint Venture team members, and others gathered to celebrate “Driller Mike’s” five-mile milestone of the Water Supply Program. In September 2016, the tunnel boring machine—named...
One of our founding principles at H.J. Russell & Company is giving back to the community that has given so much to us. In fact, we have always been active in the areas that we live, work and play—in many different ways and for many different causes....
H.J. Russell & Company announces Bryan Jackson as their new Vice President of Program Management. In his role, Jackson is responsible for the overall management and growth of the Program Management division providing clients a full range of design and construction management services through all...
ATLANTA (May 22, 2017) – H.J. Russell & Company announces the hiring of Mitchell Powell as the new Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Powell is responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling matters of the company’s financial functions. This will include budgeting, accounting, financing, forecasting,...
Residents of English Avenue recently gathered to honor neighborhood hero Mattie Freeland by transforming a once abandoned home into a community center for the neighborhood. For over 60 years, Freeland served as someone who provided hope and optimism for a community that is often overshadowed by...
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Jay Williams and the former Minority Business Development Agency’s National Director Alejandra Y. Castillo joined the family of Herman J. Russell in mid-January to announce a new partnership and discuss renovations for the Russell Center for...
