Name: James Viviano
Title: Associate Director
Company: Cooper Carry
Location: 3520 Piedmont Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305
Birthplace and year: Houston, Tex., 1960
Family: Wife, Vanessa and daughter Alessandra
College: Bachelor of Architecture, University of Houston
First job outside of real estate: Computer room assistant
First job in real estate or allied field: Architectural intern at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Help manage and direct design for large mixed-use and retail projects. Goals include expanding Cooper Carry's national and international presence and strengthen our role as sustainable design professionals.
Hobbies: Golf, music, drawing and painting.
Favorite books: "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawkin
Favorite movies: "Forrest Gump"
Keys to success: Love what you do, work like there is no tomorrow and never, ever give up
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Surgeon
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.