Barry L. Storey

Independent Director

Barry L. Storey is the Principal of BLS Holdings Group, LLC, an Augusta, Georgia-based company with the primary focus of managing a portfolio of retail real estate properties and various alternative assets.

Prior to January 2015, he was the founding partner of Hull Storey Gibson Companies, LLC, a retail acquisition and development real estate company founded in 1992. The company owned and operated over 13 million square feet of retail strip centers and enclosed mall properties in the Southeast. Prior to 1992, Storey worked as a project manager in the Mall Development Division for CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

Storey holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. He has extensive experience with and commitment to philanthropic and community service. In 2010, Storey received the ‘‘Outstanding Philanthropist Award’’ from the Young Professionals of Augusta and in 2014, was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame of the Central Savannah River Area, or CSRA. He is past president of the Exchange Club of Augusta, past president of the Family Y Board of Directors, past chair of the Community Foundation for the CSRA, and past chair of the UGA Terry College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. Storey also served as a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation. Currently, he serves as a director on a number of boards, including Aruna Bio, a privately-owned biomedical company, and the University of Georgia Athletic Association. Storey is also a trustee for the Georgia Research Alliance and serves on the advisory boards of our Athens and Augusta markets. 

His extensive experience and expertise in real estate acquisition, development and management and his background in the markets in which we serve provides our Board with significant insight, particularly as we continue to refine and execute our growth strategies for the future.