max mandelis
Efrosini Mandelis was born in the summer of 1969 to immigrants from the island of Kefalonia, Greece, and grew up in the suburbs of Syracuse, New York. When she enrolled in school, her name was changed to Francine — a name that never quite resonated so when her basketball team nicknamed her “Max," she embraced it. Among Hellenes, she is still Ευφροσύνη.
Max graduated cum laude from Boston College in 1991, participating in exchange programs in San Francisco & London. She relocated to Atlanta in 1995, where she has built a meaningful life rooted in community.
Since 1997, Max has worked in commercial real estate with a focus on adaptive reuse and creative industries. She advocates for small businesses and affordable commercial space, and she is civically engaged in conversations around design, equity, sustainability, and the impact of development on surrounding communities.
Max moves through the city by bicycle and lives in Midtown—Ansley Park, where she shares custody of a sweet rescue dog. 🐾 She values peace & quiet, nourishing food, deep friendships, studying the enneagram, and exploring places near and far. She loves animals, hugs trees, practices yoga, and walks in the sunlight of the spirit.
commercial real estate
brokerage, ADVISORY & REDEVELOPMENT
A licensed real estate broker, Max focuses on urban creative spaces in Downtown, Westside, O4W & Midtown. She has redeveloped two adaptive reuse buildings located along the Artery on the westside of Atlanta.
SPACE
748 MARIETTA STREET Engineer's Bookstore
middle Artery, Atlantawestside, Means Street
330 MARIETTA STREET
lower Artery, Atlanta
westside, Centennial Park
click for Terminus 330 event space
790 MARIETTA STREET
middle Artery, Atlantawestside, Means Street
Local & INDEPENDENT
CENTRAL ATLANTA PROGRESS
ATLANTA COMMERCIAL BOARD OF REALTORS
COMMERCIAL INTOWN BROKERS ASSOCIATION
CIVIC ENGAGement
DRC (DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE) FOR
SPI-1 (SPECIAL PUBLIC INTEREST ZONING) DOWNTOWN MARIETTA STREET ARTERY LAND USE
330 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30313
MANDELIS LLC 404.853.1808