Rita Tene’ Ellison

Rita Tene’ Ellison is a Commercial Real Estate Advisor at T. Dallas Smith & Company with 10 years of experience. Her objective is to address clients’ real estate needs and develop occupancy cost-saving strategies. She provides site selection, financial analysis, portfolio and process management, and market expertise across office, industrial, and retail.

Rita began her commercial real estate career as an intern at T. Dallas Smith & Company during her junior year at Georgia State University, where she majored in Real Estate with an interest in finance. Since then, she has built experience in research and analysis, data integrity, data capture, and customer service, developing proactive solutions to complex challenges through market research, trend analysis, financial analysis, strategic deliverables, and lease administration. Her previous roles include national account manager with Georgia-Pacific, specializing in the management of office, healthcare, and retail portfolios; transaction manager with JLL, overseeing a portfolio of more than one million square feet across multiple asset classes; and financial analyst on an asset management team at Situs, reporting financials and monitoring compliance. At CoStar Group, she grew a comprehensive database of commercial inventory by sourcing daily data from brokers, developers, and tenants, supporting product lines including CoStar Suites, Comps, Risk Analytics, and Portfolio Strategy. This breadth of experience enables her to deliver best-in-class, strategy-driven solutions.

Rita holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate from Georgia State University. Her additional skills include business development, market knowledge, project management, and financial analysis. She is proficient with CoStar, Blackbird (GIS), MapIt (GIS), Tableau, Salesforce, InDesign, and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Her memberships, honors, and affiliations include the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS® and its Young Council of REALTORS®; Atlanta Business League; Empire Board of Realtists, Inc.; Georgia State University Real Estate Alumni Group; Georgia State University Real Estate Club (former Vice President); Georgia State University Finance Society (former member); CREW Atlanta; and the Sandy Springs Rotary Club (former member). She is a recipient of the Karen & Dexter Warrior Scholarship and the Mrs. Tommy Jackson Scholarship.