Land Use & Economic Development Advisory
The decisions that shape land shape lives.
The Fellows Group is a land use and economic development advisory practice serving developers, investors, and public agencies across Georgia.
What TFG is
A pre-development advisory firm for consequential land decisions.
TFG specializes in the analytical and strategic work that shapes a project before construction documents, financing close, or final entitlements are pursued. Engagements range from site intelligence and entitlement strategy for private developers to policy and program design for public agencies.
Services
Two service tracks, one advisory practice.
TFG serves private-sector clients deploying capital into land and public-sector clients shaping development outcomes for the public. The service architecture below uses the corrected full nine-service structure.
Track A · Private Sector
Developers, investors, landowners, family offices, and capital partners.
Decision-oriented support for site evaluation, acquisition, entitlement risk, and pre-development structuring.
- A1 · Site Intelligence
- A2 · Acquisition Advisory
- A3 · Entitlement Strategy
- A4 · Pre-Development Strategy
Track B · Public Sector
Counties, cities, DDAs, authorities, public agencies, and nonprofits.
Policy-grounded and community-facing advisory for public land, planning, redevelopment, and program design.
- B1 · Site Readiness Assessment
- B2 · Strategic Acquisition Support
- B3 · Redevelopment & Corridor Strategy
- B4 · Policy & Program Design
- B5 · Planning Services
How TFG works
Documented analysis, not ad-hoc judgment.
Practitioner and researcher
TFG conducts original analysis and applies it directly to client decisions. Research is the engine that drives advisory work.
Frameworks, not opinions
Recommendations are produced through structured methodology and documented reasoning that clients can defend.
Transactional execution
As a licensed Georgia real estate broker, TFG can move from advisory into acquisition or disposition when required.
Founder
Katrina Fellows
Kat Fellows founded The Fellows Group to apply rigorous policy and economic analysis to the everyday decisions that shape places.
Her practice combines applied policy research with on-the-ground civic experience in one of metro Atlanta’s most diverse and rapidly changing counties.
More about KatProcess
Structured enough to move quickly. Flexible enough for real conditions.
Every engagement is scoped around the decision the client needs to make, not a generic deliverable.
Frame the decision
Clarify the site, policy context, timeline, stakeholders, and economic constraints.
Test the path
Analyze feasibility, entitlement risk, market conditions, and public-sector considerations before resources are committed.
Package the strategy
Deliver concise recommendations, sequencing, risks, and next actions clients can use immediately.
Research & Analysis
Analytical capacity grounded in real project work.
Selected work includes housing policy, redevelopment finance, county-level affordability analysis, infrastructure impacts, and local food systems research.
Paths to Tenant Ownership through Georgia LIHTC
Graduate research practicum prepared for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs on ownership pathways after the compliance period.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Downtown Redevelopment
Analysis of redevelopment rationale, stakeholder interests, public financing, and property value change in Westside Atlanta neighborhoods.
Gwinnett County Housing and Finance Analysis
County-level analysis of governance, budget, employment indicators, and housing affordability using original GIS mapping.
2026 Founding Client Cohort
Bring clarity to your next land decision.
TFG is accepting a limited 2026 cohort of early engagements across private-sector and public-sector advisory work.
Start a conversationLand Use & Economic Development Advisory
The decisions that shape land shape lives.
The Fellows Group is a land use and economic development advisory practice serving developers, investors, and public agencies across Georgia.
What TFG is
A pre-development advisory firm for consequential land decisions.
TFG specializes in the analytical and strategic work that shapes a project before construction documents, financing close, or final entitlements are pursued. Engagements range from site intelligence and entitlement strategy for private developers to policy and program design for public agencies.
Services
Two service tracks, one advisory practice.
TFG serves private-sector clients deploying capital into land and public-sector clients shaping development outcomes for the public. The service architecture below uses the corrected full nine-service structure.
Track A · Private Sector
Developers, investors, landowners, family offices, and capital partners.
Decision-oriented support for site evaluation, acquisition, entitlement risk, and pre-development structuring.
- A1 · Site Intelligence
- A2 · Acquisition Advisory
- A3 · Entitlement Strategy
- A4 · Pre-Development Strategy
Track B · Public Sector
Counties, cities, DDAs, authorities, public agencies, and nonprofits.
Policy-grounded and community-facing advisory for public land, planning, redevelopment, and program design.
- B1 · Site Readiness Assessment
- B2 · Strategic Acquisition Support
- B3 · Redevelopment & Corridor Strategy
- B4 · Policy & Program Design
- B5 · Planning Services
How TFG works
Documented analysis, not ad-hoc judgment.
Practitioner and researcher
TFG conducts original analysis and applies it directly to client decisions. Research is the engine that drives advisory work.
Frameworks, not opinions
Recommendations are produced through structured methodology and documented reasoning that clients can defend.
Transactional execution
As a licensed Georgia real estate broker, TFG can move from advisory into acquisition or disposition when required.
Founder
Katrina Fellows
Kat Fellows founded The Fellows Group to apply rigorous policy and economic analysis to the everyday decisions that shape places.
Her practice combines applied policy research with on-the-ground civic experience in one of metro Atlanta’s most diverse and rapidly changing counties.
More about KatProcess
Structured enough to move quickly. Flexible enough for real conditions.
Every engagement is scoped around the decision the client needs to make, not a generic deliverable.
Frame the decision
Clarify the site, policy context, timeline, stakeholders, and economic constraints.
Test the path
Analyze feasibility, entitlement risk, market conditions, and public-sector considerations before resources are committed.
Package the strategy
Deliver concise recommendations, sequencing, risks, and next actions clients can use immediately.
Research & Analysis
Analytical capacity grounded in real project work.
Selected work includes housing policy, redevelopment finance, county-level affordability analysis, infrastructure impacts, and local food systems research.
Paths to Tenant Ownership through Georgia LIHTC
Graduate research practicum prepared for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs on ownership pathways after the compliance period.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Downtown Redevelopment
Analysis of redevelopment rationale, stakeholder interests, public financing, and property value change in Westside Atlanta neighborhoods.
Gwinnett County Housing and Finance Analysis
County-level analysis of governance, budget, employment indicators, and housing affordability using original GIS mapping.
2026 Founding Client Cohort
Bring clarity to your next land decision.
TFG is accepting a limited 2026 cohort of early engagements across private-sector and public-sector advisory work.
Start a conversation