Staff/Laura Moon<br> Barry McWhirter, president and CEO of McWhirter Realty Partners, decided to go into business for himself in 1981. Through the years, the company has developed a $100 million, 47-project portfolio including retail, garden-style office and storage facilities around the Southeast and as far away as Hawaii.
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Barry McWhirter, president and CEO of McWhirter Realty Partners, decided to go into business for himself in 1981. Through the years, the company has developed a $100 million, 47-project portfolio including retail, garden-style office and storage facilities around the Southeast and as far away as Hawaii.
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After graduating from the former Dykes High School, McWhirter joined the Army in 1969 as a medic in a helicopter unit based out of Dobbins Air Force Base. After becoming a reservist, he worked at First National Bank of Atlanta during the day and...

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