Michael Grella
Active Infrastructure
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Grella Partnership Strategies
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Grella
30 years of legal, transactional, strategic & executive experience in site selection, infrastructure development, global public policy, Economic Development; ESG/CSR; strategic communication and advocacy, policymaker and regulator engagement. Expertise in public finance/tax law; economic development policy; land use/zoning; infrastructure; hyperscale data center and industrial site selection / development.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Mar 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US
Mike Grella, founder of Grella Partnership Strategies (GPS), has 30 years of economic development, site selection, tax, legal, and government affairs experience representing hundreds of companies, including many of the world’s most recognizable brands, supporting over $10 billion of capital investment & real estate development transactions. GPS is an infrastructure development, economic development & public advisory firm delivering value to public & private sector organizations & investment funds leveraging cutting-edge data analytics and deep connections in the logistics/e- commerce, data center, and cleantech / sustainable manufacturing industries. For EDO and utility clients, GPS conducts visionary strategic plans focused on smart city technologies, community health & wellness, resilience, diversity/equity/inclusion, sustainability, public infrastructure development, entrepreneurship, innovation, reimagining retail development, and attracting quality job creation projects. GPS also performs social/digital/traditional media campaigns, market studies, highest & best use assessments, mock site selection RFPs to prepare communities with the precise data and tools necessary to optimize investment attraction and make curated introductions to desirable end-users & developers. We also connect communities and organizations with industrial developers, site selectors, brokers, and corporate end users responsible for business expansion and site location decisions with all facets of economic development transactions & partnerships.
Education
Hofstra University School of Law
Juris Doctor, Law
1993 — 1996
Villanova University
Bachelor of Science, Accounting
1989 — 1993
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