Terri Montague
Counsel
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Terri is a seasoned business and legal leader with more than 20 years of experience in real estate, community development, and affordable housing finance. She has held senior roles across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including with Lend Lease Real Estate, Inc., Boston Financial Group, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., and the...
Terri is a seasoned business and legal leader with more than 20 years of experience in real estate, community development, and affordable housing finance. She has held senior roles across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including with Lend Lease Real Estate, Inc., Boston Financial Group, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Terri advises clients on complex real estate transactions, public-private partnerships, regulatory and policy matters, and strategic development initiatives. Her experience includes leading large-scale mixed-use projects, negotiating and closing residential and commercial transactions, conducting business and legal due diligence, and guiding organizations through growth and change.
Drawing on her cross-sector background, Terri delivers practical, business-focused counsel to clients navigating high-stakes development, finance, and public policy environments.
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Terri advises clients on complex real estate transactions, public-private partnerships, regulatory and policy matters, and strategic development initiatives. Her experience includes leading large-scale mixed-use projects, negotiating and closing residential and commercial transactions, conducting business and legal due diligence, and guiding organizations through growth and change.
Drawing on her cross-sector background, Terri delivers practical, business-focused counsel to clients navigating high-stakes development, finance, and public policy environments.
Experience
Previous Professional Experience
- McDonald Distinguished Senior Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Law, Emory University School of Law (2022-2025)
- Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2022)
- President & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (2006-2009)
- President & Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (2001-2006)
Representative Matters
With a primary focus on affordable housing and community development, Ms. Montague has represented or advised for-profit and non-profit developers, state and municipal governments, public housing authorities, and faith-based institutions in different types of projects involving:
- Federal, state, and local loan and subsidy programs, including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), CHDO, CDBG, ESG, tax-exempt bonds, and the low-income housing, historic, and New Markets tax credit programs
- HUD and FHA insured residential, commercial, and healthcare housing programs (including 221(d)(3), 221(d)(4), 223(f), 232, 242, 202, 811, Section 8
- Conversions of federal public housing rental assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program
- Distressed residential asset and portfolio resolutions and dispositions
- Public/private/philanthropic partnerships for affordable housing and community economic development
- Assignments, modifications, and renewals of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts
- Transfers of physical assets (TPA) and ownership interests in federally assisted housing
- Strategies for housing affordability, attainability, and community wealth preservation
- Mixed-income housing acquisition, development, and asset management
- Integrated land use planning and public engagement for mixed-use redevelopment financed with tax increment financing.
Education
- Emory University School of Law, JD (2014)
- Emory University, Candler School of Theology, MA, Theological Studies, Sustainability/Environmental Ethics (2014)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MCP, Housing & Economic Development (1992)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance and Development (1992)
- University of Chicago, BA, Economics (1987)
Admissions
- Georgia
- District of Columbia
Practice Areas
Industries
Previous Professional Experience
- McDonald Distinguished Senior Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Law, Emory University School of Law (2022-2025)
- Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2022)
- President & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (2006-2009)
- President & Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (2001-2006)
Representative Matters
With a primary focus on affordable housing and community development, Ms. Montague has represented or advised for-profit and non-profit developers, state and municipal governments, public housing authorities, and faith-based institutions in different types of projects involving:
- Federal, state, and local loan and subsidy programs, including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), CHDO, CDBG, ESG, tax-exempt bonds, and the low-income housing, historic, and New Markets tax credit programs
- HUD and FHA insured residential, commercial, and healthcare housing programs (including 221(d)(3), 221(d)(4), 223(f), 232, 242, 202, 811, Section 8
- Conversions of federal public housing rental assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program
- Distressed residential asset and portfolio resolutions and dispositions
- Public/private/philanthropic partnerships for affordable housing and community economic development
- Assignments, modifications, and renewals of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts
- Transfers of physical assets (TPA) and ownership interests in federally assisted housing
- Strategies for housing affordability, attainability, and community wealth preservation
- Mixed-income housing acquisition, development, and asset management
- Integrated land use planning and public engagement for mixed-use redevelopment financed with tax increment financing.
Media
Recognitions
- “100 Most Influential Atlantans”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2008, 2007
- “Who’s Who in Commercial Real Estate: 100 Movers & Shakers That Helped Shape Atlanta”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2008
Professional Activities
- Registered Mediator (Civil Mediation), Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
- Member, American Bar Association & Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
- Member, Women in Housing & Finance
Community
- Member, Board of Directors, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
- Member, Atlanta Regional Housing Forum, Advisory Council
Leadership
- Leadership Government, Atlanta Federal Executive Board, 2018
- Leadership Atlanta, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 2010
Terri is a seasoned business and legal leader with more than 20 years of experience in real estate, community development, and affordable housing finance. She has held senior roles across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including with Lend Lease Real Estate, Inc., Boston Financial Group, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., and the... U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Terri advises clients on complex real estate transactions, public-private partnerships, regulatory and policy matters, and strategic development initiatives. Her experience includes leading large-scale mixed-use projects, negotiating and closing residential and commercial transactions, conducting business and legal due diligence, and guiding organizations through growth and change.
Drawing on her cross-sector background, Terri delivers practical, business-focused counsel to clients navigating high-stakes development, finance, and public policy environments.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Previous Professional Experience
- McDonald Distinguished Senior Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Law, Emory University School of Law (2022-2025)
- Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2022)
- President & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (2006-2009)
- President & Chief Operating Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (2001-2006)
Representative Matters
With a primary focus on affordable housing and community development, Ms. Montague has represented or advised for-profit and non-profit developers, state and municipal governments, public housing authorities, and faith-based institutions in different types of projects involving:
- Federal, state, and local loan and subsidy programs, including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), CHDO, CDBG, ESG, tax-exempt bonds, and the low-income housing, historic, and New Markets tax credit programs
- HUD and FHA insured residential, commercial, and healthcare housing programs (including 221(d)(3), 221(d)(4), 223(f), 232, 242, 202, 811, Section 8
- Conversions of federal public housing rental assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program
- Distressed residential asset and portfolio resolutions and dispositions
- Public/private/philanthropic partnerships for affordable housing and community economic development
- Assignments, modifications, and renewals of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts
- Transfers of physical assets (TPA) and ownership interests in federally assisted housing
- Strategies for housing affordability, attainability, and community wealth preservation
- Mixed-income housing acquisition, development, and asset management
- Integrated land use planning and public engagement for mixed-use redevelopment financed with tax increment financing.
Education
- Emory University School of Law, JD (2014)
- Emory University, Candler School of Theology, MA, Theological Studies, Sustainability/Environmental Ethics (2014)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MCP, Housing & Economic Development (1992)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance and Development (1992)
- University of Chicago, BA, Economics (1987)
Admissions
- Georgia
- District of Columbia
Practice Areas
Industries
- “100 Most Influential Atlantans”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2008, 2007
- “Who’s Who in Commercial Real Estate: 100 Movers & Shakers That Helped Shape Atlanta”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2008
- Registered Mediator (Civil Mediation), Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
- Member, American Bar Association & Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
- Member, Women in Housing & Finance
- Member, Board of Directors, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
- Member, Atlanta Regional Housing Forum, Advisory Council
- Leadership Government, Atlanta Federal Executive Board, 2018
- Leadership Atlanta, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 2010
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