BBJ 2024 Power 60: Meredith Calhoun

Calhoun is a versatile entrepreneur with a background in commercial real estate. She founded Tessa Commercial Real Estate and co-founded Practice Works, a space for wellness practitioners. The University of Georgia graduate earned a degree in psychology. She began her career in human resources before transitioning to real estate brokerage and development. She spent nearly 13 years with Corporate Realty Associates, where she was a vice president and oversaw the organization. In 2018, she made a jump to Practice Works, a flexible turn-key workspace. She founded Tessa Commercial Real Estate in 2020, where one of her first projects was The Hardwick by Bayer Properties, an adaptive-reuse project on the Rotary Trail. She is a board member of the Children’s Aid Society of Alabama, The Literacy Council of Central Alabama, the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham and the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama.