Jim Chandlee

James “Jim” Wood Chandlee has been a developer and contractor for most of his adult life. He was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina where his father, J.R. Chandlee, Jr., was Vice President of Ballenger Paving Company. As a very successful concrete paving company Ballenger paved much of the Interstate Highway system in the southeastern United States. Under the supervision of his father, Jim began developing his talents and it was not long before he was out on his own expanding his experience with each new job. 

Throughout his career, Jim developed and built numerous subdivisions, condominiums, convenience stores and gas stations for RaceTrack and RaceWay in the southeast. He is thoroughly experienced in every phase of real estate and land development, project management and negotiations. Jim is a seasoned general contractor grounded in demolition, ground-up, retail, commercial and industrial construction.

Some of Jim’s northeast Georgia projects include the Highlands and Shenandoah condominiums in Athens; Joshua’s Landing passive solar condominiums in Woodstock; the Springfield, Planter’s Ridge and Broadwell Trace subdivisions in Alpharetta, gas stations and innumerable custom projects.

Late in 2005, his son, Seth, convinced him to combine their varied experience to form Chandlee Construction Company. The first large project they undertook together was the Bethany Bend Village Office Park on Highway 9 in north Alpharetta. This was followed by tenant