Gadson Herndon Woodall III

Who is Gadson Herndon Woodall III?

Gadson Herndon Woodall III is the founder of Charrette Development Group, a Real Estate Development Firm.

He was born to Gadson H. Woodall Jr. and Barbara Ann Smith Woodall. They lived in Macon from birth until the age of four and with his parents moved to Melbourne, Florida. The family resided in Melbourne from the age of five until he turned ten with his two brothers, William Vincent Woodall, Victor Glen Woodall and one sister, Valerie Kim Woodall. His father was transferred with the Federal Aviation Administration back to Georgia where they resided from age of ten until the age of twelve when the family decided to make its final move to Jonesboro, Georgia. He resided in the Metro Atlanta, Georgia from age twelve until present. He currently resides in McDonough, Georgia with his wife Lynn and three children, Gadson IV, Kalee and Mac.

He worked with his father in law, C. R. Thornton in real estate development and management for eleven years overseeing various projects around the southeastern US. Together they assembled land for the Henry County Airport, now known as Tara Field and would later sell the airport to Clayton County . He worked closely with Thornton to acquire Atlanta Beach Sports and Entertainment Park from the Foster family in 1991. The park grew rapidly with Gad managing the day to day operations and eventually hosted the 1996 Olympics' Beach Volleyball Games with the support of the International Volleyball Federation and local government officials. The park was sold to Clayton County in 1995. Subsequently they pursued industrial and master-planned developments in the City of Stockbridge. Wyngate Plantation is a large scale master planned development with its own town center, schools and amphitheatre. The massive development was eventually sold to prominent developers Randy Hayes and Tim Jones and is one of the most successful communities in South Atlanta. The two started assembling property near the Atlanta Airport in preparation for the expansion of the facilities there. In 1998 they were successful in obtaining the necessary land, permits, entitlements and joint venture agreements to participate in the expansion of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airports fifth runway addition. The project was the largest earth moving project east of the Mississippi and with the venture being formed was the most cost effective for airport expansion.