Jeffrey Bayer is the President, CEO and co-founder of Bayer Properties, LLC, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which specializes in developing, leasing, managing, and marketing mixed-use real estate properties nationwide.
As the President and CEO, Bayer founded Bayer Properties in 1983 with the mission to, “Create real estate environments that improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.” Since its inception, he has fostered the organization’s growth from a local property management firm to a national commercial real estate leader. One of the first outdoor lifestyle centers, The Summit in Birmingham, Alabama, was built in 1997. Bayer continues to attract premier lessees and cultivate community gathering places through developments like Cahaba Village and The Pizitz.
In 2016, Bayer was recognized as Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top CEO for Large Companies,” “2014 Executive of the Year,” and currently tops the publication’s list of “Most Influential Executives.”
The American Cancer Society, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Red Mountain Theatre Company have honored him. In 2014, he was the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center L’Chaim honoree.
Bayer serves on the board of directors for Leadership Alabama, is a board member for Leadership Birmingham and the Alys Stephens Center, and is an International Trustee for the International Council of Shopping Centers. He also sits on The University of Alabama President’s Cabinet, The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business Board of Visitors, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham President’s Cabinet Executive Committee. He became a board member for The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation in 2015 and serves on The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation Executive Committee.
Bayer received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business. Jeffrey and his wife Gail live in Birmingham and are members of Temple Emanu-El where he served as board president from 2005-2007.
They have two daughters, Annie Goldberg and Lindsay Shipp, and four grandchildren.
