Wednesday, January 10, 2001 Knight Group listed
The Knight Group, a Jonesboro-based home builder and developer, was included in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's annual "Book of Lists," which was published on Dec. 22, 2000. In the publication, The Knight Group was rated No. 22 in the list of "Atlanta's Top 25 Home Builders." The ranking was based on the number of permits issued during the previous year. The Knight Group, formerly known as Knight Development, is a family business and has earned numerous awards for building quality and customer service in recent years. During the 1990s, the company was a consistent winner of Professionalism Awards in the annual competition, bringing home two of these awards in 1992, five in 1995, one in 1997, two in 1998, and one in 1999. One more Professionalism Award was earned in 2000. The Knight Group has a history going back to 1973, when brothers Perry and Scott Knight started framing houses for builders in the Metro South area. They began building homes in the late 1970s. Perry's son Jay, who joined the firm in 1982, now serves as president of The Knight Group, which currently builds over 250 homes a year. Scott's son Chris, who joined the company in 1998, is now vice president.
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