This page collects source material connected to Mike Abebe and Abebe Ventures, including public-facing images, company claims, project snapshots, Georgia entity records, address references, and Waynesboro property records captured for review.
Why This Page Matters
Abebe Ventures is now the public-facing umbrella for a broad set of development claims: Atlanta projects, St. George Crossing in Waynesboro, the 249 Milton Ave / former Yellow Cab site, and a company biography claiming more than 1,000 homes across multiple cities. This report keeps those company claims next to the entity records, archived partner pages, and property records needed to evaluate them.
Mike Abebe is identified through current Abebe.com material, archived Direct Invest material, Ensley Rising archive material, and local reporting tied to St. George Crossing.
Abebe Ventures presents the active public-facing development brand, with project pages, leadership claims, and 249 Milton Ave listed in the company record.
Georgia entity records in this archive show multiple Abebe-linked LLCs and corporations using 249 Milton Ave SE as a principal office or address reference.
Image Trail
Current Abebe.com Leadership Page
The current Abebe Ventures leadership page now gives a fuller public biography for Mike Abebe and uses a newer, more groomed headshot. That matters because earlier identification relied heavily on archived websites, older images, and hard-to-find image references before the company updated its own public profile.
Abebe.com states that Mike Abebe's real estate work grew from a single Bankhead Highway convenience store into more than 1,000 homes across Atlanta, Baltimore, and Minneapolis, with nearly 70 percent described as qualifying as affordable housing. This is included here as a current company claim that should be compared against project records, permits, affordability restrictions, and local housing documentation.
Current Website Abebe Ventures Leadership PageCurrent company page identifying Mike Abebe and describing his career, housing output, and affordable-housing claim.
Archived Abebe Holdings Origin Story
A Wayback Machine capture from April 24, 2009 preserves an earlier Abebe.com "About Us" page for Abebe Homes / Abebe Holdings. That page gives an older company-origin narrative: Michael Abebe starting from a Bankhead Highway convenience store in 1997, then moving into property ownership, renovation, residential development, commercial and industrial space, parking, gas stations, and convenience-store development.
The archived page described Abebe Holdings as beginning with a "single venture in a small convenience store" and later listed Abebe Holdings as the parent company of Rosewood Funding, Rosewood Properties, Premium Parking, Abebe Westside Development, Abebe Homes, and Hagmch Construction. It also said Abebe Homes had renovated and built more than 200 projects in metro Atlanta by that point.
This archived company history matters because the newer Abebe.com leadership page repeats the convenience-store origin story but expands the scale claim to more than 1,000 homes across Atlanta, Baltimore, and Minneapolis. The archive can now compare the 2009 company narrative against the current Abebe Ventures biography and project list.
Wayback Capture Abebe.com About Us - April 24, 2009Archived Abebe Holdings / Abebe Homes page describing the Bankhead Highway origin story, early company structure, and Atlanta revitalization framing.
249 Milton Ave SE
The Atlanta address at 249 Milton Ave SE appears repeatedly in the public records file as a principal office or address reference for multiple Abebe-linked entities.
249 Milton Ave Redevelopment Claim
Current Abebe.com project material describes 249 Milton Ave as a planned 15-story mixed-use development with approximately 250 residential units and ground-floor retail. The company copy says the site was formerly the Yellow Cab headquarters and frames the proposed yellow exterior as a tribute to that history.
The comparison is stark: the same 249 Milton Ave address appears across Abebe-linked entity filings, Yellow Cab references, and the Abebe Ventures company address, while the current Abebe.com rendering presents the former taxi-company site as a large, bright yellow residential building.
Atlanta Development Context
The Atlanta side of the research file matters because Abebe Ventures presents itself as an Atlanta-based real estate development company, lists 249 Milton Ave SE as its address, and shows multiple Atlanta-area projects alongside St. George Crossing.
Public company website listing Abebe Ventures, 249 Milton Ave SE, St. George Crossing, and Atlanta-area development projects.
Atlanta Reporting WSB-TV: Developer hopes to create a city within the city along Atlanta's BeltLineApril 3, 2025 WSB-TV coverage of Mike Abebe's proposed large-scale Sylvan Road/BeltLine-area development in Southwest Atlanta.
Social Post GA Followers post on Mike Abebe BeltLine-area plansSocial-media reference to the proposed 25-acre Southwest Atlanta revitalization plan.
Abebe Ventures Project Claims
The updated Abebe.com site now lists multiple development projects. The archive preserves those company-published pages as screenshots so the claims can be compared against public records over time.
Atlanta, Georgia Sylvan Rd 
Waynesboro, Georgia St. George Crossing Atlanta, Georgia 249 Milton Ave 
Atlanta, Georgia 2481 and 2489 Donald Lee Hollowell All Abebe.com Project Snapshots
Review the captured Abebe.com development pages for Sylvan Rd, St. George Crossing, 249 Milton Ave, Donald Lee Hollowell projects, Rockbridge Road, Magnolia Street, Tucker Ave, Vine Line, and Lee Street.
LLCs and Entities in the Research File
| State | Entity | Control No. | Business Type | Principal Office | Registered Agent | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | Abebe Caesar Ventures, LLC | 24062142 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Universal Registered Agents, Inc. | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Eastside Ventures LLC | 24076052 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Reid Ventures LLC | 23069380 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mike Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe St George Ventures LLC | 23051722 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Venture Capital LLC | 25196986 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Westside Ventures LLC | 24157471 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mike Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | ABEBE, INC. | 25074611 | Domestic Profit Corporation | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | ABEBE VENTURES, LLC | 12083383 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Abebe, Mike | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Westside LLC | 16000209 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mike Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | ABEBE & COMPANY, LLC | 12059126 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Avon Ventures LLC | 19102882 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mike Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Cox Ventures LLC | 24086945 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Donald L. Cook, Jr. | Admin. Dissolved |
| GA | ABEBE HOLDINGS LLC. | 607369 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mekonnen Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| GA | Abebe Sandy Ventures LLC | 18139565 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 249 Milton Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA | Mike Abebe | Active/Owes Current Year AR |
| AL | Abebe Blackbelt Ventures LLC | 000-866-410 | Domestic Limited Liability Company | 2513 31st St SW, Birmingham, AL 35221 | Mekonnen Abebe | Exists |
Waynesboro Property References
A qPublic capture in the archive references Waynesboro properties tied to Abebe St George-related records, including parcels in and around the central Waynesboro street grid.
Waynesboro Parcels Listed in qPublic Capture
| Parcel ID | Record ID | Owner Name | Address | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 065 027 | 9851 | ABEBE ST GEORGE VENTURES LLC | 6TH ST W | 187.64 AC PLAT 2021-146 |
| W07 083 | 13090 | ABEBE ST GEORGE VENTURES LLC | 540 LIBERTY STREET | 6TH - LIBERTY STREETS & REAR LOT |
| W07 084A | 13093 | ABEBE ST GEORGE VENTURES LLC | 543 LIBERTY St | 543 LIBERTY ST/BLDG "JONES BLDG" |
| W07 085A | 13095 | ABEBE ST GEORGE VENTURES LLC | 540 SHADRACK STREET | VACANT LOT - SHADRACK ST |
| W07 088A | 13099 | ABEBE ST GEORGE VENTURES LLC | 531 LIBERTY St | .35 AC/BLDG |
Working Notes
The archive contains public-facing images, address screenshots, Atlanta development coverage, and entity references connected to Mike Abebe and Abebe-related LLCs.
249 Milton Ave SE appears across multiple Abebe-related entity records and is also listed on the public Abebe Ventures website. Waynesboro property records also place Abebe St George Ventures LLC on parcels in central Waynesboro. The updated Abebe.com leadership page now now uses a newer Mike Abebe headshot, while the older archive image remains useful for connecting Direct Invest and Ensley Rising material to the same person.
The Waynesboro property picture still needs parcel-by-parcel documentation with owner, parcel ID, acreage, address, purchase date, condition notes, dated photos, and source date. The current Abebe.com claim of more than 1,000 homes, with nearly 70 percent qualifying as affordable housing, also needs underlying project-level documentation.