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Archive for September, 2007

Lavista Walk: An Atlanta Mixed Use Development

At the intersection of Chesire bridge and Lavista Road, a new community is being built. This mixed use development will consist of:

283 Luxury Apartments
134 Stacked Townhome Units
11,000 Square Feet of Street Level retail Space

Lavista Walk will be a gated community and the townhome units will be made up of one, two and three bedroom floorplans. […]

Morningside Targeted For Residential Mixed Use Development

The Opus Corporation is considering an area at the southeast corner of Piedmont Road and Cheshire Bridge for a new mixed use development. The targeted property is the current locations for Buckhead Midtown Vaccum, the Pot ‘n Pan restaurant, Piedmont Pawn, Da Chicago Dogs, Axiom Salon and a Nationwide Insurance office.
The proposed development would consist […]

Fun With Billboards

Whether this billboard earns business by making someone laugh or snags a bit of buzz by pissing people off, it was a stroke of genius by whomever designed it. I would love to throw out some link love to the website that is advertised on the billboard, but alas, the website only goes to a […]

NPR To Air Series About Atlanta’s Proposed Beltline

Tomorrow morning, WABE (90.1 FM) will air a seven part series on Atlanta’s Beltline, a 22 mile loop of historic railroad that will pass through and connect 45 in-town Atlanta neighborhoods. The series will be heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition” sometime between 5:00-9:00AM.
Beginning Thursday, September 13, “Morning Edition” on NPR (WABE 90.1 FM), will present […]

Fort McPherson Talks Redevelopment

Government officials, both city and state, met today to go over plans for the redevelopment of the 487 acre Fort McPherson property, which announced, in 2005, that it was closing in 2011. What these officials came up with was asking the U.S. Army to donate 155 of those acres for a research park.
a scientific research […]

Celebrity Real Estate

If you’re a fan of keeping up with where celebrities live and what their houses look like, I’m going to share three websites with you here that should keep you in the loop.

Luxist - Luxist is a luxury blog for everything from apparel to pets to luxury real estate. They have an Estate of the […]

How Much Atlanta Real Estate Would You Get For $1,000,000?

In their quarterly report, CNN Money takes a trip around the country to see what $1,000,000 worth of residential real estate looks like. Number 3 on their list was an Atlanta home in Norcross with 5 bedrooms, 5 and a half bathrooms contained in 3,200 square feet of living space. The price tag was $1.15 […]

Clark Howard Talking Georgia Real Estate On Prime Time TV

Tonight, on WSB TV channel 2, Clark Howard will bring his expert consumer knowledge to prime time television as he speaks about Georgia real estate. The show starts at 8:00 PM, runs for an hour, and is titled, “Georgia Real Estate - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly”.
Clark Howard’s scheduled to share stories about […]