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According to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Forestar Real Estate Group has filed plans for a 701-acre development that will aim to entice a major manufacturer to Georgia and potentially house thousands of jobs in Jackson County. 

The U.S. Green Building Council recognized Hardin Construction for its environmental efforts in building out its new headquarters in Cobb County, located on the top two floors of a building in the Wildwood Office Park, according to a recent report in the AJC.
Hardin is a major commercial builder whose projects range from skyscrapers to retail centers.
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A 431,000-square-foot Asian-themed shopping center called Asian Galleria will be located on the site of the Gwinnett Prado and Gwinnett Station shopping centers, both of which are largely vacant.

According to a recent report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle,  MARTA is responding to the market that has perhaps driven the desire for mass transit and is offering land near several train stations to developers. 
Gas prices in metro Atlanta have eclipsed $4 a gallon, spurring increased ridership on MARTA trains and GRTA (Georgia Regional Transportation Authority) buses.
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According to a recent report in the AJC, A four-day foreclosure auction that begins today will include more than 300 Atlanta-area dwellings.
Lenders struck out trying to sell the properties the conventional way, so now they’re looking to investors and bargain-hunting families to make their problems go away.

According to a recent report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta firm to lead $340M Nashville convention center design team The Atlanta-based architecture firm of Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates has been selected by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency as the lead firm for design of Nashville’s new Music City Center convention facility.

According to a recent report in the AJC, the owners of Studioplex, a live-work loft community carved out of a century-old cotton warehouse in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, is adding more than 9,000 square feet of retail space. The development, which features 112 residences and 18 offices, is about 80 percent sold.

According to a recent report in the AJC, some of the impact a proposed business park would create in the North Georgia mountains was outlined in a form filed last week with the state Department of Community Affairs.  Named Kilough/400 Business Park, the development is scoped to be completed in 2012.

According to a recent report in the AJC, Viewpoint, the new condominium building on Peachtree Street in Midtown, will have its grand opening June 26 at 6 p.m.   Construction of the Viewpoint community began in summer 2006.

According to a report in the AJC, Construction is to begin this summer on a mixed-use project in the Crabapple community of north Fulton County.  According to the developer, John Adams of Lodestone Development. the project took nearly a year to win approval from city officials with Milton.