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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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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 article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, metro Atlanta’s industrial market just posted its worst quarter in five years – another sign that the influence of the housing crisis is spreading into traditionally strong areas of the local economy.

According to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Cox Enterprises, the media giant that owns WSB and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is proposing a 28-story office tower at its Lake Hearn campus near Perimeter Mall for its rapidly growing AutoTrader Unit.

According to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, there’s new product planned, dirt getting pushed around and big-box bulk warehouse buildings changing hands in metro Atlanta’s growing Braselton-Commerce Interstate 85 industrial corridor. What’s missing, though, are new tenants actually inking deals for vacant space.

According to a recent article in the AJC, Trammell Crow, in partnership with MetLife, has begun construction on a planned 18-acre medical campus that’s designed for high-end, speciality physicians who serve north Fulton County.

According to an article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Ray Weeks and Forrest Robinson, who have been developing commercial and industrial sites in Atlanta and other parts of the Sun Belt for the past 30 years, recently formed Weeks Robinson Properties.

According to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Crescent Resources LLC and Manulife Financial Corp. are moving ahead with the 20-story Phipps Tower in Buckhead. The project is expected to be completed in January 2010. With this new 486,000-square-foot tower, between the second quarter of 2008 and the beginning of 2010 [...]

Industrial deals used to be concentrated in Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett, DeKalb and Clayton counties, said Rivers, president of Rooker Properties in a recent Atlanta Business Chronicle article.