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According to a recent article in the AJC, Decatur residents worry that an upsace apartment complex planned by developer JLB partners, will be far too large, eroding the quality of life in their neighborhood.

According to a recent article in the AJC, a proposed redevelopment of Lakeside office park on Glenridge Drive in Sandy Springs is just too big, an influential group of homeowners says. 

According to a recent article in the AJC, retail giant Wal-Mart said this week it is moving forward with plans to build a super center along Ga. 141, between the Bridle Ridge and Laurel Springs subdivisions.

Wal-Mart has taken steps to make it easier for the company to build a new supercenter in Duluth. But a moratorium on all large buildings in the city means construction plans still cannot go forward, as reported in a recent Gwinnett Daily Post article.

The First Baptist Church of Atlanta wants to build additional parking on a five-acre tract of property they own.More… The church fronts North Peachtree Road on land adjacent to I-285 and has access to Peachford Road.

With an 83% vote of approval, Fulton County residents approved the creation of a city called Chattahoochee Hill Country in the southwestern corner of the county.  

Due to an outpouring of opposition by residents, A ”big box” commercial development on Ga. 74 South in Peachtree City was recently withdrawn by Columbia Properties, according to an article in the AJC.

Druid Hills Civic Association plans to do everything they possible can to deter the “building up”—referring to the possibility of four-story buildings in their neighborhood. 

On May 7, the Gwinnett Daily Post had an article by Bryan Brooks. The headline read: “Critics seek to change Gwinnett’s conservation subdivision ordinance.” The headline was inaccurate. It should have read: Critics intend to remove all incentive from the conservation subdivision ordinance.

Last week the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to deny a Special Use Permit to a Conservation Subdivision proposed on Oleander Drive and the Yellow River. The Gwinnett County Planning Department staff recommended approval. The Planning Commission recommended denial with two commissioners opposing the majority.