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Old Posted Feb 7, 2017, 5:28 PM
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Minutes from the December 2016 Meeting of the Fulton County Development Authority have been posted.

Link to PDF: December 2016 Minutes

Also the agenda for the January 2017 Meeting.

Link to PDF: January 2017 Agenda
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Minutes from the December 2016 Meeting of the Fulton County Development Authority have been posted.

Link to PDF: December 2016 Minutes

Also the agenda for the January 2017 Meeting.

Link to PDF: January 2017 Agenda
"Letter of Inducement for The Kroger Co. (“Kroger”): Mr. Bill Holby of King & Spalding LLP
and Ms. Yvonne Johnson of Kroger appeared in connection with the request for $34,000,000 in
taxable revenue bonds for the development of an approximately 82,000 square foot Kroger
grocery store, fuel center, and parking lot to be located at the Northside Drive and 17th Street

intersection in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood. Ms. Johnson stated that the Kroger grocery
store will also feature a Starbucks, extended nutrition department, meals to go department, and
household goods department. Ms. Yvonne stated that this proposed Kroger will be similar to the
recently opened Kroger Glenwood and Kroger Lindbergh
. Mr. Nash informed the Authority that
this project site is a brownfield and was formerly owned by the Georgia Toll Road Authority. Mr. Nash recommended approval of the
project. Upon a motion made by Mr. Hodge, which was seconded by Mr. Broadbent, the
Authority unanimously approved the letter of inducement for Kroger.

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Old Posted Feb 7, 2017, 7:32 PM
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"Letter of Inducement for The Kroger Co. (“Kroger”): Mr. Bill Holby of King & Spalding LLP
and Ms. Yvonne Johnson of Kroger appeared in connection with the request for $34,000,000 in
taxable revenue bonds for the development of an approximately 82,000 square foot Kroger
grocery store, fuel center, and parking lot to be located at the Northside Drive and 17th Street

intersection in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood. Ms. Johnson stated that the Kroger grocery
store will also feature a Starbucks, extended nutrition department, meals to go department, and
household goods department. Ms. Yvonne stated that this proposed Kroger will be similar to the
recently opened Kroger Glenwood and Kroger Lindbergh
. Mr. Nash informed the Authority that
this project site is a brownfield and was formerly owned by the Georgia Toll Road Authority. Mr. Nash recommended approval of the
project. Upon a motion made by Mr. Hodge, which was seconded by Mr. Broadbent, the
Authority unanimously approved the letter of inducement for Kroger.

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Such a waste of a prime site.
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Old Posted Feb 7, 2017, 7:37 PM
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So with the Star Metals project, are they building the residential midrise and the office building at the same time?
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Such a waste of a prime site.
Indeed it's a giant island of parking and sub-par retail outparcels. Typical Fuqua.



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Indeed it's a giant island of parking and sub-par retail outparcels. Typical Fuqua
Terrible location for this development, especially if the waterworks were ever to become a public park. Not to mention we could one day see the railroad corridor re-purposed for HRT (green line) extension.
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Old Posted Feb 7, 2017, 8:56 PM
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Terrible location for this development, especially if the waterworks were ever to become a public park. Not to mention we could one day see the railroad corridor re-purposed for HRT (green line) extension.
Yeah such a shame...This location is one of my favorite views of midtown. I think apartments in this location would have done very well.
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indeed it's a giant island of parking and sub-par retail outparcels. Typical fuqua.



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horrid!
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Maybe if the city received enough money emails expressing thier disgust, it might make them rethink approving such a shitty development?
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I just blasted them on Facebook. I saw other comments of people not liking it as well.
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I just blasted them on Facebook. I saw other comments of people not liking it as well.
Where? Which page?
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You should blast Kroger as well. I think they have a lot of say with respect to design requirements/parking in these Fuqua developments.

https://www.facebook.com/Kroger/
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Indeed it's a giant island of parking and sub-par retail outparcels. Typical Fuqua.



https://document.li/81iH
Positively horrendous. And am I interpreting the design correctly that there is a surface parking lot right along 17th street??
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I don't understand Atlanta politics at all. How can anti-urban projects like this get approved still? It is literally a mile from the Midtown core. What the fuck?
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I don't understand Atlanta politics at all. How can anti-urban projects like this get approved still? It is literally a mile from the Midtown core. What the fuck?
Adjacent the BeltLine overlay, adjacent a proposed park, and adjacent a proposed and theoretically funded BRT on Northside Drive
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Old Posted Feb 8, 2017, 2:42 AM
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Why do we need a Kroger there anyway? There's a Target and Publix not too far from it. Atlanta city planning leaders fail this city once again.
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As for the Howell Mill comment, there's BRT coming to Northside Drive (increased bus services already underway), Crosstown Midtown streetcar (Luckie St. & North Ave.) submitting to FTA in early 2017, and this density in West Midtown is exactly what Atlanta needs in order to properly expand transit services. You need a dense enough ridership base to create a level of impact. The area is a destination, not just a thoroughfare. These developments are supporting the neighborhood vision.
So you consider adding 600+ parking spaces (meaning 600+ cars naturally) into a building a proper expansion of transit services? To me this is just the other side of the Fuqua Kroger 17th Northside coin. At least at the Kroger site the parking lots can be redeveloped in the near future. At Star Metals (and other deck-integrated structures going up everywhere) the decks are here to stay.

Actually double that car amount; I think I misinterpreted. From a recent article:

"Star Metals Residences is the multi-family residential component with 409 rental units, a rooftop club room and rooftop amenity deck, theater, Bocce ball court, Yoga studio, poolside movies at night, community garden and greenhouse where residents can gather. The building would also include 16,500 square feet of ground-floor retail. The 14-story Star Metals Offices would offer approximately 185,000 square feet of Class A office space, 30,000 square feet street-level retail with 22’ ceilings, ground-floor restaurants, tenant amenities, collaboration work spaces and structured parking providing an above market parking ratio of 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet." https://whatnowatlanta.com/update-pa...t-on-westside/

So there are two buildings. The office portion to contain 750 parking spaces and the apartment - about 600? Is the formula 1.5 spaces per unit? So 1350 spaces or thereabouts?

And everyone thinks this is 'smart' urban planning and just what the Westside needs to help transit in the area. What is everyone smoking around here?
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Although a dreary day...still a cool pic of Post Millennium, Apogee and Amli Arts Center

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So much parking in Atlanta!
You're preaching to the choir, but don't ignore legitimate responses to your request regarding infrastructure improvements. Midtown doesn't have parking minimums, althoguh financial lenders often necessitate parking for funding. Complain all you want about more parking coming, but the big thing is these are street level engaging developments with a fair amount of density, which will promote an environment for people to get out of their cars. The increased bus services, separated bike lanes, etc. will all have an improvement on the neighborhood.

All of us here are open to suggestions. Feel free to reach out to planning officials, city council, and CID to make a difference.
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You're preaching to the choir, but don't ignore legitimate responses to your request regarding infrastructure improvements. Midtown doesn't have parking minimums, althoguh financial lenders often necessitate parking for funding. Complain all you want about more parking coming, but the big thing is these are street level engaging developments with a fair amount of density, which will promote an environment for people to get out of their cars. The increased bus services, separated bike lanes, etc. will all have an improvement on the neighborhood.

All of us here are open to suggestions. Feel free to reach out to planning officials, city council, and CID to make a difference.
You should have made my quote "so much integrated parking in Atlanta!

The BRT and streetcars will be great - in about 5 years when they have been studied to death. And add 3 more construction years. So I guess for the next 8 years or so, enjoy the gridlock that west Midtown will become, secure in the knowledge that it's being planned and studied as you sit in traffic.
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