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Lincoln Property Group has started $17 million in pre-development work at Echo Street West, the revitalization of 19 acres in Atlanta’s English Avenue community.

"We now sit squarely between two tech giants in Georgia Tech and Microsoft," said Tony Bartlett, executive vice president of Lincoln Property, who leads the firm’s commercial activities in Georgia.

Echo Street's first phase includes 285,000 square feet of creative office space, 30,000 square feet of retail and 300 apartments, with about 60 set aside as affordable units. They will be marketed to households at 80% of Area Median Income. The Development Authority of Fulton County unanimously approved property tax breaks for the project. The incentives to develop creative offices amount to just over $6.9 million in tax reductions, while the apartments got almost $3.3 million.

Echo Street West will also feature 3.4 acres of outdoor entertainment and gathering areas and a new Beltline Connector that links with downtown attractions such as Mercedes Benz Stadium. Echo Street West and surrounding areas may one day share characteristics with the popular Eastside Trail, Bartlett said. The Eastside Trail connects Beltline neighborhoods with amenities such as Ponce City Market, Krog Street and the city's best public spaces in Piedmont Park.