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New urban development growing on the Southside

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The New Urbanism movement has surged in Atlanta in recent years, bringing green and walkable mix-used communities to the metro area’s sprawling suburbs.

For years, New Urbanism’s success stories have largely been concentrated in the north side, including the downtown areas of Alpharetta and Woodstock, as well as Avalon.

The north side has been a more appealing location for development because it is largely more affluent, said Bill Tunnell, a founding principal at Atlanta-based planning firm TSW. The median annual income is more than $10,000 higher in Atlanta’s northern metro counties than on the south side, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

But metro Atlanta’s southern counties are becoming equally attractive for such communities. Announced in 2016, Pinewood Forrest is currently under development adjacent to Pinewood Studios in Fayette County.

The 234-acre development will feature 1,200 residencies and 270,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space, along with 15 miles of paths and 118 acres of green space.

Pinewood Forrest also aims to create a more sustainable community, requiring all homes to be heated and cooled with geothermal technology, said Pinewood Forrest’s president Rob Parker.

Since homes went on the market for phase one of the project in April, Pinewood Forrest has made more than 40 sales and reservations, Parker said...