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Originally Posted by Street Advocate
I appreciate your resiliency to post in this thread. I could never keep up with all the development outside the city, especially as many strip mall, Big box developments, and culdesac communities pop up in Georgia. That said, this project seems pretty interesting. Creating dense town centers would be a step in the right direction instead of streets that go nowhere and insular “communities” we see pop up all over the nation. I’d be curious if a site plan for this project.
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I don't think there's a site plan yet. In reality, this project is probably years away from coming to fruition. And it appears to be (at least partially) tied to the Aerotropolis development at Hartsfield-Jackson, which is still in its formative phase.
That said, for years, all of the white collar office development has gone decidedly northward (I.E. Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Cumberland / Marietta, etc.). Thus, in response, much of Atlanta's growth and prosperity has been lopsided in that one direction. This really shows with the Southern and Western suburbs that were booming before the Great Recession having failed to recover the amount of growth and investment they were previously experiencing (while, meanwhile, Forsyth has become the fastest growing county in the US).
The announcement of this project symbolizes something bigger, that being that the Northern Suburbs are finally beginning to reach critical mass and developers are now starting to find the Southern parts of the Metro area more attractive for investment.