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Originally Posted by Atlanta3000
S-17,
At the bottom of the DRI form, the developer is asked to note if this is a phased project and the developer stated NO and said the single phase project and it would be completed by 2023.
Just spit ballin here
Apple did say, they were going to spend $20 Billion in the US and create 20K jobs in 5 years. Just sayin'.
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Yeah, I usually don't buy those time frames given for South Atlanta projects.
For starters, with that application, it was a Henry County employee who completed it on behalf of the developer. For all we know, they could have put any ol' thing on there just to get it submitted.
Second, massive projects on this side of town seem to always move slower than expected or get delayed, partially because we're not growing nearly as fast as downtown/midtown and North Atlanta and partially because the developers we tend to attract are far less experienced in handling massive projects.
For example, below is a DRI for the Orchard Hills Business Park here in Coweta County. It states a completion date of 2018.
https://apps.dca.ga.gov/DRI/InitialForm.aspx?driid=2684
Well, I can tell you there's been absolutely no constructiom activity on the site and we're now half way through 2018. And the developers for this are actually very experienced (they have a similar business park in Forsyth County) and as if the last media report in January 2017, they had a tenant lined up.
Third, the bullet point selected under development type states "industrial."
No way is it Apple. Most of the region's tech talent is north of I-20 (North Fulton), so even if they were coming to Atlanta, it makes little sense for them to build their facility that far south (unless they're near the airport with access to MARTA at Aerotropolis). However, it could be a data center.