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Walkability, Amenities of Atlantic Station Help Draw Development to Area
The economically and socially successful transformation of a postindustrial steel site in Midtown Atlanta into mixed-use Atlantic Station is drawing more development to the area, reports Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Julie B. Hairston, with Pollack Partners proposing 600 mid-rise apartments and perhaps condos on 7 acres at the Station's border, the Sembler company planning a 26-acre retail complex, and a Houston-based investment group purchasing a former Siemens-Westinghouse property nearby for an as yet undisclosed project.
Pollack Partners founder Marc S. Pollack -- former Lane Co. president and the Station's largest residential builder, with eight projects -- and his new team members are enthusiastic about the location, the writer notes, citing managing director Steven Shores.
''We think it will attract people there,'' he said, ''because of the amenities in the area and the walkability of the area.''
Officials at AIG Global Investment Real Estate, the lead Atlantic Station developer, also see the midtown location, with its road, street and utility improvements, as a magnet for more development.
Calling Marc S. Pollack a ''committed urbanist,'' fully cognizant of livable city and housing principles, AIG vice president of development and design Brian Leary said, ''Atlantic Station kind of serves as a gateway to west Midtown.'' -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/14/2007
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