The 107-acre, mixed-use Milton Park near North Point Mall has 300,000 sf of office, 435 apartment units, 35,000 sf of street-level retail and 150 single-family homes. The project received a Development of Excellence Award. The ARC also cited four other projects.

The 93-acre Gateway Village will house the national and state archives buildings, along with 500,000 sf of office, 900 student housing units, a 200-room hotel and conference center and a new post office for Morrow, GA and Lake City, GA. The project won an Exceptional Merit Award for a Visionary Public-Private Redevelopment. The developers are University Financing Foundation and Gateway Development Systems Inc.

The 43-acre Silver Springs Village, developed by Oakley Development Co. near Powder Springs and the Silver Comet Trail, won an Exceptional Merit Award for Affordable Traditional Neighborhood Development. The project will have 141 single-family and townhome units, a village green and an office/commercial area on eight acres.