Cousins' $291M Project Still Awaits OK

ALPHARETTA, GA-Elected officials in this suburban city, 30 miles north of Downtown Atlanta, have postponed voting on Cousins Properties Inc.’s $291-million mixed-use project for the second time in the last 30 days. The City Council again asked for more time before voting on the 220-acre suburban venture. A new hearing date hasn’t been set.

Area industrial and real estate brokers who attended the council’s public hearing Tuesday tell GlobeSt.com increased traffic and high density are among the city’s main concerns on the project. But those factors didn’t upset the city’s planning commission in early August when that agency recommended the city approve the rezoning for the project, as GlobeSt.com previously reported.

The planning commission’s approval raises hopes for Atlanta area residents that the long-discussed North Fulton Centre for the Arts will also break ground eventually within the Cousins project, area brokers following that undertaking tell GlobeSt.com.