Developer Eyes Jackson County for $35M Office/Retail Venture

ATLANTA-Jackson County, GA, a largely rural 342-square-mile community of 41,589 residents 30 miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta, continues to attract developers seeking inexpensive land for commercial ventures that could support a near-future population spurt.

The newest potential player is Plansouth Inc. of Hoschton, GA which has filed plans with the county to develop an estimated $35-million, 300,000-sf office and retail undertaking on a 33-acre site off Interstate 85 at GA 98 and Old Bold Spring School Road. The venture would be the largest in north Jackson County after the 500,000-sf Tanger Outlet Mall in Commerce, GA, area retail brokers tell GlobeSt.com.

Plansouth’s tentative plans envision 13 buildings, a 60,000-sf grocery, a bank, restaurants, bowling alley, ice skating rink and an entertainment center with a movie theater. The entire project would be completed by 2006.