Greenfield Properties of Marietta, GA, just outside of Atlanta, has submitted preliminary plans to the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority for an undetermined amount of commercial space and 1,000 homes. The site is on 400 acres at River Pointe Parkway and GA 5 in northeast Canton, GA.
Canton and neighboring Woodstock, GA are among the 20 fastest-growing cities in the US by percentage growth, among cities over 10,000, according to the latest population estimates from the US Census Bureau.
Even if the Greenfield Properties project, Etowah Shoals, is approved by the local and state agencies, the developer still has to wait for the City of Canton to annex the property and rezone it to a planned unit development status from agricultural zoning, area industrial brokers familiar with the Canton market tell GlobeSt.com.
Meanwhile, annexation talks between Canton and the county continue. Canton has submitted a 20-year annexation plan for county approval. But before voting on the plan, county officials are trying to determine which land parcels the various cities might want to annex in the near future, brokers who have attended the public meetings tell GlobeSt.com.
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