(Crystal Proenza is associate editor of Real EstateFlorida.)
ATLANTA-Hickory Flat Commons Shopping Center has broken ground in Canton, a suburb of Atlanta in Cherokee County. The 122,751-sf, Kroger-anchored retail center is being developed by Lawrenceville, GA-based Connolly Realty Services Inc.
The construction site location, at the corner of State Route 140, Hickory Road and Batesville Road, was originally under contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. However, Cherokee County enacted an ordinance against big-box retail, stopping the development from going any further.
"When we got involved there was a lawsuit between the property owners and the county over this," says J.R. Connolly, president of Connolly Realty. "We worked with the county to find a development plan that worked for everybody."
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