Rendering of Trackside, development under construction near the Chamblee MARTA station. ATLANTA, GA— Cushman & Wakefield's Transwestern Transwestern's Cushman & Wakefield Keith Pierce Keith Pierce Transwestern's MARTA Cushman & Wakefield


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Chad Koenig, senior director, office tenant representation services, Cushman & Wakefield Cushman Chad Koenig Koening Buckhead Central Perimeter MARTA Chamblee MARTA Koening MARTA MARTA Koenig
  • On the office side, roughly 61% of all new construction is within one-half mile of a MARTA station, and all these projects are high-end, class A developments;
  • Average office rents within a half-mile of a transit station totaled $29.42 in the first quarter, up 5.1% year-over-year and 24.8% higher than the overall Atlanta market;
  • Over the past decade, the number of new residential units within the MARTA market was more than triple the inventory growth of non-MARTA market locations, and when demand is this strong, multifamily developments near rail stations are able to achieve rents nearly 50% higher than those outside the half-mile radius.
  • Finally, the research showed that effective 2018 rents within the MARTA market average $1.68 per square foot compared to non-MARTA market multifamily average of $1.14 per square foot.
  • Today, new construction properties in the most active and desired submarkets have reached above $2 per square foot, as they are predominantly class A developments with exceptional amenity packages and unit features.

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