ATLANTA-The Gwinnett Tourism and Convention Bureau is talking about constructing a 13,100-seat arena; a ballroom for 1,500 guests; and possibly the introduction of a minor league hockey franchise in Duluth, GA.
ATLANTA-The continued strong performance and growth of office and retail, along with the solid occupancy rate of hotels in the Buckhead market, are drawing more lodging to the area.
ATLANTA-Ellis Dawes Properties is developing the Air Logistics Center at Hartsfield, a $20 million, four-building mixed-use park on 34 acres near Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport.
ATLANTA-Increased land sales and higher prices for land are hallmarks of the metro area's land market, according to Richard Bowers & Co.'s third-quarter report. The market is growing both inward and outward.
ATLANTA-The Georgia chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties cited Holder Properties' two million sf of office development during the past year and the work of the company's retired founder in bringing the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta.
ATLANTA-As part of a new direction to concentrate on its home state, the Florida-based developer is dropping plans to develop an 18-acre site in the North Fulton County area here, and is selling the prime land at an asking price of $26 million or $1.44 million per acre ($33.16 per sf).
ATLANTA-Even as the bulldozers move tons of earth and foundations are being poured, a neighborhood is going to the state's highest court to halt a five million-sf mixed-use development.
CANTON, MI-The auto maker plans to produce sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks for the North American market. The work force will total about 4,000. Analysts say the deal means Nissan's fiscal woes are over.
ATLANTA-Hospitality veteran Eddie Webster will direct one of the largest groups of hotel franchisee owners in the industry. He has headed convention and visitors bureaus in Palm Springs, CA, Louisville, KY and Houston.