Transit-oriented development opens adjacent to King Memorial station

Buckhead Reporter 5/18 8:35A Collin Kelley

Marchon as seen from inside the adjacent Oakland Cemetery. (Courtesy Greystar) Nearly a decade after it was first announced, MARTA will host a ribbon-cutting on Friday morning for its transit-oriented...

Bidding wars in Atlanta's housing market decline as prices, rates rise

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 8:25A Chris Fuhrmeister

Competition for metro Atlanta home listings decreased in April, giving respite to buyers and real estate agents worn thin by intense bidding wars.

With $51M construction loan, Atlanta developer can break ground on its first South Florida project

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 8:04A Brian Bandell

The West Palm Beach apartment complex is Atlanta-based ECI Group's first project in the area.

Leading developer in West Midtown buys big near Microsoft's Grove Park campus

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 7:47A Savannah Sicurella

Within the last few years, surges of development have occurred throughout the Westside. Now, it's accelerating as Microsoft plans its 90-acre campus in the area.

Atlanta firm buys two Arlington residential towers, expects return to 'core markets'

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 7:16A Dan Brendel

Atlanta-based Cortland says the acquisitions mark the first wave of its Northern Virginia plans.

North Italia restaurant to open in Buckhead, Dunwoody

Buckhead Reporter 5/18 6:17A Amy Wenk

(Photos courtesy of North Italia) A modern Italian restaurant is entering the Georgia market, with locations planned in Buckhead and Dunwoody. Called North Italia, the eatery is from Fox Restaurant...

Shoreline restoration work at Morgan Falls limits river access

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/18 3:55A Bob Pepalis

A project to restore the eroding shoreline of the Chattahoochee River at Morgan Falls Overlook Park will restrict access to a portion of the sidewalk where kayakers put in and to the boat dock until 5...

Sandy Springs approves $2.95 million more for Hammond Drive project design

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/18 3:38A Bob Pepalis

Sandy Springs City Council approved spending a little more than $2.95 million to continue design and right-of-way planning for the first phase of the Hammond Drive widening project. During its May 17...

Sandy Springs Society awards $263,300 to 32 nonprofit organizations

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/18 3:29A Bob Pepalis

The Sandy Springs Society awarded $263,300 in grants to nonprofit organizations that serve Sandy Springs at its annual meeting on May 17. More than 200 members, who gathered at Mount Vernon Baptist...

Fastest-growing sport in the nation is booming in Atlanta suburbs

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 2:03A Donnell Suggs

The number of public and private pickleball courts in Georgia has more than tripled the past five years.

A $400-per-check West Midtown restaurant is Atlanta's hottest dining reservation

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 1:36A Chris Fuhrmeister

Atlanta's hottest new restaurant serves a tasting menu with an average check of $400. Owner Federico Castellucci III is just as surprised as you are.

Outside Atlanta, big-box industrial development has quadrupled. Here's why.

Atlanta Business Chronicle 5/18 1:30A Tyler Wilkins

As land dwindles near the Perimeter, industrial developers are eyeing large tracts of land in far-flung areas along Interstates 75 and 85 and to the west of Interstate 20.

Q&A: Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College

Brookhaven Reporter 5/18 12:00A Mark Woolsey

Mary Schmidt Campbell leaves a legacy of challenges met and successes marked when she retires at the end of June from her post as the tenth president of Spelman College. Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D.,...

8 activists arrested protesting planned Atlanta Police training center

Buckhead Reporter 5/17 2:47P Dyana Bagby

A rendering of the proposed training facility. (Courtesy Atlanta Police Foundation) Atlanta Police said eight activists protesting the controversial police and fire training center in DeKalb County...

Mayor Dickens hopes to help curb Atlanta crime with Midnight Basketball

Buckhead Reporter 5/17 12:39P Ernie Suggs | The Atlanta Journa

(Photo by Curtis Compton) Marquez Crews was in a zone. On two consecutive trips down the basketball court, the 21-year-old guard for Team 24/7 had launched deep 3-pointers to extend his squad’s lead...