Selling Griffin’s Perch

A longtime Atlanta developer has sold off its own home. The Griffin Co. has sold its own headquarters, Perimeter Place, an 82,800- square-foot office building at 800 Mount Vernon Highway in the Central Perimeter market. The buyer is Jackson Oats Shaw Corporate Real Estate, the upstart real estate investment firm that rounded up a bunch of money in 2004 to buy commercial properties throughout Atlanta. Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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Morris, Manning & Martin stays put at AFC

One of Atlanta’s largest law firms has decided to hold its place in Buckhead. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP has renewed and extended its lease in the east wing of the Atlanta Financial Center on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, said Tori Kerr, project manager for Hines Interests L.P., the co-owner of the office building… A longtime Atlanta developer has sold off its own home. The Griffin Co. has sold its own headquarters, Perimeter Place, an 82,800- square-foot office building at 800 Mount Vernon Highway in the Central Perimeter market. The buyer is Jackson Oats Shaw Corporate Real Estate, the upstart real estate investment firm that rounded up a bunch of money in 2004 to buy commercial properties throughout Atlanta… Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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Flippin’ Burgers

The Griffin Co. has scrapped plans for a SoBo (South Buckhead) office condominium building. The developer instead has put the 1.6-acre site at 1820 Peachtree up for sale for an undisclosed sum. “Our concept for 1820 Peachtree right now is on hold,” said Kirk Demetrops, senior vice president of Griffin. The site — between the Macquarium Building and the former Mayflower apartments — is currently home to a Wendy’s restaurant. Griffin, which purchased the parcel in 2003 for $2.75 million, had plans to develop an 11-story, 145,000-square-foot office/condo project.   Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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Hines unloading two metro area buildings

The builders of King & Spalding LLP’s office tower in Midtown are unloading two other area office buildings. In September, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and minority owner Hines Interests L.P. sold off its interest in Overlook III, a 438,000-square-foot office tower on Paces Ferry Road in Cobb County… Flippin’ burgers The Griffin Co. has scrapped plans for a SoBo (South Buckhead) office condominium building. The developer instead has put the 1.6-acre site at 1820 Peachtree up for sale for an undisclosed sum. “Our concept for 1820 Peachtree right now is on hold,” said Kirk Demetrops, senior vice president of Griffin… Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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