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MidCity Real Estate Partners Nominated for Award from Urban Land Institute
MidCity Real Estate Partners is nominated by the Urban Land Institute as a finalist for the award of “Excellence in Town Center Development” for our work on the Alpharetta City Center. Learn more about the project here.
read moreSandy Springs council approves Barfield hotel, office
The Sandy Springs City Council gave final approval to the plan to build hotel and office buildings on Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway at its March 19 meeting. The 14-year-old plan to bring two new buildings to Barfield Road at Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs originally called for office buildings, but a hotel was later added, a change requiring city approval. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval at its Feb. 26 meeting. The...
read moreKirk Demetrops brought Main Street to the suburbs
Like many cities, Alpharetta had to adapt. For decades, the expansion of regional shopping centers stole the vibrancy of its main street. Merchants struggled to thrive, as downtowns became a pass-through on the way to the stores and restaurants at suburban regional malls. Today, it’s a much different story. In the age of Amazon, what once involved driving to your favorite store to shop now takes just a moment on your...
read moreAlpharetta City Center Wins Development Of Excellence Award
Alpharetta City Center, the public-private partnership redevelopment in the city’s core, was honored Friday with a 2018 Development of Excellence Award by the Atlanta Regional Commission. The project won the award in the category of Exceptional Merit for Context-Sensitive Town Center Development. The awards, given during the agency’s State of the Region Breakfast held Nov. 2, recognize the developments and places that are improving quality of life in the 10-county Atlanta region. ...
read moreARC’s Developments of Excellence Awards Recognize Community-Enhancing Places
Alpharetta City Center is the beating heart of downtown Alpharetta. Its walkable 26 acres are home to Alpharetta City Hall, a Fulton County Library branch, as well as restaurants, retail, offices, luxury apartments, single-family houses, and 2.5 acres of green space. The project is a result of a public-private partnership whose groundwork was laid 15 years ago when the city of Alpharetta first set forth its goals to build a true downtown through...
read moreDeveloper proposes swapping hotel for office building in Sandy Springs, Ga.
A developer wants to change a 14-year-old plan for a project in Sandy Springs to swap a hotel for one of two office buildings. MidCity Real Estate Partners sees demand for an additional hotel due to the Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters and the City Springs mixed-use development nearby the 3.7-acre NorthPlace site at Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway, according to a Reporter Newspapers story. Fulton County approved the original designs for NorthPlace in...
read moreHotel proposed for Sandy Springs’ Barfield Road
A 14-year-old plan to bring two new buildings to Barfield Road at Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs has been updated with a proposed hotel. The original designs were approved in 2004 by Fulton County, before the city’s incorporation. Now the developer, MidCity Real Estate Partners, is seeking to have Sandy Springs approve a hotel in place of one of the office buildings, with construction to start next year. The 3.7-acre lot...
read moreCity Springs to Life: Arts Anchor for Sandy Springs new city center
Demetrops is a former owner of the lot where the Adley at City Springs mixed-use project is being built within the City Springs district. He’s also now the developer of Alpharetta’s City Center, a similar downtown place-making project.He said City Springs should be a “tremendous asset for the city for years.” “With our … experience [and] involvement in town centers, we find that there is a desire to create an identity, or personality, for...
read moreMixed-use development booming in metro Atlanta area
Is Atlanta’s love affair with the car over? If recent mixed-use projects in development across the metro area are any indication, autos may soon become optional. The drive to get out from behind the wheel and walk, bike or hop on public transit is fueling an array of new construction projects with live-work-play themes. While mixed-use developments have changed the metro area landscape in recent years, even more are rising both intown and...
read moreFocus Brands headquarters in Sandy Springs sells for $18 million
The corporate headquarters for Atlanta restaurant franchisor Focus Brands Inc. has sold for $18.3 million. Crossgate Partners bought the 63,049-square-foot building in Sandy Springs. The seller was MidCity Real Estate Partners, the Atlanta real estate company that five years ago took a chance and purchased the former Crawford & Co. headquarters building when it was completely vacant. Two years later, MidCity struck a big lease with Focus Brands, the franchisor and operator of...
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