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$36M Office Park Planned for Sandy Springs
A new $36 million Sandy Springs office park is getting under way — the biggest commercial real estate project the city has seen in several years and a likely harbinger of more development to come. Atlanta’s MidCity Real Estate Partners, led by founder Kirk Demetrops, is developing the seven-building project at Barfield Road and Hammond Drive…. Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...
read moreSandy Springs Business owners want more for Powers Ferry Landing
City leaders say the Powers Ferry Landing’s business district needs more encouragement and attention to get it out of its rut. Developers say the district has loads of undeveloped potential, but geography holds the area back. Many people aren’t aware Powers Ferry Landing is in Sandy Springs… Kirk Demetrops, a local real estate developer, said the interstate also provides challenges. “I think the traffic on I-285 alone caused this area to be more difficult...
read moreMain Street Alliance publishes wish list
A group of Sandy Springs business owners are reminding the public of their vision for the city’s downtown while the city works to complete its master plan. The business owners call the previous efforts at downtown development “well-intentioned but ineffective” and say the city has a “difficult regulatory environment.” The business owners are part of the Main Street Alliance, a group of 30 companies that own 130 acres of property in downtown Sandy Springs…...
read moreCity Hall search shows challenge of building downtown
Sandy Springs City Council members in January asked the city staff to see if there is a better site for a future a City Hall than the property the city owns on Johnson Ferry Road. The two companies that submitted ideas said they faced a daunting task. MidCity Real Estate Partners principal Kirk Demetrops, whose proposal was rejected, said the process shows how difficult it will be for the city to turn a cluttered...
read more2010 in Sandy Springs: parks, bridges, a new ceremony
The property was supposed to go to the dogs. Vines and bamboo covered the 27 acres on the edge of Bull Sluice Lake. Nobody thought much about the land in an out-of-the-way spot at the end of beat-up Morgan Falls Road. City officials figured it would be a good place for residents to exercise their pets… A group of property owners in downtown Sandy Springs formed a new group intended to develop a common...
read moreMain Street Alliance adds input on new ‘heart’ of city
Representatives of 30 Sandy Springs commercial and retail property owners, organized as the Main Street Alliance, presented a vision for developing a downtown heart for the city to Sandy Springs City Council on Sept. 7. Mayor Eva Galambos declared it to be “the beginning of a new world.”… Along with Morganstern, who is former chair of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber, the Alliance members presenting to the mayor and council were: Alliance chairman Lonnie Mimms,...
read moreDowntown’s traffic troubles call for circular logic
I don’t want to see Sandy Springs going around in circles about how to deal with traffic problems. However, I would like the city to seriously consider roundabouts (also known as traffic circles) and maybe even some jug handles. I will explain that just a little later. But first, an explanation of how all this came up. We recently held a panel discussion that included three commercial/retail developers (Lonnie Mimms, CEO of Mimms Enterprises;...
read moreLooking into ‘downtown’s’ future
The Sandy Springs Reporter recently invited a panel of people with an interest in the community and its future to contemplate what has happened and what might yet occur in the heart of our young city… Kirk Demetrops: I’m just going to step back and talk a little bit about the City Hall property. We can make our own plans, we can have pretty pictures, but I think we have to ask ourselves what...
read moreDowntown property owners form Alliance
An informal group of a dozen or more Roswell Road property owners have been meeting for about six months seeking to discover “the heart” of Sandy Springs and develop a vision for the city’s downtown or “main street.”… “Sandy Springs has the basic services, but we are looking for that next step up—some place you take your brother who comes in from out of town, the sense of community, the social interaction,” said Kirk...
read moreLaw Firm in talks for Terminus lease
Greenberg Traurig LLP is looking at Buckhead’s Terminus 200 office tower, where it could sign at least a 125,000-square-foot lease. Cousins Properties Inc., owner of the 25-story tower, has entered the early stages of negotiations with the law firm, a source familiar with the situation confirmed… Forum Development Group co-founder Ron Pfohl and The Griffin Cos. President Kirk Demetrops are launching their new firm, MidCity Real Estate Partners Inc. The partnership was forged as...
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