Broker Roundtable

On Jan. 18, three commercial real estate brokers gathered at Atlanta Business Chronicle to discuss the idea of owning space versus leasing it. The participants were: Ken Ashley, associate director at Cushman & Wakefield Atlanta; Alan Joel, principal at Alan Joel Partners; and Kirk Demetrops, senior vice president at The Griffin Co…. Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More Here

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Griffin Co. to turn office complex into condos

Cosmopolitan North has become the latest project to follow the office-turned-residential trend in the Central Perimeter. Local developer The Griffin Co. plans to transform a 138,000-square-foot office complex on Barfield Road into mixed-use with 280 condominium units… Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More Here

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Wayne Mason shuttering Gwinnett Partners

Wayne Mason and Marty Kennedy are splitting up and going their separate ways. By all accounts, it’s an amicable separation but one that will shutter Gwinnett Partners LLC after eight years… Buckhead Boutique The Griffin Co. has begun development of 50 Old Ivy in Buckhead. The group is seizing the momentum from its final office condominium sale at the adjacent 34/38 Old Ivy development next to Hal’s restaurant… Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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Buckhead Boutique

The Griffin Co. has begun development of 50 Old Ivy in Buckhead. The group is seizing the momentum from its final office condominium sale at the adjacent 34/38 Old Ivy development next to Hal’s restaurant Located at the intersection of Habersham and Old Ivy roads, 50 Old Ivy is an 11,600-square-foot, two-story office condominium. Griffin expects to complete the project in February. Griffin has secured a buyer for 50 Old Ivy’s first floor, and expects to secure a buyer for the second floor prior to completion, said Griffin Co. Senior Vice President Kirk Demetrops.. Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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On the trail of a trend…

“New Urbanism,” the development concept for real estate planning and design that combines homes, coffee shops and dental offices within easy walking distance of one another, has sowed its seeds all over metro Atlanta… …Atlanta is a young market when it comes to mixed-use, said Kirk Demetrops, senior vice president of The Griffin Co. The vast majority of Atlanta’s developers only three or four years ago were single-use builders, Demetrops said. Their experience was limited to either retail, commercial office or residential development, but not all three… Originally Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read More...

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