Mixed-use development planned for Lindbergh
A joint venture of Lane Company and The Dawson Company will build a $80 million mixed-use development in the Lindbergh area of Buckhead, which will include more than 80,000 square feet of retail space facing Piedmont Road at Garson Drive.
Potential retail tenants include a grocery store that’s part of a national chain, as well as a bookstore and restaurant. The development also will include roughly 350 ultra-luxury apartment homes atop the retail space. Construction is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2008.
“This sort of development is perfect for this popular, rapidly-growing intown area,” said Lane Company CEO Bill Donges. “People will be able to leave their cars in the garage, walk downstairs from their apartments to get almost anything they need.”
“I see this development as a continuation of the vision that we set in motion with the development we have undertaken across the street at Lindbergh City Center,” said Harold Dawson, Jr, president and CEO of The Dawson Company.
Lane Realty Construction, LLC will build the mixed-use community, and Lane Management, LLC will manage the apartments.
Charles Schwab building new offices
Charles Schwab Corp. is building a 9,200-square-foot, free-standing office building at 3314 Peachtree Road.
Construction began late in 2007 is expected to be completed by the end of 2008. The company presently has offices at Colony Square in Midtown and in the Lenox building in Buckhead. However, it reportedly wanted a free-standing location that would let it join other financial firms along Buckhead’s Peachtree corridor between Lenox Square and Piedmont Road.
Buckhead joining Ga. 400 campaign
The Buckhead Coalition will be joining the Hospitality Highway Coalition, adding Buckhead’s prestige to the Ga. 400 tourism marketing campaign.
“It is very important to the economy of Buckhead that our hospitality is represented with the other Ga. 400 corridor communities,” said coalition President Sam Massell.
Roswell and Alpharetta tourism officials conceived the plan to designate Ga. 400 “Georgia’s Hospitality Highway” three years ago, which opened up state funding to market tourism in the cities along the road. The current six member communities stretch from Sandy Springs to Dahlonega.
De la Renta shop to open in Streets
Oscar de la Renta has set his sights on The Streets of Buckhead for his eighth freestanding store.
The designer said Jan. 22 that he plans to open a 2,850-square-foot, two-level store near the intersection of Buckhead Avenue and Bolling Way in the $1.5 billion development in the fall 2009.
The designer’s clothing and accessories will be sold in the Atlanta store.
The decor, which will feature Dominican coral stone and high-gloss white anigre wood, will be in line with the interiors of his existing stores. A plaster palms mirror, dolphin center table and ivory trellised chairs will be interspersed throughout.
The designer plans to open his seventh store next month in Costa Mesa, Calif. Like California’s Orange County, Atlanta is a burgeoning area. Alex Bolen, chief executive officer of Oscar de la Renta, said, “As the fastest growing city in the country, Atlanta is a prime market for our continued retail expansion.”?
The Streets of Buckhead, being developed by Ben Carter Properties, will consist of 80 luxury boutiques, as well as three world-class hotels, up to 1,000 upscale residential units, restaurants, sidewalk cafes and 300,000 square feet of office space.
Hermes, Etro, Bottega Veneta and Loro Piana are among the retailers that will have boutiques in The Streets of Buckhead, a site that will occupy eight acres.
Costco may come to Town Brookhaven
Buckhead residents may end up with a Costco warehouse store in their backyard at the new Town Brookhaven development of The Sembler Co. near Oglethorpe University.
Currently the Issaquah, Wash.-based members-only warehouse retailer has seven sites in the metro Atlanta area, but none convenient to Buckhead residents. The closest Costco store presently is in Sandy Springs on Peachtree Dunwoody Road in the Perimeter Mall area.
Sembler’s President Jeff Fuqua said the firm is in preliminary talks with Costco, but there is no contract at this time.