ATLANTA – The Kairos Development Corporation team welcomed the arrival of the construction crane on site at The Astoria at The Aramore, a luxury high rise consisting of 71 exclusive condominiums located within “the living room of Atlanta” just south of Peachtree Battle in Fulton County. Another “Live Life Community,” condominiums at The Astoria at The Aramore are priced from the $400,000s, and penthouses are priced from the $900,000s.
(L-R) Jack Williams, Kairos Development Corporation Business Director; Art Rountree, Kairos Development Corporation Operations Director; Amy Johnson, Kairos Development Corporation Finance and Technology Director; Neil Morrisroe, McLain & Merritt and Kevin J. Brangers, Kairos Development Corporation Real Estate Brokerage and Acquisitions Director.
Construction on the Astoria started in early March with grading and blasting, with the final installation of the crane, concrete and steel should be seen rising above the street by late summer. The base of the crane arrived in May and final installation of the crane is now complete.
“We have been planning and working behind the scenes on this project for two years,” said H. Arthur Rountree, Operations Director of Kairos Development Corp. “The arrival of the crane really illustrates that progress has been made and that we are officially underway. Seventy-one beautiful condos will now very soon stand where the crane sits. This is a huge visual symbol showing progress.”
Home plans at The Astoria boast from 1,500 to over 4,000 square feet with large entertaining spaces, well-defined foyers, fireplaces, gourmet kitchens, marble-tiled baths with brushed nickel fixtures, and rich hardwood floors. Homes are designed with larger areas than most Atlanta condos to better accommodate buyers who require extra bedrooms, storage space, and ample space for larger furniture. The Astoria is also (more…)
Hello to all. Atlanta councilwoman Mary Norwood is at it again. She has introduced a bill to change the City of Atlanta zoning ordinance.
Norwood’s proposal would greatly affect the value of Atlanta real estate.
This is URGENT. On Monday, July 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the Atlanta City Council will take it’s final vote
Atlanta City Hall (Council Chambers), 55 Trinity Avenue
PLEASE EMAIL THE COUNCIL TODAY. SPREAD THE WORD AND ACT NOW.
The Zoning committee meets tomorrow. Full council is scheduled to vote on it next week.
I’ve attached a copy of proposal and here’s my summary.
Affects ALL ZONING CATEGORIES- NO MATTER WHAT YOUR LOT SIZE IS
a) Adds the basement height in measuring the max 35 foot height of a house. Previously only the above grade floors were counted.
This is huge. No matter how big your lot is, you cannot build a house more than 35 feet high including the basement. Ridiculous.
Many of the existing larger houses are over 35′ including the basement and the lot sizes are big enough to support that size, but Norwood doesn’t take lot size into account. The ability to build or rebuild a 2 or 3 story house with a the basement is in jeopardy.
b) There is no grandfather language relating to existing houses, walls or fences.
If your house, wall or fence is damaged, you may not be able to rebuild it as it was. (more…)
Geezzz what a long winded title for a blog post… It was either that or:
Arch GIS and its Future role in Both RE Valuations using Criminology, as well as the overall concerns this technology raises.
That didn’t have much of a ring to it either… Ohh well moving along…. While Googling to see if Dekalb County GA has placed their GIS Maps online I stumbled upon Dekalb County Illinois GIS system.
(I actually thought I was in Dekalb County GA’s system… Dekalb County put their private system online and have all of those Gov. Cheese eaters out of work… who was I kidding?) Anywho, After playing around in the system for a few mins I noticed something intriguing…
The map layers I am used to seeing are things such as Parcel boundaries, Zoning, Address, Rivers, Lakes, etc etc etc etc….Sex Offender Maps, etc. etc. et….WHAT??? Exactly…
Here is what I found… You can both over lay where the registered sex offenders live as well as the “Safe Zone” that surrounds schools, daycare, and here in Georgia “Any place where children may congregate”.
A few clicks later and I was amazed to see what came up with a simple Google search for Sex Offenders and GIS. The majority of the 682,000 websites you will find will either be an actual interactive map showing sex offenders or articles about the privacy and other civil rights debates going on in this arena. This website actually showed you who the offenders are and what they were convicted of.
Plenty of people have written about this and I have one of the stories as it relates to GA at the bottom of this post.
What I am more interested in today is how GIS relates to business that place value on properties both directly IE. appraisers and indirectly (more…)
The Atlanta Young Buckhead Professionals
Invite you to
The Palm at The Westin - Buckhead
3391 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
404.841.1955 (more…)
Can anyone guess the date of this photo? No really… I can’t seem to find it…It looks like it’s miles from civilization here!
There are also some great photo’s as well as a live web cam on their website: http://www.gallerybuckhead.com/building.htm I took these photos last week on 2-22-07 from the Eclipse parking deck in Buckhead.
The Atlanta Young Buckhead Professionals Invite you to the Buckhead Blueroom:
In the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center
2359 B Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30305
404.844.2583
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Complimentary Appetizers & Cocktail
Admission FREE for members*
$10 for guests
(Bring a friend and enter 2 for the price of 1!!!)
*Remember…Memberships include a reciprocal membership to the BBA! Increase your events and the networking opportunities!
Welcome to Young Buckhead Professionals!
Our mission is
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I saw this story in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution and couldn’t help but run it on the DevelopingAtlanta.com blog — especially since I represented Southern Web Group on the transaction! 
Drew Barton and his web design team at Southern Web Group have not only proven to be an integral role in building DevelopingAtlanta.com and many other real estate websites, they were equally pleasant to work with as clients. -Giles
Atlanta, February 6, 2007 – Southern Web Group, a leading provider of custom Web site design and Internet marketing solutions, has opened a new office in Atlanta’s Buckhead area.
“This strategic new location will allow us to better serve our growing customer base,” says Drew Barton, founder and president of the firm. “The expansion reflects our strong commitment to meeting the needs of the area’s growing small businesses.”
In addition to its designers, project managers and account managers, Southern Web Group’s new location will also house its corporate leadership team. The firm has six full-time employees and three free-lance staffers dedicated to client needs. Southern Web Group’s clients come from across the Southeast and represent a broad array of companies interested in creating a strong Internet presence.
“With a well-established and experienced team leading our efforts, and a new home from which to serve clients,” Barton says. “We have a firm foundation that few custom Web design providers can match.”
Before establishing Southern Web Group, Barton worked as a project manager for a Web hosting provider, as a Webmaster for CNN.com, and held technical consulting positions for BellSouth and the (more…)
As much as I hate to admit it… Trulia has really come along way with their Google maps mashup for Atlanta. The site pulls in FMLS and then runs statistical analysis based off predefined items such as Zip codes and they are also currently defining certain neighborhoods.
Quite a cool trick I have to say…
Kudos guys!!
Giles
I just thought I would post this in remembrance…
Picture taken from Freedom Parkway at Boulevard 1-11-07
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
August 28, 1963
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as
the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the (more…)
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