Plans for grocery store, apartments filed for former Varsity property in Athens
Plans for grocery store, apartments filed for former Varsity property in Athens
March 7, 2024 | GPB News

More than five years after the family that owns The Varsity announced it would sell the property for redevelopment, and almost three years after the landmark restaurant closed, plans have been filed with Athens-Clarke County. And yes, the magnolias will be saved.

The plans call for two buildings-one at the corner of West Broad and Chase streets featuring a grocery store on the second floor with parking on the main level underneath, and a second on the Milledge Avenue side with retail and restaurant space on the ground floor and residential units above, wrapped around a second parking structure. Bruce Lonnee, assistant director of the ACC Planning Department, was quick to note that the plans include a protective fence around the 100-plus-year-old magnolia trees along Milledge Avenue.

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Development plan calls for 730 apartments, retail adjacent to Newberry Square plaza
Development plan calls for 730 apartments, retail adjacent to Newberry Square plaza
September 13, 2023 | The Gainesville Sun

A new preliminary development plan for a wooded piece of property on Newberry Road less than a mile west of Interstate 75 has been submitted to Alachua County.

The Newberry Village Traditional Neighborhood Development has been proposed on the north side of Newberry Road directly east of Fort Clarke Boulevard and would have direct access to the Newberry Square shopping area via Northwest 76th Boulevard.

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Apartment developer pays $4M for untapped site near Ponce, Freedom Park Trail
Apartment developer pays $4M for untapped site near Ponce, Freedom Park Trail
August 14, 2023 | Atlanta Business Chronicle

A project that would bring apartments and a grocery store to an undeveloped area just north of Downtown Atlanta has inched closer to reality

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Wawa is coming. What else is going to be built in, near Brannon Crossing?
Wawa is coming. What else is going to be built in, near Brannon Crossing?
July 20, 2023 | Lexington Herald Leader

Rumors are flying about major chains coming to the area south of Lexington and at least one of them is true.

Wawa, the convenience store station that’s so much more than gas, is planning on building a location at 3013 Lexington Rd. in Nicholasville, also known as U.S. 27. At an April 24 meeting, the planning commission approved plans for a Wawa convenience store at the corner of Lexington Road and Vince Road, near Catnip Hill Road and just down the road from the popular Brannon Crossing shopping center.

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Downtown Jacksonville luxury riverfront residential, retail development taking shape
Downtown Jacksonville luxury riverfront residential, retail development taking shape
June 19, 2023 | The Florida Times-Union

Luxury apartments, a "lifestyle grocery," as well as buildings for restaurants and retail shops are beginning to sprout at One Riverside - an estimated $182 million mixed-use development on the Northbank of the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville.

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DIA mulling CEO extension, amendment to One Riverside
DIA mulling CEO extension, amendment to One Riverside
June 15, 2023 | Jacksonville Business Journal

The Downtown Investment Authority board is mulling a 1-year extension for CEO Lori Boyer and amending One Riverside's performance schedule.

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Fuqua & Co. score project tax break in red-hot Old Fourth Ward
Fuqua & Co. score project tax break in red-hot Old Fourth Ward
May 24, 2023 | Urbanize Atlanta

A mixed-use project in Old Fourth Ward has succeeded in scoring a tax incentive that one of metro Atlanta’s most controversial developers is calling make-or-break.

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Fulton board to consider tax break for new apartments near Beltline
Fulton board to consider tax break for new apartments near Beltline
May 23, 2023 | Atlanta Journal Constitution

A Fulton County agency will consider granting more than $5 million in tax breaks for a luxury residential and retail project near the Eastside Beltline trail, one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city

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Publix eyes Old Fourth Ward for new store
Publix eyes Old Fourth Ward for new store
May 23, 2023 | Atlanta Business Chronicle

The Florida-based grocer is eyeing space at a mixed-use project planned by Fuqua Development and Northwood Ravin.

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Kura Sushi popping up in Georgia
Kura Sushi popping up in Georgia
May 15, 2023 | Fast Casual

Kura Sushi USA Inc., a technology-enabled restaurant serving cuisine via a revolving sushi service model, opened this weekend at Exchange at Gwinnett, a nearly 70,000-square-foot grocery-anchored property, in Buford, Georgia. It marks the Peach State's second Kura and the brand's 46th location in the United States.

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