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Shopping, eating boom continues in west PTC

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 4:59pm
By: John Munford

Landscaping along highway coming soon

The latest big retailer to be coming to Peachtree City will be Petsmart.

The company plans to build a new store adjacent to the Best Buy on Ga. Highway 54 West. No new parking will be needed as Petsmart will share parking with Best Buy.

RAM Development, the company in charge of the entire corridor of buildings, is working on putting two smaller storefronts in front of the Best Buy right along Ga. Highway 54.

Doug McMurrain of RAM said the landscaping that is supposed to be located between the highway and the shopping area will be installed within the next several weeks.

RAM is also working on a nearby building that is projected to have several restaurants with a large outdoor courtyard area for patrons to eat at. The courtyard will feature a water fountain and might also have some potted plants along the border in addition to other landscaping features.

Meanwhile, construction continues on the first of several office buildings south of Peachtree City in a project that developer Group VI wants to annex into the city. The Starr’s Mill Professional Center is a 15-acre site that runs along Ga. Highway 74 from the city limits to Redwine Road.

At a meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission, Group VI said it would look at relocating a large segment of the proposed cart path from along the highway so it could meander back towards Peeples Lake. The property is designed to use the lake as amenity, with the current building under construction providing great views of the lake, said Mike Amos of Group VI.

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PTC EAST (BUCKHEAD BREWERY/ FUDDRUCKERS)
Submitted by ptcloyal on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 7:20pm.

Wow, so many good comments! Good point John, that it falls in the hands of business orrientated land owners. What did the City of Atlanta do to promote the development of downtown, centennial place, midtown, Atlantic station etc? Many “dilapidated” buildings have been demolished and new buildings have come up. This was mainly due to smart, creative and bold incentives issued by the City of Atlanta.

There is no one to blame, however the power and authority of the city can do many things do promote a particular area. They can market that corner of town more. They can have city functions on that side of town more often. They can flex some of the rules (permanent or temporary) to create excitement on that side of town.

Ever wonder, maybe the reason Buckhead Brewery and Fuddruckers are stagnant is due to the initial costs of construction demanded by city rules/reg. were way “too high” during initial construction, therefore is now way to expensive to sell unless you sell it at a deeply “discounted” value.

My point is only, “something needs to be done, anything….at this point”! PTC FOLKS, PLEASE COMMENT!

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why more restaurants
Submitted by plaid6 on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 11:42am.

I know we can sell liquor on Sunday unlike other cities on the south side of Atlanta. But why do restaurant companies keeping putting more here. My wife and I eat out five nights a week, and we know for certain we can go to virtually everyone of the chains and find no wait ever with the possible exception of SMOKEY BONES or LONGHORN. It also seems that those are the only two that ever give good service. I'm sure we all have already got our stories about TACO MAC & THREE DOLLAR. Maybe the reason we have dormant restaurants is that they were over built. I wouldn't be surprised to see MACARONI GRILL, RUBY TUESDAY, and/or THREE DOLLAR CAFE joining them any day now!!

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ptcloyal:east ptc development, etc.
Submitted by Hardtack on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 7:46pm.

We have a Development Authority here under the auspices of the city government. I'm afraid however that they have been inefective, and even detrimental in the case of the tennis center, in any kind of planning in PTC. It is correct to assume that the generalities here is for development for tax purposes. It is the same everywhere. Just because the older shopping centers go to pot after 10-15 years doesn't change the fact that they still add tax income--even if somewhat less than before. Peachtree Crossing and Abberdeen have been dying for years, and now Braelinn. Being a "planned community however should mean that we wouildn't want to continue to pile up the junk centers to support more and more employees in the government. As to the city having no control over this, that is a voluntary thing--depending on the managers. What do you want?

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PTC East
Submitted by ptcloyal on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 9:46am.

Why is PTC East being neglected? Empty land and mounds have been sitting idle for over 4 years. Buckhead Brewery and Fudruckers hae been closed for way to long.

All politians or gov't officials should put a side personal issues and generate incentives to develop PTC East. There must be a time line issued and rules have to become flexible.

Commercial development has tripled in PTC, however personal income and population has not changed as much. PTC OFFICIALS ARE SETTING UP FOR MANY VACANT COMMERCIAL AREA'S IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS.

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PTC East
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Submitted by Robert W. Morgan on Mon, 10/16/2006 - 3:25am.

Yes, there are vacant buildings and even vacanant and overpriced land. So what is government supposed to do about that? Fayetteville has a much larger problem and what have they done?

In fact what is within government's power to do anything about private property except tax it and prevent the owner from developing it the way he wants. That's the problem at PTC East - overly complicated zoning restrictions courtesy of Jim Williams. If government wants to do something - zone it commercial and get a couple of big boxes in there.


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PTC East
Submitted by aprilw on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 3:43pm.

I agree. We need to spruce up that area and Braelinn Village and some other places. We are going to have lots of new areas, but the old areas are going to become run down and they will make PTC look crappy for lack of a better word.

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PTC East neglect
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Submitted by John Munford on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 2:28pm.

Falls at the hands of the landowners. They've asked for an unheard-of price per acre according to information shared in a development authority meeting a few months ago.

The city bent over backwards several years ago (at least 5, maybe 6 years) to give the commercial mixed use zoning. It's not the city's fault it hasn't happened.


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Interesting, but not surprising...
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Submitted by Basmati on Sun, 10/15/2006 - 2:34pm.

Out of curiousity, can you give a ballpark figure as to what they were asking per acre?

I've heard that the five acre block directly across from McIntosh High was on the market for a cool $1 million per acre. Whew!


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Landscaping of Center Median
Submitted by flip212 on Fri, 10/13/2006 - 10:20am.

Does anyone know when the city will begin landscaping the new center median that extends from Home Depot/Wal-Mart west to McDuff Parkway? Should we not assume (I know I hate to use this word) that this center stretch will be replicated to look like the rest of Hwy 54 (like East of the 74 intersection)?

Also, one can suspect that the city paid lots of money for all the new street lanterns that line this new section of roadway. Why are they not being used?

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John, do you just print whatever they hand you?
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Submitted by bad_ptc on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 9:21pm.

Meanwhile, construction continues on the first of several office buildings south of Peachtree City in a project that developer Group VI wants to annex into the city. The Starr’s Mill Professional Center is a 15-acre site that runs along Ga. Highway 74 from the city limits to Redwine Road.

At a meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission, Group VI said it would look at relocating a large segment of the proposed cart path from along the highway so it could meander back towards Peeples Lake. The property is designed to use the lake as amenity, with the current building under construction providing great views of the lake, said Mike Amos of Group VI.

John, it’s not, “a project that developer Group VI wants to annex into the city”, it’s a project that they want annexed into the city after they violated most of the “Tree Save” initiative and God knows what else.

Did you happen to ask them if they had county approved drawings for the septic system they should have to build if the land is NOT annexed?

Did the land perk for a commercial development?

Did you ask what there back up plan was if the city, for some unknown reason, decides not to annex the land?

Did you ask them what's for lunch?

Did you ask what day of the week it was, or did they just tell you?


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