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PTC planners to review 54W shopping centerFri, 10/24/2008 - 2:44pm
By: John Munford
The latest version of a plan to build a 175,000 square foot shopping center off Ga. Highway 54 West near Planterra Way will be dissected by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night. Tenants have already been signed for the Line Creek shopping center, said Doug McMurrain of Capital City Development. McMurrain declined to name the tenants, but said all of them are economically viable. McMurrain declined to release the names of the tenants under contract but said the anchor stores will “do well,” particularly with people trying to save money. One of the tenants is reported to be a grocery store in a 45,000 square foot building. The other large buildings on the site are 42,000 sq. ft., 28,000 sq. ft., 25,000 sq. ft. and 20,000 sq. ft. The latest plans must be approved by the planning commission, but the development is also hinging on a traffic light being approved for Hwy. 54 at the main driveway for the property, which lines up with the existing Line Creek Parkway. Previously the Georgia Department of Transportation has turned down a request for a light there but CCD is going “through the process” of seeking approval on a resubmitted application, McMurrain said. In its previous decision, DOT noted that the light is too close to the existing traffic lights at Planterra Way and MacDuff Parkway. As for financing, McMurrain indicated that he’s ready to move forward with the plan if its ultimately approved by the city and DOT. “It’s a very good project,” McMurrain said. McMurrain said he thinks the jobs created by the shopping center will help the local economy. The plan includes two additional raised “table” crosswalks that will be pleasing to the eye and also allow both pedestrians and cars to traverse the parking lot safely, McMurrain said. One of the crosswalks is at the eastern border of the property near where a road connection in the future could be made to link with Planterra Way. On the western side is another potential road linkage that so far has been hindered by restrictive covenants that forbid it from continuing further west towards the Shoppes at Village Piazza development that’s underway. The two other large table crosswalks are located on the main entry driveway to the development. The Line Creek project was the first to undergo the special use permit process, which replaced the city’s previous set in stone size limit of 150,000 square feet total for shopping centers. The City Council also has agreed to abandon the right of way for Line Creek Parkway and part of Line Creek Drive in exchange for $500,000 or an equivalent amount of land of the same value that’s agreeable to both parties. Although the special use permit was approved 3-2 with councilmen Doug Sturbaum and Don Haddix voting against, Mayor Harold Logsdon in February said the approval keeps a gas station from coming to the parcel and it also protects nearby residents in the adjacent Cardiff Park subdivision. login to post comments
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