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MAY 2019 • VOL. 11 — NO. 5
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Emory University’s master plan for the 60 acres of Executive Park it owns shows future medical and office buildings colored in blue, including a new hospital and Musculoskeletal Center. Emory is seeking to rezone the property from retail to office and industrial.
300-plus properties could be affected by I-285 toll lanes project BY DYANA BAGBY AND JOHN RUCH The state’s plan to build toll lanes on the top end of I-285 could impact a minimum of 300 properties all along the corridor, ranging from construction easements to full land takings, according to city of Brookhaven officials. Mayor John Ernst and City Councilmember Linley Jones informed about 50 people attending an April 18 community meeting at
City Hall that was the number they learned after a private meeting with a Georgia Department of Transportation project manager. They also said they did not know how many Brookhaven properties would be affected. The 300-plus properties affected on the top end of I-285 are located between Henderson Road in the Tucker area in the east See 300 on page 23
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Emory University has revealed its $1 billion plan for Executive Park, a “livework-play health innovation district” that includes a hospital, a hotel, multifamily housing and medical and office space. The 60-acre plan will take 15 years to build, but work on an orthopedic center could start this year, Emory says. Residents of Lavista Park, a neighborhood adjacent to Executive Park, are seeking to be annexed into Brookhaven, possibly as soon as this year, in part because they want to have a say in the development. “It’s critical we have a say because this comes into our neighborhood,” said Michael Lappin, speaking shortly before EmSee EMORY on page 22
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