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Hotel developers eyeing Perimeter Center “The hotel market is booming metro-wide,” said Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling. “A bunch of hotel folks are looking and trying to find sites ... and they think Dunwoody is a good location.” Hotels in metro Atlanta and Dunwoody boast all-time high occupancy numbers, Starling said. He said hotels are uses that Dunwoody city officials like to see and said developers like Perimeter Center for its access to MARTA as well as the numerous restaurants and shops available. Trammell Crow declined to comment on its plans to purchase about four acres of unused parking lot from General Growth Properties, owner of Perimeter Mall — the same site where Transwestern planned to construct its “Nexus” office tower. Transwestern asked City Council to approve a 20-story office tower, but the council in November approved only 16 stories. Transwestern abandoned its project, leaving room for Trammell Crow to move in with its own project. The proposal keeps some of Transwestern’s ideas in place. For example, a footbridge Transwestern proposed to connect the office tower to the MARTA station CITY OF DUNWOODY also is included in Trammell Crow’s pre-application. A rendering of a 16-story office tower proposed by Trammell Crow to go at the intersection of Hammond Drive and Perimeter Center Parkway. Trammell Crow also is proposing a 10-story hotel at the site. The proposed 10-story hotel with 193 rooms would be built behind the proposed office tower next to the MARTA station. The 16-story office tower BY DYANA BAGBY would include more than 347,000 square feet for offices and nearly 12,000 square dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net feet for commercial development and/or restaurant space. The building also would Three developers wanting to build hotels have their eyes on Dunwoody’s Perimeinclude a three-level parking deck. Both buildings call for ground-floor retail. ter Center. They have filed pre-application plans with the city this month. The 84 Perimeter Center East property covers about two acres. Branch ProperTrammell Crow filed its pre-application with the city’s Community Development ties wants to build a 12-story hotel with 200 rooms and a two-story parking deck. Department outlining a plan to build a 16-story office tower and a 10-story hotel at Also part of the proposed development is approximately 50,000 square feet of com1134 Hammond Drive, a small corner of the Perimeter Mall parking lot adjacent to mercial space divided between two two-story buildings to be constructed adjacent the Dunwoody MARTA station at the intersection of Hammond Drive and Perimeto the hotel. ter Center Parkway. Pre-application plans for the proposed project at 121 Perimeter Center West inBranch Properties also filed a pre-application. It outlined plans to construct clude the current space for Tin Lizzy’s and Sun Trust as well as a 7-story, 157-room a 12-story hotel at 84 Perimeter Center East, where a vacant bank building now hotel; a 12,000-square-foot restaurant; a SunTrust drive-through ATM; and a 4.5-levsits. Representatives from Branch Properties presented its plans to the Dunwoody el parking deck with 350 spaces. Homeowners Association earlier this month. The 84 Perimeter Center East proposal is slated to go before the Planning ComAnd Prado Perimeter Center wants to build a 7-story hotel at 121 Perimeter Cenmission on July 11. ter West, where Tin Lizzy’s restaurant and an office building containing a SunTrust The other two proposals are being reviewed by city staff and could possibly go to bank branch are located. the Planning Commission in August.
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