The DLBP Atlanta team had a fantastic time recently attending and sponsoring Bisnow’s Atlanta Construction and Development event.
DLBP Atlanta is delighted to announce a recent milestone in our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional urban planning services. Our Director of Planning, Artagus Newell, alongside Planner Devynn Glanz, recently submitted a rezoning application in unincorporated Hall County on behalf of our client Grace of Georgia Developments LLC.
The DLBP US team has recently undertaken several strategic site searches and follow-up site visits across the 21-county Atlanta Metropolitan.
DLBP is delighted to have successfully secured rezoning on behalf of our client, Grace of Georgia Properties LLC, to support Spring Lake Village, a proposed Active Adult community in Cobb County.
Grace of Georgia Developments LLC is in the planning stages for Sardis Park, a proposed lifestyle community of vacation-style homes for year-round living. This development will feature 132 homes surrounded by greenspace amenities, including pocket parks, walking trails, and waterfront common areas.
DLBP is an advocate of sustainable development, whether the re-use of brownfield sites or new settlements and urban extensions, and good connectivity provided by sustainable travel is vital in achieving this.
Like many urban areas, Atlanta is fortunate to be home to many colleges and universities.
Last week, DLBP’s Director of Planning Caroline Burnette Dervan attended the FSU Real Estate TRENDS conference, hosted by Florida State University’s College of Business. This annual event gathers real estate professionals from across the southeast and beyond to hear from industry experts and network with peers.
Just west of the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, lies a vast swath of prime development land which could radically transform the city of College Park (a portion of the airport being located in College Park’s city limits).
Last Tuesday, DLBP Atlanta attended the Cobb Chamber’s Business After Hours event. DLBP had the pleasure of meeting a myriad of Cobb County-based professionals and business owners, ranging from real estate agents and software planners to project managers, university leaders, nurses, and artists.
Can small towns be saved through forward-thinking masterplans? Hammond, Indiana is betting on it.
DLBP is an advocate of sustainable development, whether the re-use of brownfield sites or new settlements and urban extensions, and good connectivity provided by sustainable travel is vital in achieving this.
Last week, DLBP Atlanta travelled to Savannah, Georgia to attend the Georgia Planning Association’s Fall Conference. The DLBP team attended a variety of breakout sessions, including AICP exam preparation sessions, and lectures on multi-modal transportation, climate change impacts in Georgia, and messaging strategies for planning materials.
The Michelin Restaurant ratings system is set to bring a national and international focus on Atlanta’s culinary scene.
Tuesday evening the DLBP Atlanta team had the pleasure of attending the Bisnow Atlanta Fall Kickoff Schmooze in Colony Square.
Post-pandemic, many cities in the US and UK are searching for ways to reinvent city centers and public spaces. One outcome of this is that people have started to question the amount of space historically allocated for parking.
Earlier this week, DLBP Atlanta met with planning and zoning staff in Hall County, Georgia to discuss an exciting new project that is seeking rezoning.
Earlier this morning DLBP LLC was attended a special presentation by urban planning expert, Tracy Hadden Loh, through the Central Atlanta Progress. Tracy discussed four converging crises: (1) COVID-19, (2) economic fallout, (3) need for racial justice, and (4) Climate change, and strategies that can be used to mitigate these issues downtown.
The DLBP UK and US teams recently attended an interesting talk on the applications of GIS for urban planners, as part of our internal programme of Continued Professional Development.
More change is slated for Atlanta’s quickly-transforming west side, thanks in part to a recently-awarded $40M federal grant.
DLBP is excited by the prospect of a new office conversion that is set to provide a new Food and Retail Hub for Central Buckhead, located at the Piedmont Center.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people established a “COVID bubble” of close family and friends with whom they felt they could safely interact. These bubbles were an essential way of life as we navigated through the historic public health event. And while many of us shifted our socialization and commuting patterns during the pandemic, recent studies are highlighting an interesting long-term impact: people are now less likely to explore different areas of their cities.
Did you know that the current U.S. housing shortage can be traced all the way back to the 1910s?
Earlier this week, DLBP had the opportunity to attend the Cobb Chamber’s August Marquee Monday luncheon, where we heard from author, speaker, and entrepreneur Kevin Paul Scott about the importance of finding inspiration in everyday life.
DLBP is excited to be involved in all aspects of our clients’ rezoning efforts!
What do Atlanta, Georgia and Tempe, Arizona have in common? While the two cities are on the opposite sides of the United States with different climates and urban contexts, both will feature innovative new communities from real estate development company Culdesac. Culdesac’s mission is to “build neighborhoods that embrace community, open space, and mobility.”
The concept of sprawl has always been a topic for debate. Sprawl differs from city to city and state to state. Sprawl in Arizona or California could look completely different from sprawl in Georgia.
DLBP is pleased to share its progress on its Spring Lake Village rezoning application.
Georgia is most famously known as “The Peach State”, and lesser so by “The Empire State of the South”. However, Georgia is living up to its newer moniker of “Y’allywood”.
