ALG is often best described as a "Boutique" real estate brokerage company. This type of company dynamic enables us to be responsive to our clients and to offer flexible service during these "Changing Times".

We have witnessed economic change with the obvious rise of gasoline prices and the increase of real estate foreclosures – particularly in the residential development sector. Many of our clients are expressing concerns with the upcoming election and how this will effect their real estate investment for the very near and distant future. You will find major changes in Atlanta's real estate landscape as it transforms the "In-Town" lifestyle as urban and mixed-use developments proliferate throughout the city.

Industrial areas such as the closed paper plant near North Highland Avenue have been redeveloped with trendy lofts, condos, restaurants and retail shops. The General Shale site inside I-285 in Northwest Atlanta, the former Atlanta Gas Light facility in the Moreland Avenue and I-20 area, the Bell South headquarters in Perimeter Center, Peachtree Garden Apartments, the Prado at Roswell and I-285 are all examples of redevelopment for mixed-use medium to high density. Another high profile in-fill development, the Atlantic Station, was once home to a steel mill / plant, Atlantic Steel Company. Now the complete collection of corporate records can be found at the Atlanta History Center Library. Currently, Century Retail is looking to redevelop a four acre tract in downtown Avondale. Our keynote speaker and guest, Barry Roberts from Atlanta Demolition, recently provided an overview of their company during our monthly meeting and offered insight to the countless redevelopment opportunities that exists today. In his view "Atlanta has the highest demand nationally for demolition because of redevelopment". He indicated that "Atlanta Demolition can represent land owners in the demolition process which can add significant cost savings as much as 30% versus the package deal contractors".

The next "Goliath" of change will be in proximity of spaghetti junction (intersection of I-285 and I-85) in Doraville, Georgia. The GM Doraville Assembly Plant is creating such a buzz in the Atlanta real estate community. ALG has been working diligently in the background using all of our expertise in the PIB (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard) submarket which encompasses our $140,000,000 in sales over the past decade. Atlanta Land Group's efforts will continue on as it expects to represent one of the final four bidders to acquire the GM site and will help position the large end users on this mixed-use site.