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A look at the state-of-the-art fitness center on the fourth floor of the Palladium Building at Campus 244 in Dunwoody.
Campus 244 approaches completion By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
for an additional office building and parking garage in phase two, is nearing completion of phase one. With the hotel topped off and interior office build-outs underway, tenants are nearly ready to move into the new mixed-use development behind the Perimeter Expo shopping center. By fall, the development will
feature a five-story building with 405,000 square feet of Class-A office space, a 145-key boutique hotel and several on-site restaurants. The central greenspace and twostory restaurant pavilion are yet to be built. The plan is for phase one to open
City honors ‘heroes’ of sustainability
Schools superintendent signs contract renewal
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Ga. 400 express lanes project sees new bids
DUNWOODY, Ga. — With views of Perimeter, Buckhead and a sliver of the Bank of America Plaza, the developers of Campus 244 in Dunwoody are betting on its location and uniqueness. The 12.8-acre campus, with plans
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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch addressed public comments on city finances April 29, saying the city remains on solid footing, and money committed to paths and sidewalks is not compromising public safety. At the regular City Council meeting, resident Bob Hickey, a critic of last November’s failed parks bond referendum and multi-use trails, raised concerns about proposed spending for paths on North Shallowford Road and Winter’s Chapel Road. Hickey also spoke against a request for federal funding for the design of the Village Crossroads project on Chamblee Dunwoody Road. If awarded, the federal funds would replace $8 million in special purpose local option sales taxes slated to complete the projects. A 20 percent local match is required. “Voters overwhelmingly voted against the bond resolution,” Hickey said. “We want a plan to provide the required police funding and staffing, and we want a plan to ensure that the structural deficit … will be solved.” Dunwoody voters defeated the referendum by a 57-to-43 percent margin at the polls. To dispel concerns that public safety funding is being sacrificed for parks and trails, Mayor Lynn Deutsch confirmed with
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