Comments on: Atlanta can overcome challenges to create an Aerotropolis; lessons of Atlantic Station http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/03/overcoming-challenges-at-atlantic-station-and-aerotropolis/ Maria Saporta is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: margaret http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/03/overcoming-challenges-at-atlantic-station-and-aerotropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-860 margaret Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=409#comment-860 Pg4OJC ega7Kl0dnDduqp6s2bnp1o Pg4OJC ega7Kl0dnDduqp6s2bnp1o

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]]> By: Fixing the Atlantic Station Model « Decatur Metro http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/03/overcoming-challenges-at-atlantic-station-and-aerotropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Fixing the Atlantic Station Model « Decatur Metro Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:49:03 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=409#comment-113 [...] this morning, after reading a very interesting op-ed over on Maria Saporta’s new blog “The Saporta Report” by the developer of [...] [...] this morning, after reading a very interesting op-ed over on Maria Saporta’s new blog “The Saporta Report” by the developer of [...]

]]> By: david http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/03/overcoming-challenges-at-atlantic-station-and-aerotropolis/comment-page-1/#comment-93 david Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:17:23 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=409#comment-93 Is Atlantic Station really something other cities should strive to model? Let's take a look - retail that is not successful? check. More new office in a market that is already oversupplied with such product? check. Residential product that overall hasn't done well? check. Jim, you may very well have gotten out of that project with a positive return, but you did this city no favors. True, it is site to see. Cool, even. But let's be honest, there are many people like me. I live within 2 minutes of it and have been probably 5 times in 3 years. Why? Well, exactly, why? I already have 2 major regional malls within 10 minutes and a 3rd within 15. 5 major office submarkets are within 10 minutes - each with a "healthy" 15%+ vacancy rate. Oh, and thanks to Jim Borders there are also 6000 condos within 10 minutes of me as well...and those are just the ones that are first generation! So Jim, what exactly did you do for my city? You basically helped oversupply 3 of the 4 major property types in Atlanta. But hey, let's hand you the visionary award! You could've built a world class park, maybe planted a bunch of trees. Something, anything, but a new city within a city that did nothing but add to a glut of product. No Jim, I'm not a tree hugger, I'm in real estate and I'm tired of developers like you under the guise of "doing good" actually do double the harm compared to the little good you do. If your retail wasn't built, and your offices didn't soar, and your residential didn't leak (ooops) I mean wasn't constructed, maybe some of the the other existing buildings would've been filled. Maybe there would only be 5,000 condos for sale. Just 10% office vacancy! Maybe there wouldn't be retailers that everyone knows are struggling in your development...could it be they all have sister stores within 10 minutes? So whom did you actually build this little city for Jim, your ego or Atlanta? I think the answer is clear. Now, we have to watch you fool more investors into doing it again next to the airport. I wonder what neighborhoods you will kill by sucking all of their industry into your bright new development? Boy I can't wait to find out! I see another visionary award coming! Congrats. Is Atlantic Station really something other cities should strive to model? Let’s take a look – retail that is not successful? check. More new office in a market that is already oversupplied with such product? check. Residential product that overall hasn’t done well? check. Jim, you may very well have gotten out of that project with a positive return, but you did this city no favors. True, it is site to see. Cool, even. But let’s be honest, there are many people like me. I live within 2 minutes of it and have been probably 5 times in 3 years. Why? Well, exactly, why? I already have 2 major regional malls within 10 minutes and a 3rd within 15. 5 major office submarkets are within 10 minutes – each with a “healthy” 15%+ vacancy rate. Oh, and thanks to Jim Borders there are also 6000 condos within 10 minutes of me as well…and those are just the ones that are first generation! So Jim, what exactly did you do for my city? You basically helped oversupply 3 of the 4 major property types in Atlanta. But hey, let’s hand you the visionary award! You could’ve built a world class park, maybe planted a bunch of trees. Something, anything, but a new city within a city that did nothing but add to a glut of product. No Jim, I’m not a tree hugger, I’m in real estate and I’m tired of developers like you under the guise of “doing good” actually do double the harm compared to the little good you do. If your retail wasn’t built, and your offices didn’t soar, and your residential didn’t leak (ooops) I mean wasn’t constructed, maybe some of the the other existing buildings would’ve been filled. Maybe there would only be 5,000 condos for sale. Just 10% office vacancy! Maybe there wouldn’t be retailers that everyone knows are struggling in your development…could it be they all have sister stores within 10 minutes? So whom did you actually build this little city for Jim, your ego or Atlanta? I think the answer is clear. Now, we have to watch you fool more investors into doing it again next to the airport. I wonder what neighborhoods you will kill by sucking all of their industry into your bright new development? Boy I can’t wait to find out! I see another visionary award coming! Congrats.

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