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ATHENS, GA. — Construction has started on Atlanta-based Rialto Property Partners and Savannah, Ga.-based Melavar’s 130-room Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens. The property is being built to Gold LEED standards, and environmental features include an outdoor cistern to collect rainwater for irrigation, energy efficient heating and cooling systems and regenerative elevators. An outdoor garden lounge, an art gallery and an adjacent music venue are also part of the development, which will deliver in the fall of 2009.