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LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. — Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial, a real estate development and brokerage firm based in Augusta, Ga., has arranged the sale of Paradise Crossing, a 67,470-square-foot shopping center in Lithia Springs, located about 17 miles west of Atlanta, for $9 million. The property is situated at the intersection of Lee and Fairburn roads (Highway 92). Publix anchors the center, which is 95 percent leased to a mix of local, regional and national tenants. Ryan McArdle, Steve Collins and David Rivers of Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial represented the buyer, a public non-traded REIT, in the transaction. The retail REIT purchased the center from The Simpson Organization.