Georgia

CHAMBLEE, GA. — Pattillo Industrial Real Estate and Parkside Partners Inc. have formed a joint venture, known as Trackside Partners LLC, to develop a Class A office project in Chamblee, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) board of directors selected the joint venture to develop the project, known as Trackside, on a 2.2-acre site located at Peachtree and Chamblee Tucker roads. MARTA owns the site, which is located across from the Chamblee MARTA station. Upon completion, the two-phase, 80,000-square-foot Trackside will be Chamblee’s first Class A office development. Trackside will serve as the new headquarters for Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, which will occupy 20,000 square feet of the four-story, 50,000-square-foot Trackside One building. Pattillo will relocate 35 employees in second-quarter 2017 from its current offices in Stone Mountain, Ga., where the firm has been headquartered since 1975. Pattillo’s office space will feature a rooftop deck and a two-level sky lobby with a walkway beneath a glass roof. Trackside Two will be a two-story, 30,000-square-foot office building that also features a single-level parking deck. Both phases will feature first-floor retail and restaurant space. Construction is scheduled to begin in second-quarter 2016 on Trackside One. Chad …

COLUMBUS, GA. — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa), Georgia’s largest health solutions company, has opened its new office building in the Muscogee Technology Park in Columbus. The new 235,000-square-foot facility will house approximately 1,500 employees and will be BCBSGa’s main hub for servicing its nearly 3 million members. The new three-story facility will replace an existing property that BCBSGa has owned since 1958 and a smaller leased facility in the Muscogee Technology Park. The new property brings together the largest collection of BCBSGa employees of any single location in Georgia. The building has two wings connected by an atrium and features an outdoor patio, fitness center and a 1.2-mile walking path. Public partners on this project included Columbus Consolidated Government, the Development Authority of Columbus and the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce. The development team includes developer The Molasky Group, general contractor Batson-Cook Construction and architect Hecht Burdeshaw Architects. More than 150 construction workers were employed at the peak of construction, the vast majority of which through subcontractors from the Columbus area and the state of Georgia.