Georgia

ATLANTA — TPA Group has broken ground on two industrial facilities in metro Atlanta totaling roughly 1.7 million square feet. The properties include the 1.1 million-square-foot Fairburn Logistics Center in South Fulton County and the 614,000-square-foot Broadway Distribution Center in Braselton. Fairburn Logistics Center is a cross-dock building that will be located on Bohannon Road adjacent to the CSX Intermodal facility. The property features 36-foot clear heights and heavy trailer and car parking. Broadway Distribution Center will be located on Broadway Avenue with direct access to I-85. Both facilities will be built on a speculative basis. Mark Hawks and Todd Barton of CBRE will spearhead leasing efforts at the two properties.

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Ridgeline Property Group plans to develop a 714,560-square-foot speculative industrial building in McDonough, a city in the South Atlanta industrial submarket. The property, known as McDonough Commerce Center, will sit on a 53-acre site off the I-75 and Highway 155 interchange. Clarion Partners will be Ridgeline’s capital partner on the project, which is slated for a late summer 2015 completion. The facility will be able to handle large-scale distribution operations and e-commerce order fulfillment. Ben Logue and Price Weaver of Colliers International’s Atlanta office will lease the property. McDonough Commerce Center will feature 36-foot clear heights, 56-foot wide bay spacing, concrete truck courts, ESFR fire suppression, 431 parking spaces and 160 trailer spaces (expandable to 240 trailer spaces).