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ALPHARETTA, GA. — The first-ever Bocado Burger Bar, a spinoff of the Atlanta restaurant Bocado, has signed a lease to open at Avalon, a $600 million mixed-use project in Alpharetta. Vertical construction will begin on Avalon this September and 60 percent of the retail space has now been leased, with 20 percent in negotiations. According to North American Properties, the project developer, discussions are ongoing with retail tenants such as Antico Pizza Napoletana, Bantam & Biddy, Free People and Janie & Jack. Other retail tenants on the project will include Banana Republic, Whole Foods, C. Wonder and Regal Cinemas, which will open the first all-premium seating theater in the U.S. Avalon will open in October 2014.