Dan Granot & Co., an Atlanta tenant representation firm thatco-brokered the seven-year lease with SDG Investments, deferred aninquiry about the lease to Mike Kunce, president and CEO ofArmstrong Garden. Kunce could not be reached for comment thisweek.

Armstrong Garden, which owns nurseries and shops throughoutSouthern California plus a few more near San Francisco, made across-country leap in March when it bought Atlanta-based PikeFamily Nurseries for a reported $5.2 million, plus outstandinglease payments. The bankruptcy purchase included 14 locations inthe Atlanta metropolitan area and one in Charlotte, NC.

The regional office is expected to be established by early nextfall. Pike Family Nurseries, an Atlanta market mainstay that fellvictim to drought and freezes in more recent years, is retainingits brand in the meantime.

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