ATLANTA—For all the talk of Atlanta as a growth market, the southern city is not without commercial real estate challenges. If you ask anyone about traffic patterns in Atlanta, a groan is likely to precede the answer.

Indeed, although Atlanta traffic is not among the Top 10 worst-congested cities in the annual Traffic Scorecard report, you might have a hard time convincing daily commuters of that fact. Atlanta does rank at 21, though, which is bad enough considering the competition is the likes of Boston, Seattle, San Jose, CA, and Austin.

“While we have that perennial problem, we have a unique cooperation,” Walt Mercer, executive vice president of Commercial Real Estate for SunTrust Banks in Atlanta, tells GlobeSt.com. Mercer will be on hand at RealShare Atlanta, serving on the Inside the Capital Stack panel.

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