ATLANTA-After a 7% occupancy increase last year, the locally based boutique hotel company is redesigning its flagship 3,500-acre property, 30 minutes north of Downtown Atlanta.

ATLANTA-Nine lenders are participating in a $150 million loan and a $150 million credit line as the locally based shopping center developer prepares to expand its Southeast operations.

ATLANTA-The locally based REIT is selling $50 million in senior unsecured notes to repay the same amount due April 1 and delay loan maturities by two years.

ATLANTA-The locally based architects are designing the $70-million, 27-story, 600-room addition to the existing 470-room Omni Hotel, adjacent to the Georgia World Conference Centerand Centennial Olympic Park. Scheduled opening: first quarter 2004.

ATLANTA-The 400,000 sf research and manufacturing plant expects to employ 305 workers over the next three years in Floyd County, 50 miles northwest of Downtown Atlanta. The plant's hard construction cost equates to $352 per sf.

ATLANTA-The five-year-old multifamily REIT has run the leasing level up to 95% at the 35-acre, 342-unit complex in suburban Alpharetta, north Fulton County.

ATLANTA-A thriving Atlanta retail market has attracted a third Cost Plus World Market store to the city's suburb of Fayetteville. The 18,000 sf property, developed by Fourth Quarter Properties, is the chain's 132nd store and the fifth the firm has opened this quarter.

ATLANTA-The locally based hotel and resort firm tells GlobeSt.com that the June opening of its $80 million, 209-room golf resort and spa in Scotland will go on as scheduled despite unfounded fears of the cattle disease.