ATLANTA-The recession, 9/11 and the dot-com fallout have all impacted the area's industrial market. According to Dorey's, new construction has dropped significantly since 1Q 2001. Meanwhile, vacancies are up; rents are down.

ATLANTA-The recession, 9/11 and the dot-com fallout have all impacted the area's industrial market. According to Dorey's, new construction has dropped significantly since 1Q 2001. Meanwhile, vacancies are up; rents are down.

ATLANTA-The recession, 9/11 and the dot-com fallout have all impacted the area's industrial market. According to Dorey's, new construction has dropped significantly since 1Q 2001. Meanwhile, vacancies are up and rents are down.

ATLANTA-The Texas company has developed two luxury apartment projects. In Gwinnett County, its 344-unit complex will rent from $600 to $1,100 a month, while the 224-unit Dunwoody project will go for $700 to $1,200.

ATLANTA-Locally based Wood Partners and an unnamed institutional investor have formed a joint venture partnership to develop 265 loft-style residential units in this submarket. Alta West will offer 80% of the units at market-rate rent and the remaining 20% will be set aside as affordable housing.

ATLANTA-An urban infill development six years in the making is beginning to take shape. The Lane Cos. will build a 1,150 apartments, condos and lofts at the Atlantic Station development.

ATLANTA-Southfield, MI-based Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust has sold the 178,000-sf Hickory Corners in Hickory Corners, NC to HD Hickory LC for $10.7 million or $60.11 per sf.

ATLANTA-Locally based M.D. Hodges Enterprises has acquired the total 1.25 million-sf, 14-building Barrett Distribution Center and Kennestone Corners from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. for $41.94 per sf in one the area's biggest industrial sale of the year.