In the most current activity, the Georgia RegionalTransportation Authority approved one of the most ambitiouscommercial real estate ventures yet attempted in suburbanAtlanta--a two-phased, 1,384-acre campus comprising an office park,retail centers, condominium lofts, townhomes and single-familyresidences.

The project is tentatively called South Wind and is beingdeveloped within the Chattahoochee Village of South Fulton Parkway.The developer is Falling Water Co. of Norcross, hardly arecognizable name in local development circles, area brokers tellGlobeSt.com.

According to preliminary development plans filed with theTransportation Authority, the first 664-acre phase of the project,to be completed in 2005, will consist of 872 single-family homes,196 townhomes, 10 tennis courts, two swimming pools, a three-milehiking trail, two gymnasiums, a sports court and a playground.