Best known in the area for its quarry and building supplies,Lafarge filed preliminary conceptual plans to city planners in thissuburb for a one-million-sf mixed-use venture that would include abusiness park, neighborhood retail center, multifamily units andsingle-family residences. The site is about eight miles east ofDowntown Atlanta.

Because of the proposed size of the project, the AtlantaRegional Commission and the Georgia Regional TransportationAuthority will have to review development plans before the projectmoves forward to local council voting, brokers familiar with theventure tell GlobeSt.com.

Meanwhile, in Barrow County, about 50 miles northeast ofDowntown Atlanta, developer Dewey C. White filed preliminary plansfor 1.5 million sf of office and warehouse space, along with 90,000sf of storage space. Area brokers tell GlobeSt.com the estimatedhard cost of the project is $11 million, based on average hardconstruction cost of $100 per sf for all of the space.