NPU-W Opposes Glenwood Place Development
Neighborhood group, which says the Fuqua Development's planned 199,050-square-foot retail project at Glenwood Avenue and Bill Kennedy Way is a 'direct contravention of the BeltLine Masterplan as well as the BeltLine Overlay District regulations.'
Neighborhood Planning Unit-W, which represents the interests of several southeast Atlanta communties, including Grant Park, Ormewood Park and East Atlanta, opposes the planned retail project at 800 Glenwood Ave., which aims to bring 199,050 square feet of retail — including an anchor tenant that would take 155,000 square feet — to Grant Park. NPU-W, which is seeking the support of its sister NPUs across the city, says Fuqua Development's Glenwood Place project contradicts and violates development guidelines outlined in the Atlanta BeltLine Masterplan. NPU-W's push joins that of some residents in Ormewood Park, Grant Park and Glenwood Park who are pushing an online petition urging the city to block the project. Edward Gilgor, NPU-W's …
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Mary Ann Keon
9:48 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I don't know why we oppose development such as this. When you look at what was done at the Edgewood shopping center with the many big box stores and local retailers, I would call it a success. Traffic is manageable and it has enhanced the whole area and become the go to place for shopping for most of us. I also have nothing against Wal Mart and don't understand the prejudice there. They have … more ›