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• Residential property management may be the hottest thing in housing

  26-05-2023 06:00 via bizjournals.com
  Working with sellers and buyers is a real estate agency’s bread and butter. As one of the area’s top luxury real estate firms, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty worked for years to earn our clients’ trust and build our reputation here at home as well as in the international community.Yet businesses are always looking for ways to grow their reach. We are no exception. I am proud to report our firm continues to lead our market in the number of individuals an
  
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• BlueStar Studios could open first phase in late summer

  25-05-2023 20:57 via bizjournals.com
  BlueStar Studios is transforming the last 53 acres at Fort Gillem, a 1,500-acre former Army base that today serves as a logistics and distribution hub.
  
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• Asana Partners has a low profile but is making a big impact in Atlanta

  25-05-2023 19:46 via bizjournals.com
  Backed by billions from institutional investors, Asana Partners found a niche in Atlanta real estate. The firm’s footprint isn’t large, but it’s impactful.
  
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• Doraville is creating a city center. Here's the early vision for it.

  25-05-2023 19:37 via bizjournals.com
  The city center will take shape on 20 acres between New Peachtree Road and Buford Highway near MARTA's Doraville station.
  
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• Private equity firm co-founded by David Cummings makes first purchase

  25-05-2023 19:10 via bizjournals.com
  The new private equity firm founded by serial technology entrepreneurs David Cummings and Jeff Hilimire made its first purchase.
  
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• Before launching presidential bid, DeSantis signs bill reversing obligation to resign before a run for higher office

  25-05-2023 18:12 via cbsnews.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP/Tampa Bay Now News) - Before launching his presidential campaign, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that allows him to run for president without resigning as governor. Senate Bill 7050 now exempts presidential candidates from Florida's so-called resign to run law, which prohibits elected officials from qualifying as a candidate for another office that would overlap with their current term.Republicans, who control a supermajority in the statehouse, have largely focuse
  
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• Genuine Parts Co. names new president as longtime executive retires

  25-05-2023 14:05 via bizjournals.com
  Randy Breaux will soon be responsible for overseeing the organization's automotive and industrial businesses.
  
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• Atlanta commercial real estate sales slow as buyers wait for prices to drop

  25-05-2023 13:51 via bizjournals.com
  Metro Atlanta posted an 80% year-over-year decline in sales volume for multifamily and office properties.
  
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• Bradley law firm opens Atlanta office as part of Southeast expansion

  25-05-2023 13:41 via bizjournals.com
  It's the national firm's first expansion into Georgia.
  
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• Illycaffé coffee shop files plans for BeltLine loft building

  25-05-2023 13:34 via bizjournals.com
  The Atlanta BeltLine is getting a cafe from an Italian coffee giant.
  
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• Atlanta's Mill Green Partners plans $150M fund to invest in apartment developments

  24-05-2023 21:12 via bizjournals.com
  Mill Green Partners, led by CEO Greg Fox and chief financial officer Brian Grasso, is just beginning fundraising.
  
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• Delta taps former Six Flags CEO as chief operating officer

  24-05-2023 16:53 via bizjournals.com
  Mike Spanos will serve as the next chief operating officer of Delta Air Lines beginning June 12.
  
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• Atlanta city officials provide update on Midtown crane collapse

  24-05-2023 15:34 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) – Drivers and pedestrians are now navigating around the extra roadblocks that are in place, following this week's crane collapse on West Peachtree Street."It's safety first, and if there's an issue where this crane is going to come down, I don't want to be anywhere near it," said Ben Sprunger, a resident who recently moved to Midtown Atlanta from Chicago.The increase in construction is causing concerns among people across the city."This incident took place just a block away
  
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• Atlanta medical device company Artelon to move into new office after capital infusion

  24-05-2023 13:24 via bizjournals.com
  The $20 million will allow the 35-employee company to scale up its commercial growth by adding to its sales team.
  
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• Atlanta among top 10 of Cvent's latest top meeting destinations list

  24-05-2023 02:20 via bizjournals.com
  New development in Atlanta could continue to enhance the local convention industry.
  
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• PulteGroup hires executive from another Atlanta public company

  23-05-2023 21:44 via bizjournals.com
  PulteGroup hired Kevin Henry as its new chief people officer.
  
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• Atlanta’s employment remains resilient in 2023, weathering external headwinds

  23-05-2023 21:07 via bizjournals.com
  Atlanta has historically been extremely resilient in the face of external shocks, and the pandemic was no exception. Atlanta was one of the first markets in the nation to bounce back, with employment returning to pre-pandemic levels eight months before the rest of the United States.The market continues to outpace the nation, and employment levels are ahead of where they were three years ago for every sector — including government and hospitality, which continue to lag in other MSAs. Dallas
  
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• Boston Scientific signs Atlanta's largest lease of 2023 at former State Farm campus

  23-05-2023 19:47 via bizjournals.com
  The deal is the latest development in growing the presence of life sciences companies in and around Atlanta.
  
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• Publix eyes Old Fourth Ward for new store

  23-05-2023 19:37 via bizjournals.com
  The Florida-based grocer is eyeing space at a mixed-use project planned by Fuqua Development and Northwood Ravin.
  
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• ACVB’s next chief sales officer: ‘People want to get back together again’

  23-05-2023 18:31 via bizjournals.com
  Lopez, herself an eager traveler, is poised to become the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau's highest-ranking woman executive next year. She sees positive signs of recovery in the city's hospitality industry.
  
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• Hotel owners enjoy resurgent leisure travel, keep wary eye on economy

  23-05-2023 18:30 via bizjournals.com
  March data show Georgia hotel occupancy rose 1.7% and revenue per available room (RevPar) rose 4.2% from March 2022, while the average daily rate (ADR) is on par with where it was a year ago.
  
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• These are the nation's highest-paid tech CEOs

  23-05-2023 17:43 via bizjournals.com
  New data spotlights the nation's highest-paid CEOs in the tech and innovation world — and how their pay compares to median employees at their companies.
  
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• Atlanta Fire shines light on dilapidated facilities amid opposition to Public Safety Training Center

  23-05-2023 15:09 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) – In the midst of the ongoing and heated battle between opponents and supporters of the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department is drawing attention to its dilapidated firefighter training facilities.Fire Chief Rod Smith took members of the press on a tour of the condemned firefighter training facilities that he says have been inadequate for 30 years."It is absolutely embarrassing for us to hire members to come in and say
  
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• Tim Hortons plans first Atlanta restaurant across from The Varsity

  22-05-2023 21:04 via bizjournals.com
  Tim Hortons is eyeing Midtown for its first Atlanta location.
  
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• Gray Television names successor to Chief Operating Officer Bob Smith

  22-05-2023 20:26 via bizjournals.com
  
  She replaces Bob Smith, who recently retired from the Atlanta-based media company.
  
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• First tenant selected for new loft office building at Ponce City Market

  22-05-2023 20:14 via bizjournals.com
  619 Ponce, which will rise four stories, is currently under construction on a former surface parking lot at Ponce de Leon Avenue and Glen Iris Drive.
  
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• Cox Communications to merge Unite Private Networks with Segra

  22-05-2023 13:44 via bizjournals.com
  Cox Communications plans to fully acquire Unite Private Networks and combine the company with Charlotte telecom firm Segra.
  
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• Five things to know this week: Fed debates pausing — not ending — rate hikes

  22-05-2023 13:37 via bizjournals.com
  Even if the Fed opts not to raise rates in June, the central bank may resume its hikes in July.
  
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• Berry aims to boost health care workforce with physician associate program

  22-05-2023 12:00 via bizjournals.com
  Georgia will get a new Northwest Georgia will soon get its first PA training program as Berry College tries to boost the underserved region’s health care workforce.
  
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• Recording Academy exec surprises Morris Brown graduates with gifts

  22-05-2023 03:42 via bizjournals.com
  The Morris Brown class of 2023 is the first to graduate since the HBCU lost its accreditation two decades ago. Its grads received surprise gifts from Recording Academy, Amazon Music and The Same House.
  
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• Mental health experts discuss the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline progress in Georgia

  20-05-2023 01:27 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) – Mental health experts are crediting a life-saving hotline for playing a major role in battle against suicides and the mental health crisis. Organizations discussed the progress made and the challenges ahead.Jolyn Matheson, a certified peer specialist, knows all too well about mental health struggles and the importance of a having a lifeline like 988.988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline "I started with a diagnosis of depression when I was 11 years old," Matheson said. "That depre
  
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• Atlanta police release body cam footage from Midtown hospital shooting

  20-05-2023 01:15 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) -- Newly released body cam footage from the mass  shooting in Midtown shows Atlanta police searching for the suspect, Deion Patterson, 24.In the video, you can see officers in the Northside Hospital Midtown Medical Building on May 3, searching for Patterson and evacuating staff and patients, before Patterson was arrested during an eight-hour manhunt.Four people survived their injuries, but CDC worker Amy St. Pierre, 39, did not.According to Patterson's mother, he is a former
  
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• The Confess Project Metro Atlanta joins MTV for Third Annual Mental Health Action Day

  20-05-2023 01:03 via cbsnews.com
  ATLANTA (WUPA) – Cosmetology students joined The Confess Project Metro Atlanta and MTV to take action against mental illness with a hair competition.Alayshia Kingsberry is among the student cosmetologists taking classes at the Health and Style Institute, where they're having big conversations about hair, skin and mental health."If we can help them here, it will take them further, because everything starts in the mind," she said, about helping clients.Kingsberry and other students have join
  
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• KPMG reenters Atlanta office market, hires brokerage team

  19-05-2023 21:21 via bizjournals.com
  With two years left on its Downtown lease, the global accounting firm has started the process of evaluating its office space needs in Atlanta.
  
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• CFO Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jim Bunitsky: 'Perfect execution of head and heart'

  19-05-2023 20:55 via bizjournals.com
  Jim Bunitsky and his fellow CFO of the Year honorees were celebrated at a May 18 breakfast at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame.
  
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• The Hall at Ashford Lane food hall sets opening date in Dunwoody

  19-05-2023 20:47 via bizjournals.com
  Metro Atlanta's newest food hall is nearing its debut in Dunwoody.
  
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• Atlanta BeltLine nears link to Silver Comet Trail in Cobb County

  19-05-2023 15:28 via bizjournals.com
  A long-awaited plan to link the Atlanta BeltLine and Silver Comet Trail is gaining ground.
  
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• Emory Healthcare names Jen Schuck as CEO of three hospitals

  19-05-2023 13:45 via bizjournals.com
  Emory Healthcare named the CEO of three hospitals on the east side of Atlanta.
  
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• Mercedes-Benz USA names 3 Atlanta executives

  19-05-2023 13:28 via bizjournals.com
  German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz USA added three new executives to its U.S. leadership team, all of whom will work out of the company's Atlanta headquarters.
  
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• Katherine Cummings takes her PALS seriously

  19-05-2023 08:00 via bizjournals.com
  Katherine Cummings’ work experiences include teaching in prison, editing a small newspaper and managing nonprofits. Today, she is the new executive director of Pets are Loving Support (PALS).
  
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• Stroke prevention and the future of stroke care

  19-05-2023 07:00 via bizjournals.com
  Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. The Georgia Department of Public Health reports the state had the 12th highest stroke death rate in the country. Georgia is also part of the “stroke belt,” an area of the southeastern United States with stroke death rates 30% higher than the rest of the nation.
  As the leading — but preventable — cause of disability, stroke can happen at any age.
  Stroke is a medical emergency, meaning the blood flow to an are
  
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• Top Colliers executive leaving to lead Atlanta market for Highwoods Properties

  19-05-2023 02:46 via bizjournals.com
  A high-ranking Colliers executive will become Atlanta division and market leader for Highwoods Properties Inc., one of the largest office landlords in Atlanta.
  
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• Savannah to get new medical school campus

  19-05-2023 02:24 via bizjournals.com
  MCG, the sole public medical school in Georgia, is headquartered in Augusta. The expansion is aimed at addressing Georgia’s physician shortage.
  
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• Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones buys Canton house for $5.4 million

  18-05-2023 20:50 via bizjournals.com
  The Braves legend's new home has amenities that include a swimming pool, pickle ball court and chicken coop.
  
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• Athens to Atlanta on public transit? It's a possibility but hurdles lie ahead.

  18-05-2023 20:43 via bizjournals.com
  Athens-Clarke County plans to study the feasibility of using public transit to carry commuters into metro Atlanta.
  
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• Atlanta hospitality leaders anticipate boosts from major new developments

  18-05-2023 20:22 via bizjournals.com
  Between the present and the World Cup in 2026, new investments will total $4 billion, said William Pate, president and CEO of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.
  
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• The CW Network announces its seven-night primetime schedule for 2023-2024

  18-05-2023 19:15 via cbsnews.com
  
   The CW Kicks Off the Week with Returning Multiplatform Hit "All American" on Mondays Followed by the Gripping Drama "61st Street" Starring Courtney B. Vance Comedy is Back on The CW on Tuesdays with New Series "Son of a Critch," "Run the Burbs," "Children Ruin Everything," and "Everyone Else Burns"  New Female-Led Dramas "Sullivan's Crossing" and "The Spencer Sisters" Debut on Wednesdays  Thursdays Welcome a Brand New Season of the Acclaimed Reality Dating Franchise "FBOY Is
  
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• Cox Enterprises’ Dallas Clement is focused on leadership development

  18-05-2023 17:30 via bizjournals.com
  Clement is the Large Private Company CFO of the Year in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2023 CFO of the Year Awards.
  
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• Delta Air Lines is looking for more flight attendants

  17-05-2023 23:03 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) - Delta is hiring! Atlanta's hometown airline is looking for more flight attendants. Since February, Delta Air Lines says they have already onboarded nearly 2,000 new employees, with plans to grow the team by 2,000 more this year."This is a historic year for flight attendant hiring, as we plan to grow our team by more than 4,000," said Jennifer Martin, Managing Director – IFS CX, Learning and Hiring. "We're excited to keep the momentum going and welcome more trainees fo
  
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• Music Midtown returns after last year's cancellation

  16-05-2023 16:48 via bizjournals.com
  Last fall, festival operators canceled Music Midtown six weeks before it was scheduled to begin due to “circumstances beyond our control.”
  
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