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Atlanta metropolitan area grew 20.5 percent, making it the fastest growing

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PEACHTREE-CASE-STUDY

Atlanta has been in the midst of a construction and retail boom, with over 60 new high‐rise or mid‐rise buildings either proposed or under construction as of April 19, 2006.

Atlanta metropolitan area grew 20.5 percent, making it the fastest growing
metropolitan area in the nation. As of July 2006, the Atlanta metropolitan area had an estimated population of 5,138,223. Atlanta is often considered a poster child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid growth and urban sprawl.
Atlanta has been in the midst of a construction and retail boom, with over 60
new high‐rise or mid‐rise buildings either proposed or under construction as of
April 19, 2006. October 2005 marked the opening of Atlantic Station, a former Brownfield steel plant site redeveloped into a mixed‐use urban district. In early
2006, Mayor Franklin set in motion a plan to make the block stretch of
Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta a street‐level shopping destination envisioned to rival Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive or Chicago's Magnificent Mile. In

Page 39 of 141 spite of civic efforts such as the opening of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown in 1996, Atlanta ranks near last in area of parkland per capita among cities of similar population density, with 8.9 acres per thousand residents in 2005.

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