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Joe Earle
Brad Sturgeon,
general manager
of the Embassy
Suites Atlanta-
Peri meter Center,
believes the
Perimeter market
will continue
to improve. He
also manages
a Buckhead
hotel and says
the markets
‘have become
increasingly
blended.’
New interest in hotels reflects
area's growing business
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couple of years, including Central Pe
rimeter," he said.
The Central Perimeter
submarket is home to 25
of metro Atlanta's 782 ho
tels and provides 4,406 of its
93,092 hotel rooms, accord
ing to PFK Hospitality Re
search.
Thirteen of Perimeter's hotels rank
as "upper-priced" properties and 12
as "lower-priced" ones, PFK reports.
The Perimeter area, which stretch
es from Ashford Drmwoody Road to
Roswell Road and 1-285 to Aberna
thy Road, ranks fifth among the met
ro area's 17 submarkets in the change
over the last four quarters in
"revpar," the industry term
for revenue per available
room, a standard measure
of hotel success.
Submarkets that PFK
ranked higher were Mid
town; the Town Center area of north
Cobb, Cherokee and Bartow counties;
Downtown Atlanta; and Buckhead.
Since 2009, the occupancy of Cen
tral Perimeter hotels has risen from 62
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Story
New hotels proposed in the Perimeter Center area
Dunwoody: A mixed-used development including a 134-room,
eight-story Hampton Inn and Suites hotel, restaurants and shops is
proposed on about 11.5 acres at the northeast corner of Ashford
Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center North. The proposal won
approval March 14 from Dunwoody’s Community Council.
Brookhaven: GE Asset Management, Seven Oaks Company and Legacy
Property Group want to build a 173-room Hyatt next to the Villa
Christina Restaurant and Conference Center near Ashford Dunwoody Road.
Sandy Springs: Hines Interests Limited Partners on March 6 filed
plans for a development called 100 Northpark that would include 1.5
million square feet of office space, 150,000 square feet of retail, 500
multi-family units and a 250-room hotel. In 2008, Orlando, Fla.-based
Kessler Collection Hotels proposed a 275-room Bohemian Hotel near
Abernathy Road and Ga. 400. Sandy Springs City Council on March 19
approved an extension of the developer’s land disturbance permit.
Sources: city officials and developers
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