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Doraville City Center Heads Toward Construction
Doraville City Hall will soon be knocked down, in preparation for the rebuilding of a city center from scratch in northern DeKalb County. Doraville officials recently selected McMillan Pazdan Smith as lead architect and Choate Construction as general contractor for a...
Specifics, Fresh Images for Doraville’s New Downtown Emerge
City of Doraville officials announced last month the vibrant, walkable downtown they’ve been trying to build for more than 20 years will kick off construction this summer. Exactly how the phased project will roll out is now becoming clearer. The city and its...
Craig Kaufman Receives Engineering Alumni Achievement Award from Wash U
Nobody will ever confuse me for being as smart or good looking as Albert Einstein, but one of his quotes really speaks to me. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Although education was placed above everything else in my...
Gratitude Among Platitudes
Perhaps Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher said it best. “There is nothing permanent except CHANGE.” For years, this quote has hung on the wall of my office behind my desk, but it wasn’t until this year that anyone seemed to notice or comment on it. Perhaps, it...
These Five Projects are Set to Change Atlanta’s Suburbs
For a long time, Atlanta’s suburbs have been known for cookie-cutter homes and big-box retail centers only accessible by car. That’s starting to change. Several real estate firms are focused on remaking stale properties into walkable destinations with new housing...
ABC: Doraville Taps Kaufman to Create City Center Near Assembly
Doraville is known for its international cuisine, grocery stores and minority-owned businesses dotting Buford Highway. But the historic heart of the north Atlanta suburb has fallen into disrepair, as major transportation projects obscured it from the rest of the metro...
AJC: Doraville Selects Master Developer for City Center Revival
Doraville leaders were set to sign Tuesday a memorandum of understanding with Kaufman Capital Partners, the firm chosen to lead its city center redevelopment project. As envisioned, the project would involve about 20 city-owned acres between New Peachtree Road and...
WHAT NOW: Friday’s Plaza To Be Demolished Dec. 8, 2020 – Making Way For Lumen Doraville
Largely-vacant Village at Tilly Mill Crossing shopping will be razed with $65 MM mixed-use set to be built in its place >>>Read more here.
Dec. 2020 – Friday’s Plaza Demolition Gets Local TV Coverage
The demolition of the Village at Tilly Mill Crossing shopping center in Doraville received a great deal of media coverage. Click the links below to watch! WSB-TV WGCL-TV WAGA-TV AJC
Curbed: Doraville inks deal to replace dying strip mall with affordable housing development
Officials: $50-million project is moving forward on the site of a Peachtree Industrial Boulevard shopping plaza The ongoing push by cities along Atlanta’s northern perimeter to retain affordability amid a flurry of development has gotten a boost in Doraville....








