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The People and Places Building South DeKalb’s Next Chapter

By Asia Noel · Oct 7, 2026

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Housing263 Homes Are Rising at Bowen. The Grocery Store and the School Have No Dates.·PolicyAtlanta’s Seven-Area Reinvestment Plan Has a New Director. Its Funding Is Still Unsettled.·Real EstateTwo GW Parkside Townhomes Are Listed for over $740K. Their Closing Prices Will Be the Real Test.·TransitThe Bridge Over Northside Is Underway. The Northwest Trail Still Has Four Moving Parts·DiningThe Hoodoo Pharmacy on Broad Street Is Now a 40-Seat Restaurant·DevelopmentLulah Hills Is The First North DeKalb Mall Plan That Produced Buildings·DevelopmentA Developer Wants 315 Apartments Where Buckhead's Zone 2 Precinct Sits. The City Has No Answer Yet.·DevelopmentBaby Kroger’s Replacement Is Signed. It Is Exactly the Same Size.·HousingDeKalb HomeStart Promises Buyers Up to $20,000. Applications Are Coming Soon..·DevelopmentThe Grocery Store Isn't Going Where Kroger Was. Belvedere Plaza Is Splitting the Box.·Housing263 Homes Are Rising at Bowen. The Grocery Store and the School Have No Dates.·PolicyAtlanta’s Seven-Area Reinvestment Plan Has a New Director. Its Funding Is Still Unsettled.·Real EstateTwo GW Parkside Townhomes Are Listed for over $740K. Their Closing Prices Will Be the Real Test.·TransitThe Bridge Over Northside Is Underway. The Northwest Trail Still Has Four Moving Parts·DiningThe Hoodoo Pharmacy on Broad Street Is Now a 40-Seat Restaurant·DevelopmentLulah Hills Is The First North DeKalb Mall Plan That Produced Buildings·DevelopmentA Developer Wants 315 Apartments Where Buckhead's Zone 2 Precinct Sits. The City Has No Answer Yet.·DevelopmentBaby Kroger’s Replacement Is Signed. It Is Exactly the Same Size.·HousingDeKalb HomeStart Promises Buyers Up to $20,000. Applications Are Coming Soon..·DevelopmentThe Grocery Store Isn't Going Where Kroger Was. Belvedere Plaza Is Splitting the Box.·
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