Meet the 2024 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards winners

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It's that time of year again — the Chronicle is honoring the best commercial and residential projects with our Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards.

Honorees were celebrated at an event Thursday night at The Stave Room in Buckhead. The big winners were Trilith as project of the year and Cushman & Wakefield's Andy Ghertner, who received the visionary award .

See all the Best in Atlanta Real Estate winners right here .

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In other major news this week, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens issued an administrative order that named the locations where four new MARTA stations will be built . And Dickens broke some more news with the order: MARTA will develop a bus rapid transit line connecting the redeveloped Bowen Homes community in Westside to Ponce City Market along the Atlanta BeltLine's Eastside Trail.

Speaking of the BeltLine, another directive in Dickens' order commands City of Atlanta staff, Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and MARTA to "begin developing a plan for transit options on the entirety of the BeltLine corridor."

Does that mean the Atlanta Streetcar extension on the BeltLine is a go? Advocates for and against BeltLine rail are surely seeking clarification.

Commercial real estate news of the week

• Office vacancy is at record highs. Why aren't rents plummeting?
• OneDigital CEO details plans for new headquarters in Cobb County
• Microsoft pays a premium for more land in Fulton County
• Developer settles legal dispute, gains 54 acres of prime housing sites

• Alpharetta office buildings sell at steep discount
• Ponce City Market developer buys shopping center
• Entertainment development pitched next to Mercedes-Benz Stadium
• Dunwoody moves toward new vision for State Farm campus
• H.J. Russell family to be honored with Four Pillar Award
• A vacant Midtown office building finds buyer

Residential real estate news of the week

• Ex-Hawks star cuts price on Buckhead condo (Photos)
• New intown development to offer $1,400 bedrooms
• Atlanta property taxes shot up at one of the largest rates in the US
• Build-to-rent developer touts flexibility over equity

• 175-unit senior community rises in Alpharetta

• Georgia economic development projects spur workforce housing demand

Restaurant, retail and hospitality news of the week

• Gas station chicken chain eyes hundreds of locations
• Italian restaurant to shutter after roughly a year of business

• Masters Tournament sparks surge in business travel
• Lenox Square ups the luxe with new stores
• The Forum in Peachtree Corners lands three new tenants

Nonprofit and philanthropy news of the week

• Comcast grants to help Atlanta small businesses ‘rise’
• Morehouse prison program receives federal grant funding

• Marcus Jewish Community Center exceeds funding goal, expands facilities
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights gets $52M for expansion

More Atlanta business headlines

• Joe Brannen to retire from Georgia Bankers Association
• Norfolk Southern to pay $600M to settle lawsuit
• Atlanta United plans $23M HQ expansion

• U.S. Soccer breaks ground on training center

• Atlanta's second-largest PE firm adds hotel-focused executives
• Major Atlanta architecture firm GreenbergFarrow expands with acquisition
• Atlanta among cities to receive funding for new clean energy projects
• After plant delay, Rivian extends program for students
• Marketing firm Alloy gains investment from Purpose Group
• Gwinnett bags $1M for Loop trail network

That's all for this week's headlines. Thanks for reading Atlanta Business Chronicle! Questions? Comments? Concerns? News tips? Send them to [email protected] .