Top Stories From Around The Web

• Callaway Gardens To Sell 4,000 Acres To Pay Debt

  Some 4,000 acres at Callaway Gardens will be sold to help pay off growing debt at the 13,000-acre Pine Mountain, Ga., resort, reports the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22
  
  

• Invest Atlanta To Relo To Georgia Pacific Tower

  Atlanta’s economic development agency plans to relocate to roomier, flashier digs in a downtown office tower.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22
  
  

• Obama Georgia Campaign Picks Historic HQ

  The nation’s first African-American president will run his Georgia re-election campaign out of an Atlanta neighborhood closely linked to the civil rights movement.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22
  
  

• China’s Wanda To Buy U.S. Cinema Chain AMC For $2.6 Bln

  Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group agreed to buy AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, including debt, making it the biggest theatre operator in the United States.
  Reuters - May 22
  
  

• Hartman Simons: 10-Times More Leasing Activity Than A Year Ago

  Fueled by luxury retailers and discount retailers such as dollar stores, the retail real estate sector is poised to experience increased leasing and improving fundamentals in the second half of 2012.
  CityBizList - May 22
  
  

• Atlanta-based Engler Financial Arranges Area Property, CC Residential Partnership

  AREA Property Partners and CC Residential LLC have formed a strategic partnership to develop apartment communities throughout South Florida.
  CityBizList - May 22
  
  

• 626 Dekalb In Atlanta Gets $17M In Financing

  Mesa Capital Partners, LLC has secured $17 million in financing for 626 Dekalb, a five-story, 204-unit multifamily property located at 626 Dekalb Avenue in Atlanta.
  CityBizList - May 22
  
  

• Parmenter Picks Cushman & Wakefield To Lease Lenox

  Parmenter Realty Partners has chosen Cushman & Wakefield to lease The Lenox Building, the 20-story Buckhead tower.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22
  
  

• Eco Denizen Opening At 999 Peachtree

  Next week, a new eco-minded retailer will come to the Midtown Mile.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22
  
  

• Cresa And SRS Form Alliance

  Commercial real estate firms Cresa and SRS are forming a partnership.
  Atlanta Business Chronicle - May 22